Sherlock Holmes and the Panamanian Girls

by Frank Thomas

Frank Thomas presents this intriguing excerpt from the memoirs of the esteemed John H. Watson, M.D. which he discovered in the famous dispatch box in the ruins of Cox

Genres: Crime, Mystery

202 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1988

About the author

Frank "Frankie" Thomas, Jr. was the only child of two actors who encouraged their son into the same business at an early age. He appeared on the Broadway stage and in a number of movies before WWII. During the war he served with both the Navy and the Coast Guard. Later he returned to New York and found steady work on radio. In 1950 he gained national popularity when he was cast in the title role of the TV series Tom Corbett, Space Cadet. He was still making personal appearances as a result of that role until his death.

Frankie gave up acting at the height of his fame and wrote for radio and TV.

"I have no regrets. I got all the breaks I had coming. I consider myself to have been very lucky during my career, especially in knowing when to leave it. I smile when I think of those years but I've never missed any part of acting."

Thomas was a bridge master who taught recreational bridge while playing on the circuit with all the other master players as well as the author of Sherlock Holmes mystery novels.

In the late 1980s, he met and married wife Virginia who died in 1997. Frankie passed away of respiratory failure in Sherman Oaks, California.