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Jacques Futrelle(1875-1912)

  • Writer
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Writer/journalist Jacques Futrelle was born in Pike County, GA, in 1875. After graduating from high school, he held a variety of jobs--including theater manager--but finally secured a position in the editorial department of the Boston "American" newspaper. While there he wrote a series of short stories, which were eventually published. He began a series of detective novels, "The Thinking Machine", featuring Prof. Augustus Van Deusen, a professor at an American university who used his intellect to solve crimes. Van Densen first appeared in the closing chapters of an adventure serial Futrelle wrote, "The Case of the Golden Plate", in 1906. The series was featured in several magazine articles, and the stories were later published in two volumes of collections.

Futurelle was one of the passengers on the SS Titanic, which sank on April 15, 1912. He did not survive.
BornApril 9, 1875
DiedApril 15, 1912(37)
BornApril 9, 1875
DiedApril 15, 1912(37)
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Frank Clark, Eileen Sedgwick, and Lew Short in The Diamond Queen (1921)
The Diamond Queen
6.8
  • Writer
  • 1921
The Painted World (1914)
The Painted World
  • Writer
  • 1914
My Lady's Garter (1920)
My Lady's Garter
  • Writer
  • 1920
The Painted World (1919)
The Painted World
  • Writer
  • 1919

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  • Derek Jacobi, Ronald Fraser, Charles Gray, Bernard Hepton, John Thaw, and Douglas Wilmer in The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1971)
    The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
    7.2
    TV Series
    • short story
    • writer
    • 1973
  • Kraft Mystery Theater (1961)
    Kraft Mystery Theater
    7.8
    TV Series
    • story
    • 1962
  • Eye Witness
    TV Series
    • written by
    • 1953
  • The Man Behind the Mask (1936)
    The Man Behind the Mask
    5.7
    • novel "The Chase of the Golden Plate" (as Jacques Fitrelle)
    • 1936
  • The Diamond Master (1929)
    The Diamond Master
    • novel
    • 1929
  • Frank Clark, Eileen Sedgwick, and Lew Short in The Diamond Queen (1921)
    The Diamond Queen
    6.8
    • story "The Diamond Master"
    • 1921
  • My Lady's Garter (1920)
    My Lady's Garter
    • novel
    • 1920
  • The Painted World (1919)
    The Painted World
    • story
    • 1919
  • Elusive Isabel (1916)
    Elusive Isabel
    4.2
    • novel
    • 1916
  • The Haunted Bell
    Short
    • story
    • 1916
  • Carlyle Blackwell and Neva Gerber in The High Hand (1915)
    The High Hand
    • novel
    • 1915
  • For the Mastery of the World
    Short
    • story
    • 1914
  • Adventures in Diplomacy (1914)
    Adventures in Diplomacy
    Short
    • story "Illusive Isabel"
    • 1914
  • The Painted World (1914)
    The Painted World
    • story
    • 1914
  • A Model Young Man
    Short
    • story
    • 1914

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    • Jacques Futrelle
  • Alternative name
    • Jacques Fitrelle
  • Born
    • April 9, 1875
    • Pike County, Georgia, USA
  • Died
    • April 15, 1912
    • North Atlantic Ocean(drowned in the Titanic disaster)
  • Spouse
    • May FutrelleJuly 17, 1895 - April 15, 1912 (his death)
  • Other works
    Novel: "Elusive Isabel" (filmed as Elusive Isabel (1916), Adventures in Diplomacy (1914))

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    Died with the sinking of RMS Titanic, 400 miles south off Newfoundland.

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