Charlie Schmidt

Charlie Schmidt was one of the creators of 'Radio Patrol'. This daily strip came about in 1933, when the editors of the Boston Daily Record assigned Charlie Schmidt and Eddie Sullivan to invent a detective strip. At first, the comic was called 'Pinkerton Jr.'. It had such success, that a national, revamped version was launched: 'Radio Patrol' - so called because of the newly invented radio patrol car.

The comic's main characters were Pat and Stutterin' Sam, two Irish cops, and their sidekick Pinky, after the original Pinkerton Jr. The daily strip ran until 1946, the Sunday strip until 1950. During the thirties, the popular comic was adapted for radio and a movie serial.