Global InformationBarney Ruditsky information
Barnett P. Ruditsky | |
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| Born | December 25, 1898 London, England, UK |
| Died | October 18, 1962 (aged 63) Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Resting place | Hillside Memorial Park |
| Other names | Barney |
| Spouses | Mollie Feiner (m. 1923)Reggie Darryl (before 1957) |
| Relatives | Martin Phillips (son) |
| Police career | |
| Department | New York City Police Department (NYPD) |
| Service years | 1921 - October 19, 1941[1] |
| Rank | 1921 - Commissioned as a Patrolman 1924 - Promoted to Detective |
| Badge no. | 5647 (officer)[2] |
| Awards |  - NYPD Combat Cross[3] |
| Other work | Private detective, nightclub owner, technical advisor for film and television |
Barnett "Barney" P. Ruditsky (December 25, 1898 – October 18, 1962) was a British-born American police officer and private detective.
During his 20-year career on the force Ruditsky was among the NYPD's prominent "celebrity detectives" of the 1920s and 1930s. Ruditsky was associated with many criminal cases during this period, most notably, ending with the break-up of Murder Incorporated in 1940. Years later, he was called to testify before the Kefauver hearings due to his knowledge of the criminal underworld in Southern California and Las Vegas.
He later worked as a private investigator in California, and also served as a technical advisor on a series of crime films for 20th Century Fox in the mid-1940s and The Lawless Years, a television series loosely based on his career.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Kefauverwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ New York City Police Department (1921). "Annual report of the Police Department of the City of New York". Columbia University Libraries Digital Collections. Columbia University. Retrieved August 10, 2012.
- ^ Brown, Milton (April 4, 1947). "Jews Who Guard New York City". The Canadian Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved August 10, 2012.