Johnston McCulley created which character in 1919? The character became famous in comics, books, film and on TV.
Johnston McCulley phrase echoed in other newspaper obituaries from other parts of the country, most likely taken from a "New York Times" feed. McCulley is entombed in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Los Angeles, California. Johnston McCulley Johnston McCulley (February 2, 1883 – November 23, 1958) was the author of hundreds of stories, fifty novels, numerous screenplays for film and television, and the creator of the character Zorro. Many of his novels and stories were written under the pseudonyms Harrington Strong, Raley Brien, George Drayne, Monica Morton, Rowena Raley, Frederic Phelps, Walter Pierson, and John Mack Stone, among others. McCulley started as
Johnston McCulley who functions as a modern Robin Hood, stealing from the unjustly rich and returning money to helpless victims or worthy organizations. He dresses in a mostly red clown suit and uses a syringe of knockout drug (later this is replaced by a "gas gun"). Like McCulley's earlier "Man in Purple", who also stole from the unjustly rich, he frequently had to destroy his outfits to evade capture. By the end of 1931, McCulley had permanently retired the character, but he did bring him back in 1944. Many of Johnston McCulley's stories were made into films. McCulley also wrote for films.