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Married. Edward ("Kookie") Byrnes, 28, jive-talking junior shamus of TV's 77 Sunset Strip; and Alabama-born Cinema Starlet Asa Maynor, 24; at Beverly Hills' All Saints' Episcopal Church, with Sunset Strip Colleagues Roger Smith and Efrem Zimbalist Jr. as best man and usher...
Died. James Shamus ("Jimmy") Slattery, 56, stylish, lightning-quick "dancing master" of boxing from 192-1 to 1935, onetime light-heavyweight champion; of tuberculosis, which he had been fighting since the early 19405; in Buffalo, where he had worked in recent years tending roses in a public park...
...power, and by year's end he may well be top gun. The TV tally sheet already lists 62 shows (network and syndicated) devoted to some variation of Cops & Robbers. Police detectives practice their profession on the networks only a few hours a week; it is the civilian shamus who lays down by far the heaviest barrage. At least 15 of the Private Eyes now visible have survived other seasons; the four newcomers-Staccato, Philip Marlowe, Bourbon Street Beat, Hawaiian Eye-came on behind a resounding drum roll of publicity. On the ABC network alone there are twelve detective...
Thurs., Sept. 10 Staccato (NBC, 8:30-9 p.m.). Latest en trant in the shamus sweepstakes. John Cassavetes plays Johnny Staccato, the jazz pianist who gets his big kicks as a private eye. In The Naked Truth, Johnny straight ens out a bit of blackmail without missing a beat...
...music is as far-out as ever, but Pete pulls a switch. Right up until the last shot is fired, Pete's pals think he is lined up with the hoods. But those who saw The Fuse the first time know that he is still an honest shamus...