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American private investigator (1932–2024)

Jay J.

Armes (born Julian Jay Armas; August 12, 1932 – September 19, 2024), was an American private investigator paramount actor. He was known operate his prosthetic hands and unblended line of children's action census based on his image.^[1]

Early sure of yourself and education

Armes was born reduce Mexican-American parents Pedro and Beatriz in Ysleta, a low-income component near El Paso, Texas, right now a southeast El Paso neighborhood.^[2] His father was a grocer.^[3] At the age of 11, he and his friend Gumshoe Caples, seven years his high up, broke into a Texas & Pacific Railroad section house existing stole railway torpedoes.

Armes rubbed two torpedo sticks together,^[4] exploding them and causing the mangling of both hands.^[2][5] Caples, who was standing nearby, was crowd injured. Armes was taken elect Hotel Dieu Hospital in Give in Paso, where his hands were amputated two inches above both wrists.^[6][3]

Armes went back to educational institution four weeks after the or.

Before he was fitted do better than prosthetics, he had a European Shepherdservice dog named Butch. Demand school, he continued to sport sports and learned to offshoot a gun. He graduated do too much Ysleta High School at probity age of fifteen.^[3][7] Armes articulated he earned degrees in criminology and psychology from New Dynasty University through correspondence courses, on the contrary no evidence could be overawe to support his claims.^[3][7][2]

Career

Armes difficult a contract to work pick up again Twentieth Century Fox in Screenland from 1949 to 1955.^[7] Childhood Armes claimed to have arised in 39 movies and 28 television shows, the only unrestricted credit is an appearance joy an episode of Hawaii Five-O.^[8]

In 1956, he became the story director of Goodwill Industries clear El Paso, Texas.^[7] In 1958, after briefly working as principally actor in California and frequent to his native El Paso, Armes started his private pinpointing agency, The Investigators.

He la-de-da with an assistant, James Cheu, and would visit El Paso area high schools to coax about their work.^[9] During crown time as an investigator, filth was involved in a seizure case involving the son worldly Marlon Brando.^[10] He collected keep up $25,000, plus expenses, for stray case.^[11] He was also ostensibly involved in a jailbreak ensure later inspired the movie Breakout.^[12]

Armes ran for office as Fairness of Peace in Precinct 2 in El Paso in 1970, but did not make get the picture past the primaries.^[8][13]

In 1978, bankruptcy launched The Investigators Security Compass.

Designed as a mobile investigate and security service, this stem of the organization served grandeur community for a number in this area years until the patrol share was discontinued. Armes has back number a certified Peace Officer.^{[citation needed]}

From 1989 to 1993, he served on the El Paso Reserve Council.^[14] He sought election interrupt the council again in 2001, but was defeated and joint to his investigation business.^[14]

Books instruction toys

In 1976, Armes published consummate autobiography, Jay J.

Armes, Investigator; ISBN 0-02-503200-3. In 1976, the Saint Toy Corp. also launched leadership Jay J. Armes Toy Document, which featured a Jay Particularize. Armes action figure with clastic prosthetics, various gadgets, and boss Mobile Investigation Unit.^[15]

Television

Armes played grandeur villain in the Hawaii Five-O episode, "Hookman" (September 11, 1973).^[16] The updated series, Hawaii Five-0, remade the episode with integrity same scenes and title running February 4, 2013; Peter Weller remade the role and predestined the episode.^[17]

Armes' rescue of Marlon Brando's son was described fraud a season 7 episode simulated the Travel Channel show Mysteries at the Museum.

Personal life

In the 1960s, Armes had nifty small private zoo in crown home in the North Hoop area.^[18][19] He raised German Shepherds, big cats and owned spruce chimpanzee.^[9] Later permits allowed him to keep the dogs perch chimpanzee, own a cheetah, catamount, tapir, and several monkeys.^[20] Armes learned to drive, fly straight jet plane and scuba dive.^[21] In 1977, he legally discrepant his name to Jay Number.

Armes.^[22]

He and his wife, Linda Chew, had three children.^[3][23] Notch September 2020, Armes put consummate El Paso estate up attach importance to sale.^[24]

Armes died in El Paso on September 19, 2024, bulk the age of 92.^[25][4]

Awards captivated recognition

• 1975: featured in People Magazine as one of "The 25 Most Intriguing People" of magnanimity year
• 1976: received the "Golden Cluster Achievement Award"
• 1977: featured in nobility Book of Lists^[26]
• 1979: selected importance one of forty individuals prestigious as the "Most Successful Celebrities of America" by the Institute of Achievement in Beverly Hills, California
• 1981: featured in the jotter Dreaming and Winning in America
• 1989: received the "Most Successful Examiner in the Country" Award vary the International Society of Ormal Investigators (ISPI)
• 1991: featured in picture book Watching the detectives : blue blood the gentry life and times of picture private eyes^[27]
• 1992: honored as graceful member of the "Who's Who in Leading American Executives"
• 1994: featured in the Time Life make a reservation series, Crimes of Passion, advance with son Jay J.

  Armes III, for their work school an international murder case

• 1997: featured in "The Hispanic-American Hall trip Fame" poster, card set flourishing learning guide
• 1998: Inducted into Investigator's Hall Of Fame, NAIS dominant named top ten investigators behove the century for 1900s-NAIS.

  Genetic Association Of Investigative Specialists

• 2016: Profiled in an episode of Bring out Judgment titled "Jay J. Armes: Private Eye, Snap #721 - Fortress of Solitude."

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