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In Memoriam · 1895 – 1972
J. Edgar Hoover

Person · Screenwriter

J. Edgar Hoover

Born
1895
Died
1972
From
Washington, District of Columbia, USA·Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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46
Credits on file
10
Decades active
1
Awards

In short · Wrote for 10 decades — 46 credits, 1 Nas Public Welfare Medal win.

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Biography

John Edgar Hoover was an American law enforcement administrator who served as the first Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of the United States. He was appointed director of the Bureau of Investigation - the FBI's predecessor - in 1924 and was instrumental in founding the FBI in 1935, where he remained director for another 37 years until his death in 1972 at the age of 77. Hoover built the FBI into a larger crime-fighting agency than it was at its inception and instituted a number of modernization's to police technology, such as a centralized fingerprint file and forensic laboratories. Hoover also established and expanded a national blacklist, referred to as the FBI Index or Index List.

Awards & Nominations

1 win

Nas Public Welfare Medal

  • Won1939NAS Public Welfare Medal

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