Gerald Petievich Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Gerald Petievich is an American crime writer. He was a United States Secret Service Special Agent from 1970 to 1985. The following films were made of his novels: To Live and Die in L.A., The Sentinel, and Boiling Point. Petievich also co-wrote the screenplays for those films. He lived in San Gabriel, California.
With each of my novels, there has been a time when the idea first strikes-- not that a flash of thought is enough to flesh out a hundred thousand word novel - but when the basic concept; the essence of the drama clicks into the consciousness. For "Earth Angels", it was when my brother John, an LAPD officer, told me a story of how two detectives had once tried to initiate a gang conflict by forging gang graffiti on a wall.
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Fact
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Served as a Special Agent with U. S. Army Intelligence from 1967-1970, and with the Secret Service from 1970-1985. In 1985 he retired to write full-time.
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His brother John was decorated with the Star of Valor for bravery in action during an intense shootout with a dangerous Hispanic gang in L.A. County.
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Father was a L.A. Police officer.
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US Secret Service Agent. (retired)
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Brother -- Sgt. John Petievich -- is L.A. Sheriff Detective-gang unit. (retired)
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In honor of his heritage, main character in "To Live and Die in L.A." has a Serbian surname, "John Vukovich".
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Sentinel
2006
novel
Boiling Point
1993/I
novel "Money Man"
C.A.T. Squad: Python Wolf
1988
TV Movie story
C.A.T. Squad
1986
TV Movie
T.J. Hooker
1985
TV Series written by - 1 episode
To Live and Die in L.A.
1985
novel / screenplay
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
To Live and Die in L.A.
1985
Special Agent (as Gerry Petievich)
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
C.A.T. Squad
1986
TV Movie supervising producer - as Gerry Petievich
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
To Live and Die in L.A.
1985
police technical advisor - uncredited
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Boiling Point: The Story of Boiling Point
2005
Video documentary short
Himself
Top Cops
1992
TV Series
Himself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Counterfeit World: Making 'To Live and Die in L.A.'
$1.7 Million
