15 Facts About Eddie Mannix

Joseph Edgar Allen John Mannix was an American film studio executive and producer.

Eddie Mannix is remembered for his work as a "fixer", who was paid to cover up Hollywood stars' often colorful private lives to protect their public image and profitability for the studio.

Eddie Mannix was born in Fort Lee, New Jersey, the son of John and Lizzie Eddie Mannix.

Eddie Mannix eventually worked his way up to general manager within MGM in the 1920s.

The Eddie Mannix Ledger is in the Margaret Herrick Library at Fairbanks Center for Motion Picture Study.

Eddie Mannix left MGM in August 1958, after having suffered several heart attacks, although he stayed on as adviser, particularly in the area of industrial relations.

Eddie Mannix had numerous affairs during the marriage, but the couple remained married due to their Catholicism.

However, in late 1937, Bernice petitioned for divorce, claiming that Eddie Mannix physically abused her and citing the affairs.

Eddie Mannix was suspected of involvement in the death of actor George Reeves, the star of the television series Adventures of Superman.

Eddie Mannix reportedly approved of the affair, which was an open secret in Hollywood.

Eddie Mannix was simultaneously having a long-term affair with a Japanese woman.

Eddie Mannix's death was ruled a suicide, but controversy has surrounded that ruling ever since.

Rumors arose that Eddie Mannix, who was rumored to have had connections to organized crime, had arranged for Reeves to be murdered by a hitman.

Kashner and Schoenberger's partially fictionalized biography Hollywood Kryptonite alleged, without citing any sources, that Toni Lanier Eddie Mannix, using her husband's criminal connections, ordered George Reeves' murder.

Eddie Mannix is buried at the Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, Los Angeles County.