"Granada Television's ""The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes"": ""The Blue Carbuncle"", ""The Man with the Twisted Lip"", ""The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans"" (substituting for Inspector Lestrade, as Colin Jeavons was unavailable), and a cameo appearance in ""The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone"". Initially he was played by Brian Miller as a blustering, pompous plodder, then later as much more competent by Denis Lill. He is also featured in M. J. Trow's series ""The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade"". Inspector Tobias Gregson, a Scotland Yard inspector, was first introduced in ""A Study in Scarlet"" (1887), and he subsequently appears in ""The Adventure"
"known of the life outside the Yard of the detective whom Dr. Watson described unflatteringly as sallow, rat-faced, and dark-eyed and whom Holmes saw as quick and energetic but wholly conventional, lacking in imagination, and normally out of his depth – “the best of a bad lot” who had reached the top in the CID by bulldog tenacity. The author M. J. Trow wrote a series of sixteen books using Lestrade as the central character, beginning with ""The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade"" in 1985. In these stories, Trow shows Lestrade to be a more than capable detective. He is given"
"solve crimes in his head. He closely resembles another Yarder, Peter Jones, whom Holmes describes as ""an absolute imbecile"" but ""tenacious as a lobster"" in ""The Red-Headed League"". His appearance and style very much contrast with Tobias Gregson which visually increases their rivalry. The two were never paired up in the Canon after ""A Study in Scarlet"". Lestrade is unique in that he works with Holmes throughout most the spectrum of the Canon, from the first adventure to one of the latest, ""The Adventure of the Three Garridebs"". His character is the only one to appreciably grow and adapt with"
"was renamed 'Dew Cottage' in his honour, in 2005. Dew is the inspiration for the central figure in Peter Lovesey's novel ""The False Inspector Dew"" (1982), , which won the Gold Dagger Award for crime fiction. Dew also appears in several of M. J. Trow's humorous Inspector Lestrade novels, which depict him as dedicated but somewhat bumbling. ""Lestrade and the Leviathan"" (1987) includes a fictionalized version of the Crippen case. Walter Dew appears as a main character in """", a thriller by French writer Michel Moatti, published in 2014. Walter Dew Detective Chief Inspector Walter Dew (17 April 1863 –"
"as a ""moral compass"" for Sherlock, who does not always consider the morality and ethics of his actions. Rupert Graves was cast as DI Greg Lestrade. The writers referred to the character as ""Inspector Lestrade"" during development until Gatiss realised that in contemporary England the character would have the title ""Detective Inspector"". Moffat and Gatiss pointed out that Lestrade does not appear often in the stories and is quite inconsistently portrayed in them. They decided to go with the version that appeared in ""The Adventure of the Six Napoleons"": a man who is frustrated by Holmes but admires him, and"
"of the adventure, Holmes adopts the disguises of an elderly German bookseller (taken from the Arthur Conan Doyle story ""The Adventure of the Empty House""), the lascar sailor Ram Singh, and the Swiss scientist Professor Hoffner. His disguise as the bookseller was parodied in the film ""The Pink Panther"". This film marks the first appearance of Dennis Hoey as Inspector Lestrade - the Scotland Yard detective who, with Watson, provides much of the comic relief in six of the films of the series. Though the film is credited as an adaptation of ""The Dancing Men"", there is little resemblance between"
"Dennis Hoey Dennis Hoey (born Samuel David Hyams, 30 March 1893 – 25 July 1960) was a British film and stage actor, best known for playing Inspector Lestrade in six films of Universal's Sherlock Holmes series. Hoey was born Samuel David Hyams in London to Russian-Jewish parents, another source says Irish and Russian-Jewish parents, who earned a living by running a bed and breakfast in Brighton, on the coast of the English county of East Sussex.. He received his formal education at Brighton College, and originally planned to be a teacher. He served in the British Army during World War"
"for the heroic private eye Edmund Blake who hunts the Whitechapel murderer in Guy Logan's 'The true history of Jack the Ripper' (1905) in which Montague Druitt is also disguised as Mortimer Slade. Macnaghten also appears in ""The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade"" (1985), , the first of the Inspector Lestrade novels by M. J. Trow. The book deals with the aftermath of the Ripper case and with Macnaghten's report. Trow misspells Macnaghten's name as ""McNaghten"" in his book and presents a fictional version of Macnaghten's daughter. Macnaghten also features prominently in the later chapters of Alan Moore's seminal graphic novel"
"is depicted as one of the best detectives at Scotland Yard, chiefly because Holmes regularly allows him to take the credit for his deductions in cases such as ""The Adventure of the Empty House"" and ""The Adventure of the Norwood Builder"". In truth, he was already well-established as a respected policeman with 20 years in the Force before ""A Study in Scarlet"". It is observed by Holmes that Lestrade and another detective, Tobias Gregson, have an ongoing rivalry, and he identifies the two as ""the best of a bad lot ... both quick and energetic, but conventional – shockingly so."""
"Lestrade (pronounced ""Resutoredo"" in the Japanese) is a pupil of Cooper House and has an atmosphere of mod subculture. He is a member of the life guidance committee in the school but assists Holmes in investigations that are disfavored by teachers, especially Grimesby Roylott, who is in charge of giving pupils life guidance. Langdale Pike acts as an informant to Holmes. He is quick at his work but tight with money. He partially plays the role of the Baker Street Irregulars through a group of mice that inform for Holmes. Sherman, a taxidermist in ""The Sign of the Four"" is"
"he had had with Holm.) Holm's final appearance as a character was in the short stories ""Iris,"" ""Lida,"" and ""Luella,"" contained within the 1948 collection ""Saint Errant;"" the next direct reference to her does not appear in print until the 1983 novel ""Salvage for the Saint."" Another recurring character, Scotland Yard Inspector Claud Eustace Teal, could be found attempting to put The Saint behind bars, although in some books they work in partnership. In ""The Saint in New York,"" Teal's American counterpart, NYPD Inspector John Henry Fernack, was introduced, and he would become, like Teal, an Inspector Lestrade-like foil and"
"Doyle's work and with the approval of the Conan Doyle estate. A sequel, ""Moriarty"", was published in 2014. Some authors have written tales centred on characters from the canon other than Holmes. M. J. Trow has written a series of seventeen books using Inspector Lestrade as the central character, beginning with ""The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade"" in 1985. Carole Nelson Douglas' Irene Adler series is based on ""the woman"" from ""A Scandal in Bohemia"", with the first book (1990's ""Good Night, Mr. Holmes"") retelling that story from Adler's point of view. Martin Davies has written three novels where Baker Street"
"credited with Holmes' successes — and by the time of ""The Hound of the Baskervilles"" Watson observes ""from the reverential way in which Lestrade gazed at my companion that he had learned a good deal since the days when they had first worked together."" Additionally, despite his disdain for Lestrade's single-mindedness, Holmes appears to have an affection for the detective. In ""The Hound of the Baskervilles"", Holmes comments to Dr. Watson that Lestrade ""is the best of the professionals, I think,"" meaning the professional detectives employed by Scotland Yard as opposed to himself. In the reported cases, Holmes works with"
"as Inspector Lestrade, who had previously been played by Donald Gee. The ""Elementary"" episode ""Ears to You"" is a loose adaptation of this story. The setup for this episode is very similar to that story — two human ears are mailed to someone, packed in salt — but includes several variations, including the twist that the ears were actually sent by the supposed victim, who underwent a complex experiment to literally grow fake ears on her back so as to frame the primary suspect for her murder. The 2018 HBO Asia/Hulu Japan series ""Miss Sherlock"" loosely adapts this story as"
"Inspector Lestrade all hid nearby to seize the would-be assassin. In ""The Adventure of the Illustrious Client"", Holmes mentions Moran as still alive (in September 1902). Moran is also mentioned in ""His Last Bow"" as an example of Holmes's many adversaries who have futilely sworn revenge against him. Colonel Sebastian Moran was also the villain in Doyle's Sherlock Holmes play ""The Crown Diamond,"" written in the early 1900s but not performed until 1921. When this play was adapted as the short story ""The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone"", Moran was replaced by 'Count Negretto Sylvius'. He appears in three films"
"nemeses are typically just as much the police investigating the crime as they are the original perpetrators. Specifically, he often matches wits with Commissaire Faroux and Inspector Fabre. The novels have been adapted numerous times, most notably a television series starring Guy Marchand, which began in 1991. A series of graphic novels by artist Jacques Tardi have also been published to great critical acclaim. The third in this series was an original story by Tardi. Nestor Burma Nestor Burma is a fictional character created by French crime novelist Léo Malet. In the series of crime novels featuring him one can"
"The biologist then uses his cellular rejuvenation technique to return life and youth to Holmes's body so that the detective can combat Moriarty. Holmes also returns to his Baker Street rooms, which had been preserved as a museum. Lestrade's compudroid reads the original Watson's journals and assumes his name, face, voice and mannerisms in order to assist Holmes in both his crime-solving duties and his difficult assimilation to England in the 22nd century. During the series, Holmes and Watson often work on retainer for New Scotland Yard, with Beth Lestrade as their supervising officer and Chief Inspector Charles Greyson as"
"Holmes once remarked in ""The Adventure of the Cardboard Box"" that, although Lestrade had almost no skill at actual crime-solving, his tenacity and determination are what brought him to the highest ranks in the official police force. His conventional nature leads him to grow frustrated at Holmes' methods, becoming ""indifferent and contemptuous"" to his exploration in ""The Boscombe Valley Mystery"". In both ""The Boscombe Valley Mystery"" and ""The Adventure of the Norwood Builder"", he states that he is ""a practical man"" in dismissal of Holmes' apparently trifling actions. Nevertheless, Lestrade's appreciation of Holmes' methods grows — likely aided by being"
"Inspector Morse Detective Chief Inspector Endeavour Morse GM is the eponymous fictional character in the series of detective novels by British author Colin Dexter. On television, he appears in the 33-episode drama series ""Inspector Morse"" (1987–2000), in which John Thaw played the character, as well as the 2012 prequel series ""Endeavour"", portrayed by Shaun Evans. The older Morse is a senior CID (Criminal Investigation Department) officer with the Thames Valley Police force in Oxford, England, and in the prequel Morse is a young graduate Detective Constable rising through the ranks with the Oxford City Police. Morse presents, to some, a"
"hired Dipper after he caught Dipper stealing his watch. Other characters in the series include Dr. Duncan MacGregor, a gruff Scottish-born physician who assists Kestrel in some of his cases; Dipper's sister Sally Stokes, a saucy street prostitute who helps Kestrel and Dipper solve the mysterious death of a ""fallen woman"" in ""A Broken Vessel"" and becomes Kestrel's lover; and Philippa Fontclair, a charming young girl whom Kestrel meets in ""Cut to the Quick"" and corresponds with in later novels. The novels are heavily influenced by other fictional British detectives, such as Lord Peter Wimsey and Sherlock Holmes. Kate Ross"
"of the Greek Interpreter"" (1893), ""The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge"" (1908) and ""The Adventure of the Red Circle"" (1911). Holmes declares him to be ""the smartest of the Scotland Yarders,"" but given Holmes' opinion of the Scotland Yard detectives, this is not sweeping praise. In one of the stories Watson specifically mentions the callous and cool way in which Gregson behaved. Gregson first appears in ""A Study in Scarlet"" and is a polar opposite of another Yarder Doyle created, Inspector Lestrade. Lestrade and Gregson are such visual opposites, it indicates the barrier Doyle drew between them to emphasise their professional"
"""with chilling authority"" in the words of writer David Stuart Davies, Professor Moriarty in ""The Baker Street Boys"" (1982), and ""with great panache"" Inspector Lestrade in the Granada Television series ""The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes"" (featuring Jeremy Brett as Holmes). Producer Michael Cox of the Granada Television series for Sherlock Holmes stated frankly that they were given the best Lestrade of his generation. In the 1981 TV production of ""The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"", he portrayed Max Quordlepleen, an entertainer who hosts at Milliways, the Restaurant at the End of the Universe. He was Briggs, the lawyer who halts"
"Hap and Leonard Hap and Leonard are two fictional amateur investigators and adventurers portrayed by American author Joe R. Lansdale. They are the main characters in a series of ten novels, three novellas, and three collections of stories and excerpts. They are two very different men and the best of friends, and now work together as private investigators for Hap's girlfriend Brett Sawyer. Together they always wind up in a lot of trouble with various criminal types in the fictional town of LaBorde, in East Texas and often find themselves attempting to solve various unpleasant and brutal crimes. Both men"
"upper-class background. Neither of them is well off. The two are often invited to take part in investigations by an inspector from Scotland Yard, Inspector Lestrade (Mikhail Boyarsky), whose search for the perpetrator often comes to a standstill. The genius investigator and the Doctor confront extraordinary villains: Professor Moriarty (Alexei Gorbunov), charming Irene Adler (Lyanka Gryu), and others. The story begins when Dr. Watson, newly arrived and in search of lodging in London, runs into Holmes at the scene of a fatal accident, which Holmes immediately recognizes as murder. He ends up renting a room at Mrs Hudson’s, next door"
"youngest constable, who wouldn't be glad to shake you by the hand."" Watson notes in passing that this little comment is one of the few instances where Holmes is visibly moved. Lestrade is somewhat difficult to pin down as a character. His impatience with Holmes clashes with his kindness to clients, and his level of education appears limited. Despite being described uncharitably by Dr. Watson, Lestrade is pleasant to him, even implying to Watson in a comic way that he doubts Holmes' sanity in ""The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor"". He uses basic working-class language without embellishments and occasionally archaic"
"Thorndyke short stories, ""Thorndyke: Forensic Investigator"" on BBC Radio 4 Extra. November 2011 read by Jim Norton March 2013 read by William Gaminara In January 2015, Tim McInnerny played Dr. Thorndyke opposite James Fleet's Inspector Lestrade in Chris Harrald's adaptation of ""The Moabite Cipher"" in the third series of the BBC Radio 4 series ""The Rivals"". Dr. Thorndyke Dr John Evelyn Thorndyke is a fictional detective in a long series of 22 novels and 40 short stories by British author R. Austin Freeman (1862–1943). Thorndyke was described by his author as a 'medical jurispractitioner': originally a medical doctor, he turned"
"in 1990 for BBC Radio 4 by Bert Coules, as part of his complete radio adaptation of the canon, starring Clive Merrison as Holmes and Michael Williams as Watson. It also featured Samuel West as James McCarthy and Donald Gee as Inspector Lestrade. In the 1991 TV adaption starring Jeremy Brett and Edward Hardwicke, Boscombe Valley is in Cheshire in the northwest of England. Inspector Lestrade of Scotland Yard does not appear; instead Holmes cooperates with one Inspector Summerby. A young James Purefoy stars as James McCarthy. The Boscombe Valley Mystery ""The Boscombe Valley Mystery"", one of the 56 short"
"the murders of Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes. Holmes interrupts the killer in the process of murdering Stride, and suffers a near-fatal stab wound without being able to catch the man. Worse, newspaper stories suggest that Holmes himself is the killer, based on his proximity to each of the murder scenes. Holmes also receives another anonymous note from the killer, identifying himself as ""Jack the Ripper."" Patient investigation leads Holmes to an elementary solution that horrifies Watson, Monk, and Lestrade: ""Johnny Blackstone"" is a false persona created to throw him off the trail, and the Ripper is actually a policeman,"
"Vincent D'Agosta Detective Lieutenant Vincent D'Agosta is a fictional character appearing in the novels of Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. He is an Italian New Yorker and a main character in several different storylines. D'Agosta's first appearance is in ""Relic"", as the NYPD detective in charge of investigating the Mbwun museum murders. He and FBI agent Aloysius Pendergast work together to solve the mystery and save innocent lives. D'Agosta returns in ""Reliquary"", after which he retires to Canada, using the pseudonym of Campbell Dirk to write police procedurals. D'Agosta comes out of retirement, leaving his cheating wife and college aged"
"Inspector Japp Detective Chief Inspector James Japp (later Assistant Commissioner Japp) is a fictional character who appears in several of Agatha Christie's novels featuring Hercule Poirot. Japp has been depicted in seven novels written by Christie, all featuring Hercule Poirot: In most of these appearances, Japp is a minor character with minimal interactions with Poirot or involvement in the plot. However, Japp emerges as a major character and partner to Poirot in ""Lord Edgware Dies"". He returns in this capacity in ""Death in the Clouds"" and ""One, Two, Buckle My Shoe"", before being written out of the series. In number"
"as the father in the once controversial ""Bouquet of Barbed Wire"" (1976), and its sequel ""Another Bouquet"" (1977), and he was reunited with his ""Bouquet of Barbed Wire"" co-star, Susan Penhaligon, when he played Professor Van Helsing in the BBC ""Count Dracula"" (also 1977), with Louis Jourdan. He appeared in two Sherlock Holmes films as Inspector Lestrade, solving the Jack the Ripper murders (""A Study in Terror"", 1965, and ""Murder by Decree"", 1979). He also played a role in an episode of the Granada Television adaptation of ""Sherlock Holmes"" starring Jeremy Brett, in which his son Daniel played a minor"
"Inspector Lewis Detective Sergeant/Detective Inspector Robert ""Robbie"" Lewis is a fictional character in the ""Inspector Morse"" crime novels by Colin Dexter. The ""sidekick"" to Morse, Lewis is a Detective Sergeant in the Thames Valley Police, and appears in all 13 ""Morse"" novels. In the television adaptation, ""Inspector Morse"", he is played by Kevin Whately. Following the conclusion of the series, Whately reprised the role as the lead character in ""Lewis"", in which the character has been promoted to Inspector. Lewis is a sergeant on the staff of the Thames Valley Police in Oxford, England, and in ""Inspector Morse"" is assistant"
"bufoonish way the character had been portrayed before. Mason received especially good reviews for his performance. Plummer had earlier portrayed Holmes in 1977's ""Silver Blaze"". The supporting cast includes Donald Sutherland, Susan Clark, John Gielgud, Anthony Quayle, David Hemmings and Geneviève Bujold. Frank Finlay plays Inspector Lestrade, a part he had previously portrayed in the similar 1965 film ""A Study in Terror"" in which Quayle had likewise played a supporting role. Finlay would continue his association with Holmes by appearing in an episode of Granada TV's ""Sherlock Holmes"" starring Jeremy Brett. The film was shot on location in London in"