Jeff Markham

Jeff Marhkam (sometimes known as Jeff Bailey as an alias) is the main protagonist of the 1947 film noir Out of the Past. He's a local detective who works at a gas station as a way to try and hide from his past, although he's forced to reface his past with Whit Sterling and Kathie Moffat. He was portrayed by Robert Mitchum in one of his most well-known film roles.