Name: Johnathan Humphrey
Grissom "Jack"
Age: 42
Date of Birth: 20 December 1899 in Cleveland , Ohio
Wedding Anniversary: 21 December 1932
Appearance:
Hair: Chestnut Brown (worn either parted with part in
line with left eye brow or left alone)
Eyes: Light Brown, sometimes mistaken for Hazel
Height: 5'8 Weight: 195lbs-very muscular
Identifying Scars:
Scars on: Left Shoulder (gunshot
wound in April 1933)
Right Shoulder (gunshot wound in December
1933)
Upper Lip (created when healed improperly from
childhood)
Right Cheek (hardly noticeable to anyone but
him-childhood)
Left Side of Chest-mid torso (gunshot wound in
1941)
Clothing:
Normally wears 3 piece,
double-breasted pin strip suite with solid ties and only buttons top button
on suite coat. Outwear includes either tan or black trench coat which is belted
and
a grey fedora with heavy black band and brim turned down. Occasionally wears ankle
boots.
Jewelry:
Wears a wedding ring; carries an
Elgin Pocket Watch by Wadsworth
Weapons:
Never without his Smith & Wesson
1917-ACP in concealed shoulder holster
Backup weapon: Smith & Wesson .32
Safety Hammerless Revolver "belly gun"
Backup weapon: Webley-Fosbery .38
Carries an Italian Switchblade hidden
on his person (either in his boots or in his sock)
Automobiles: 1941 Cadillac 62
Coupe-black
1932 Auburn
V-12 Speedster (Wedding Present)
Residences:
Mansion: 3076 Fairmount Blvd. Cleveland
Heights , Ohio
44118
Apartments: Statler Arms Hotel 1127 Euclid Avenue, Suite 410 Cleveland , Ohio 44115
Office: 1621 Euclid Avenue Suite 2106 Cleveland , Ohio
Speech: Can read, write and
speak fluent English
Knows enough French to get slapped (after Lauranna died, his French became very rusty)
Lisp causes some difficulty with saying words that
start with O (such as O'Reilly)
No known accent
Occupation: Private Detective
(prefers to be called Private Eye)
Employer: Self-Employed
Partner(s): Harrison Wilson
Thomas
O'Reilly-Homicide Detective with Cleveland Police Department
Personality:
Before Lauranna: A smart ass whose always thinking
about himself. Can be wild, unpredictable, even
impulsive. Sly and tricky when called for and temper flares without warning
and can turn things around (useful with clients and normally has a smile afterwards)
After Lauranna: Becomes much more reserved and cold
and somewhat hard. Tends to think most import things threw
*He is what most private
detectives would like to be: a hard, shifty fellow, able to take
care of himself in any situation; able to get the best of anybody he comes in contact
with whether criminal, innocent bystander or client.*
Habits/Tics/Hobbies:
Drinking:
Enjoys drinking bourbon, prefers
Scotch, will drink Whiskey only when he has to.
Does
not do mixed drinks and tends to have drinks over ice.
Gave up drinking until Lauranna's
death
Cigarettes:
When not rolling his own cigarettes,
smokes Lucky Strikes Cigarettes-NEVER cigars
Tics:
He smiles when he talks & uses
his hand to empathize things
Always buttons top button on suite coat
unless his hands are in his pants pockets
Uses thumb & left index finger to play with his left
ear lobe when thinking
Will rub finger under his nose then snap
fingers or will slide his hands together and point when making a point
Hobbies:
Despite his wife being dead for nine
years, he still listen to Burns &
Allen on Tuesday and
then Thursday nights
Tries to visit Lauranna's grave weekly (Not really a hobby, but in his mind, it is)
Family:
Father: Johnathan William Grissom, a beat cop for
Cleveland Police Department, deceased
Mother: Elizabeth Ann DePres, a nurse at City Hospital
Siblings: None, only child
Spouse: Lauranna Vivian Blaine, deceased
Children: None Living
1st Child: Miscarriage at 3.5 weeks
after Jack was shot in April, 1933 while on a case
2nd Child: died in-utero when mother
was killed at 6.5 weeks
Headstone shows name of Rose as the
babies name
*While Jack knows about the death of
his 2nd child, he is not aware until much later of 1st miscarriage due to a coma he was in at
the time of the miscarriage*
Possibility he is the father of
Evelina Wilson, the daughter of Harrison and Sara Wilson after an affair
Best Friend: Thomas "Thom" O'Reilly,
Homicide detective Cleveland Police Department
Misc. Facts:
·
In a flashback
while he is in a coma, Jacks says his favorite color is Navy Blue; mentions
that his favorite color for Lauranna
is a deep violet purple
·
He is godfather
to nephew Anthony James Vincent and also to Evelina Ann Wilson
·
While living in
the Blaine Mansion
After Jack and Lauranna
spend a quite weekend there, Jack leaves everything alone and his apartment has not
changed in nine years
·
When arriving at
Kidson Crime Scene, O'Reilly mentions Burns
& Allen. Every Tuesday, Jack and
Lauranna would listen to them on the radio before going to bed
·
Despite having
the apartment, Jack and Lauranna normally lived in the mansion, which was given
to them as a wedding present
·
Jack's greatest
desire is to be reunited with Lauranna and their unborn baby
·
The Grissom's
marriage lasts exactly one year
·
The Grissom Coat
of Arms original said "Search for Truth. The World is Not Enough" (Quaero
enim veritas) in Latin. After Jack's marriage to Lauranna the line "We
have all the time in the world" (Nous avons tout le temps dans le monde)
is added in French
·
Jack mentions
once that the neighborhood of Slavic Village South High School Slavic Village
·
Right around the
anniversary of his wife's death, Jack is easily angered
·
As a wedding
present, Stephen Blaine Sr. (Lauranna's paternal grandfather) gives Jack a 1932 Auburn V-12 Speedster
·
The only personal
effects he has of Lauranna is a silk lilac nightgown and robe, matching bedroom
heels, a bottle of Chanel No. 5 perfume, an amethyst necklace and earrings, her
personal copy of The Maltese Falcon,
a single photograph of her, a photograph of them on their wedding day, a photograph Thom took of them in the park, the baby
blanket under the tree the year she died (that's how she was planning on
telling him of her pregnancy), Rick the bull dog and a love note with a dried
red rose from the weekend spent at the apartment
·
While it was
Elizabeth Grissom who taught Jack basic French, Lauranna taught him much of it
as well. After Lauranna's death, Jack stopped worrying about french, and can only say a few saying (Nous avons tour le temps dans le monde;
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