William Mark Felt Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Mark Felt grew up in a modest Idaho home. He graduated from the University of Idaho and attended George Washington University Law School. Felt joined the FBI in 1942 and worked his way up to become assistant director to J. Edgar Hoover in 1965, succeeding to the No. 2 position of Associate Director upon Hoover's death. In 1972, after a break-in of ...
"I guess people used to think Deep Throat was a criminal, but now they think he's a hero." (2005)
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"I am not Deep Throat, and the only thing I can say is that I wouldn't be ashamed to be, because I think whoever [it was] helped the country, no question about it." (to the New York Times, 29 August 1976)
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The LA Times Obit for Mr. Felt states that he was an unpaid consultant to the television series "The FBI." from 1965 to 1974.
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The writers of The Simpsons (1989) make reference to Felt (aka "Deepthroat") in the episode "Sideshow Bob Roberts," (Sixth Season; episode 2F02 ) where a mysterious figure is providing information (hence, a whistle-blower) about electoral fraud regarding the election of Sideshow Bob to Lisa and Bart Simpson. It is discovered soon after a brief meeting that the whistle-blower is in fact Waylon Smithers, who is providing information only because he disagrees with Sideshow Bob's views on his "lifestyle"
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Is referenced in the film Dick (1999), but only by his alias, since Felt's identity as Deepthroat still remained a mystery when the film was released (film was released in 1999, six years before his identity was finally revealed and confirmed)
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