- Andrew Blodgett Mayfair
Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Blodgett "Monk" Mayfair is a member of the band of associates of the
heroic pulp fiction characterDoc Savage . Monk is a peerless industrialchemist and, as are all of Savage's associates, a good man in a fight. His physical characteristics are undeniablysimian , hence hisnickname . Monk loves a good brawl, beautiful women, and needling his companion, the lawyer 'Ham' Brooks. It was Monk, in fact, who framed Brooks for stealing hams duringWorld War I , and the insulting nickname stuck. In spite of their constant bickering, Monk and Ham are great friends and have risked their lives for each other on several occasions.Monk purchased an ugly pig in
Arabia during the novel "The Phantom City." He named it Habeas Corpus in order to further infuriate his lawyer friend. The pig accompanies Monk on most of his adventures.In the 1975 film , he was played by
Michael Miller .
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