Joseph Wambaugh

Joseph Wambaugh was an American writer, novelist, screenwriter, actor and police officer (1937–2025). He was born at Pittsburgh and died at Rancho Mirage.

Also recorded as Wambaugh; Joseph Aloysius Wambaugh, Jr..

Joseph Wambaugh in brief

Born
1937
Died
2025
Known for
writer, novelist, screenwriter, actor and police officer
Place of birth
Pittsburgh
Contents

Catalogued works

43 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service and Open Library.

Police Story. Echoes in the Darkness. Lines and Shadows. The Choirboys. The Delta Star. The New Centurions. The Secrets of Harry Bright. The Onion Field. The Blue Knight. The Golden Orange. Finnegan's Week. Fugitive Nights. The Blooding. The Glitter Dome. The Blue Night. Kokhav delta. Śedeh ha-batsal. Floaters. Delta Star. Golden Orange. Best American Crime Writing 2004. Last Seen off Stingray Point. The Blue Knight by Joseph Wambaugh (1972-02-28). Onion Field. Choirboys. Bienvenue à Hollywood. L'envers du décor (French Edition). Black Marble. Blue Knight [Advance Reader Copy]. El caballero azul. Flic Hollywood (English and French Edition). Hariuddo no satsujin. Hollywood Station. Les nuits du fugitif (Taschenbuch). La voix du sang L'histoire de la première affaire criminelle au monde résolue par la méthode des empreintes génétiques. [ HARBOR NOCTURNE - GREENLIGHT ] By Wambaugh, Joseph ( Author) 2012 [ Hardcover ]. Echos in the Darkness. The Blooding by Joseph Wambaugh (1989-02-04). The Delta Star by Joseph Wambaugh (1983-12-01). The Blue Knight by Joseph Wambaugh (2008-09-04). The Onion Field First edition by Wambaugh, Joseph (1973) Hardcover. The Blooding Genetic Fingerprinting DNA Joseph Wambaugh 1ST/1ST. "Finnegan's Week" A Novel by Joseph Wambaugh.

Literature

5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Wambaugh, Joseph (1937–), 100 American Crime Writers. Wambaugh, Joseph, The Social History of Crime and Punishment in America: An Encyclopedia, 2012. Joseph Wambaugh, 100 Most Popular Contemporary Mystery Authors, 2011. Wambaugh, Gabrielle, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Wambaugh, Sarah (1882-1955), specialist in plebiscites, American National Biography Online, 2000.

Digitised editions and texts

10 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

the secrets of harry bright (1985) — Internet Archive. The Delta Star (1983) — Internet Archive. Fugitive nights (1993) — Internet Archive. The Black Marble (1977) — Internet Archive. The choirboys (1975) — Internet Archive. the choir boys (1975) — Internet Archive. The Onion Field (1973) — Internet Archive. Le crepuscule des flics (1981) — Internet Archive. La Voix du Sang (1989) — Internet Archive. The Glitter Dome (1981) — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 21 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 3 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 3 means 3 genuinely separate publishers of record. 15 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

Joseph Wambaugh studied at California State University, Los Angeles and Chaffey College. the recorded working language is English.

The field of work recorded is creative and professional writing. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are thriller.

Works named in the authority record are Echoes in the Darkness.

Distinctions recorded are Edgar Awards.

Chronology

  1. 1937Joseph Wambaugh born at Pittsburgh.
  2. 1975The choirboys digitised by Internet Archive.
  3. 1975the choir boys digitised by Internet Archive.
  4. 1977The Black Marble digitised by Internet Archive.
  5. 1983The Delta Star digitised by Internet Archive.
  6. 1985the secrets of harry bright digitised by Internet Archive.
  7. 1993Fugitive nights digitised by Internet Archive.
  8. 2025Joseph Wambaugh died at Rancho Mirage.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    “Joseph Wambaugh”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  2. 2.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q1352236: Joseph Wambaugh

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