an organized crime boss and rival of Mickey Cohen. Will Shipstad Appearance: White Jazz Lester Lake Appearance: White Jazz Frederick Turentine Appearances: L.A. Confidential, White Jazz Preston Exley Appearances: L.A. Confidential, Perfidia Father of Edmund Exley. In the 2003 pilot, he is portrayed by Robert Foxworth. Arthur De Spain Appearance: L.A. Confidential Timmy Valburn Appearance: L.A. Confidential Lee Peter Vachss Appearance: L.A. Confidential Richard Alex Stensland Appearance: L.A. Confidential In the film adaptation of L.A. Confidential, Stensland is portrayed by Graham Beckel. And is one of the victims in the "Nite Owl Massacre"; which differs from the novel which has Stensland arrested for the Bloody Christmas scandal Abraham Teitlebaum Appearance: L.A. Confidential Dot Rothstein Appearances: L.A. Confidential, Perfidia, This Storm Malcolm Robert Lunceford Appearance: L.A. Confidential Mal Lunceford (June 2, 1912 – April 16, 1953) was one of the victims in the infamous Nite Owl Massacre case. Delbert Melvin "Duke" Cathcart Appearance: L.A. Confidential. Delbert Melvin "Duke" Cathcart (November 14, 1914 - April 19, 1953); a criminal character and victim of the famed "Nite Owl Massacre". He is a character that actually; although is dead, helps crack the case. David Mertens Appearance: L.A. Confidential Jerry Marsalas Appearance: L.A. Confidential Terry Lux Appearances: The Big Nowhere, L.A. Confidential, Perfidia, This Storm Thad Green Ray Pinker Appearance: Perfidia, This Storm Audrey Anders Appearance: The Big Nowhere Coleman Healy Appearance: The Big Nowhere Eugene Niles Appearance: The Big Nowhere Felix Gordean Appearance: The Big Nowhere Saul Lesnick Appearances: The Big Nowhere, Perfidia, This Storm Claire Katherine De Haven Appearances: The Big Nowhere, Perfidia, This Storm Reynolds Loftis Appearances: The Big Nowhere, Perfidia See also Noir fiction The Underworld U.S.A. Trilogy Novel and film references Ellroy, James. The Black Dahlia, Warner Books, 2006, Ellroy, James. The Big Nowhere, Mysterious Press, 1998, Ellroy, James. L.A. Confidential, Warner Books, 1997, Ellroy, James. White Jazz, Vintage Books, 2001, The Black Dahlia (film) L.A. Confidential (film) Ellroy, James. The L.A. Quartet, Everyman's Library, 2019, (US), (UK) Real life events Battle of Chavez Ravine The Black Dahlia murder Bloody Christmas Brenda Allen scandal Sleepy Lagoon murder Zoot Suit Riots References External links retrieved August 3, 2019 American novel series Crime novel series Novels by James Ellroy Novels set in Los Angeles