W. C. Tuttle

W. C. Tuttle
Born November 11, 1883(1883-11-11)
Montana Territory[1] USA
Died June 6, 1969(1969-06-06) (aged 85)
Los Angeles County, California USA
Other names Wilbur C. Tuttle
Years active 1915 - 1945

W. C. Tuttle (November 11, 1883 – June 6, 1969) was an American writer who sold more than 1000 magazine stories and dozens of novels, almost all of which were westerns.Tuttle wrote mainly for pulp magazines; his main market was Adventure magazine. In a 1929 poll of its readers, Tuttle was voted the most popular writer in the magazine. [2] Tuttle also wrote for other publications such as Argosy, Short Stories, Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine, Field & Stream, West, New Western Magazine and Exciting Western. [3] [4] His best known character was Hashknife Hartley, who along with his friend Sleepy Stevens, served as unofficial detectives solving crimes on the ranches where they worked as cowboys.[5] He was also a screenwriter of the silent era. He wrote for 52 films between 1915 and 1945.

A semi-pro baseball player in his youth, Tuttle served as President of the Pacific Coast Baseball League 1935-1943.[1]

He was born in Montana and died in Los Angeles County, California.

Selected filmography

References

  1. ^ a b Montana Man, Avalon 1966(Avalon 1966)
  2. ^ "Adventure's Most Popular Writers", in Blood N' Thunder Magazine Summer 2010, ISBN 0979595576 (p.57).
  3. ^ "Tuttle, W. C." in Lee Server, Encyclopedia of Pulp Fiction Writers. ISBN 0816045771, (p. 259).
  4. ^ Partial Bibliography of Tuttle's Work at FictionMags Index.
  5. ^ Twentieth Centure Western Writers, Second Edition

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