Johnston McCulley
1883–1958 (age 75)
Writer
Biography
Johnston McCulley, born in 1883, turned to pulp fiction and serial storytelling, penning adventures that captured readers with swashbuckling heroes and slippered villains.
He is best known for creating Zorro, whose daring exploits and keen sense of justice inspired countless adaptations, and McCulley's final resting place is among the well-tended groves of Forest Lawn Memorial Park.