A real life Higgins?

[ConchRepublican]

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Donald P. Bellisario
The Broder Webb Chervin Silbermann Agency
9242 Beverly Blvd.
Suite 200
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
USA


The Broder Webb Chervin Silbermann Agency
(Talent Agency)
9242 Beverly Blvd.
Suite 200
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
USA
Phone: (310) 281-3400
Fax: (310) 276-3207


Donald P. Bellisario
c/o Gelfand, Rennert & Feldman
1880 Century Park East, Suite 1600
Los Angeles, CA 90067
USA


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9/09/2006 - Sent: May 20, 2006 Recieved: August 30, 2006 Sent hand-written letter. Address used: Broder Webb Chervin Silbermann 9242 Beverly Blvd. #200 Beverly Hills, CA 90210 Recieved a nice personal letter from his assistant, a copy of his biography, and a pre-printed photo of the season 3 cast of 'NCIS'. I've already recieved one of these, and I thought it was very strange that this one did not have Lauren Holly's signature. Return address: There wasn't one, but it was mailed from zip code 90038.

[Magnum T.]

Very interesting!
Good work, Higgy_baby!

[Styles Bitchley]

This is very cool. Nice digging!

[Luther's nephew Dobie]

I have always thought Higgins military record, achievements and VC were a little over the top. Nobody could have served in so many theatres in the war not to mention MI6 and his other post war services. Of course this is all after his being sent down from Sandhurst and having to work his way up as an NCO. Incredible! Nonetheless, I love the character; he is very amusing, and this is TV after all.

What if I told you there is a man who made it through Sandhurst, served in the 30s on the Northwest Frontier commanding Gurkha rifles and later served in WW2 in Iraq, Syria and Persia (Iran)? He then was tranferred to Burma to head up a Chindit unit. While in this role, he had to agonize over and finally execute 19 of his own hospitalized men, to prevent their falling into Japanese hands, upon a withdrawal from a remote area in which they were under attack for days. He served in India at the end of the War, during the waning days of the Raj. He then moved to the United States (not Hawaii) and took up writing under his real surname MASTERS. He published over 20 novels and a few nonfiction that were basically his memoirs. Although not a VC, he did earn a DSO (also instituted by Queen Victoria). Does this not sound a little like our beloved Higgy Baby with the added twist that he is also Robin?

I love Military History. About 10 years ago I picked up a book entitled 'Bugles and a Tiger'. It's about the NW frontier and the Gurkhas, and is semi-autobiographical. The author was John Masters. I then read his most famous fiction novel, Bhowani Junction, which has a campy flavour and was made into a movie starring Ave Gardner.

I never made any connection for years, but recently wondered if John Masters was an inspiration for the creators of MPI. Has anyone heard of any connection?

More info is available of course on Wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Masters

Hi Guys,
Wow, this blast from the past post is terrific! Higgy baby makes a great argument for the origins of the Higgins character. I wish I had come across this before.
Higgy baby, if you are out there please come back to Magnum Mania and post more often. Thank you for sharing this.

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