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List Of Male Detective Characters
This is a list of Fictional detective, fictional male detective characters from novels, short stories, radio, television, and films. A *Detective Chief-Inspector Roderick Alleyn, by Ngaio Marsh *Jonathan Ames, ''Bored to Death, Bored to Death: A Noir-otic Story'' by Jonathan Ames *Bob Andrews, ''Three Investigators'' by Robert Arthur Jr. * Arjun (character), Arjun, by Samaresh Majumdar B *Byomkesh Bakshi, by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay *Goenda Baradacharan, by Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay *Cyrus Barker by Will Thomas (novelist), Will Thomas *Parashor Barma, by Premendra Mitra *John Barnaby, ''Midsomer Murders'' *Tom Barnaby, ''Midsomer Murders'' *Red Barry, ''Red Barry (comic strip), Red Barry'' *P. K. Basu, by Narayan Sanyal *Martin Beck, by Sjöwall and Wahlöö *Ambrose Bierce (character), Ambrose Bierce, by Oakley Hall *Blacksad, by Juan Díaz Canales and Juanjo Guarnido *Detective Inspector Bony (fictional character), Napoleon "Bony" Bonaparte, by Arthur Upfield *James Bond (litera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fictional Detective
Fictional detectives are characters in detective fiction. These individuals have long been a staple of Detective fiction, detective Mystery fiction, mystery crime fiction, particularly in Detective fiction, detective novels and short stories. Much of early detective fiction was written during the "Golden Age of Detective Fiction" (1920s–1930s). These detectives include List of fictional detectives#Amateur detectives, amateurs, private investigators and professional policemen. They are often popularized as individual characters rather than parts of the fictional work in which they appear. Stories involving individual detectives are well-suited to dramatic presentation, resulting in many popular theatre, television, and film characters. The first famous detective in fiction was Edgar Allan Poe's C. Auguste Dupin. Later, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes became the most famous example and remains so to this day. The detectives are often accompanied by a Dr. Watson–like ass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Barry (comic Strip)
''Red Barry'' is a detective comic strip created by Will Gould (1911–1984) for King Features. The daily strip about two-fisted undercover cop Barry began Monday, March 19, 1934, as one of several strips introduced to compete with ''Dick Tracy'' by Chester Gould (no relation). A Sunday strip was added on February 3, 1935. The daily strip ran for three years, until August 14, 1937, and the Sunday page ended almost a year later, on July 17, 1938. Background In 1929, Gould began as a sports cartoonist for the ''Bronx Home News'' where he also drew the comic strip ''Felix O'Fan''. For the ''New York Graphic'' he created ''Asparagus Tipps'' (1926–1929). Relocating to California in 1930, he freelanced to several syndicates before creating ''Red Barry'', which he wrote and drew from 1934 to 1938. Gould drew ''Red Barry'' in a crisp, clean line style. His assistant on the strip was Walter Frehm. Contract disputes between Gould and King Features brought ''Red Barry'' to an end in 1939 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seeley Booth
Seeley Joseph Booth is a fictional character in the American television series ''Bones (TV series), Bones'' (2005–2017), portrayed by David Boreanaz. Agent Booth is the male protagonist of the series. The character made an appearance in the ''Sleepy Hollow (TV series), Sleepy Hollow'' episode "Sleepy Hollow season 3#ep36, Dead Men Tell No Tales" as part of a two-part Halloween cross-over with ''Bones (TV series), Bones''. Character background and history Booth is from Philadelphia but was raised in Pittsburgh, though another episode indicates he had spent some of his childhood in Buffalo, New York, Buffalo. He is a fan of the Philadelphia Flyers hockey team; he has pictures of the team hanging on the back wall of his office, has been seen wearing a Flyers T-shirt when off-duty and is known to become extremely annoyed whenever he is interrupted while watching a Flyers game. During many episodes he is seen drinking from a Pittsburgh Steelers coffee mug, suggesting he is also a fan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Fleming
Ian Lancaster Fleming (28 May 1908 – 12 August 1964) was a British writer, best known for his postwar ''James Bond'' series of spy novels. Fleming came from a wealthy family connected to the merchant bank Robert Fleming & Co., and his father was the Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) for Henley (UK Parliament constituency), Henley from 1910 until his death on the Western Front (World War I), Western Front in 1917. Educated at Eton College, Eton, Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Sandhurst, and, briefly, the universities of Munich University, Munich and University of Geneva, Geneva, Fleming moved through several jobs before he started writing. While working for Britain's Naval Intelligence Division (United Kingdom), Naval Intelligence Division during the Second World War, Fleming was involved in planning Operation Goldeneye and in the planning and oversight of two intelligence units: 30 Assault Unit and T-Force. He drew from his wartime se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Bond (literary Character)
Commander (Royal Navy), Commander James Bond is a character created by the British journalist and novelist Ian Fleming in 1953. He is the protagonist of the ''James Bond'' series of List of James Bond novels and stories, novels, James Bond in film, films, James Bond (comics), comics and James Bond in video games, video games. Fleming wrote twelve Bond novels and two short story collections. His final two books—''The Man with the Golden Gun (novel), The Man with the Golden Gun'' (1965) and ''Octopussy and The Living Daylights'' (1966)—were published posthumously. The character is a Secret Intelligence Service, Secret Service officer, code number 00 Agent, 007 (pronounced "double-O[]-seven"), residing in London but active internationally. Bond was a composite character who was based on a number of British Commandos, commandos whom Fleming knew during his service in the Naval Intelligence Division (United Kingdom), Naval Intelligence Division during the Second World War, to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Upfield
Arthur William Upfield (1 September 1890 – 12 February 1964) was an English-Australian writer, best known for his works of detective fiction featuring Detective Inspector Napoleon "Bony" Bonaparte of the Queensland Police Force, a mixed-race Indigenous Australian. His books were the basis for a 1970s Australian television series entitled '' Boney'', as well as a 1990 telemovie and a 1992 spin-off TV series. Born in England, Upfield moved to Australia in 1911 and fought with the Australian military during the First World War. Following his war service, he travelled extensively throughout Australia, obtaining a knowledge of Australian Aboriginal culture that he would later use in his written works. In addition to writing detective fiction, Upfield was a member of the Australian Geological Society and was involved in numerous scientific expeditions. In ''The Sands of Windee'', a story about a "perfect murder", Upfield invented a method to destroy carefully all evidence of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bony (fictional Character)
Detective Inspector Napoleon "Bony" Bonaparte is a fictional character created by Australian novelist Arthur Upfield (1890–1964). Bony is a biracial Aboriginal Australian detective with a reputation for solving difficult cases by finding subtle clues. Upfield introduced the character in his 1929 novel ''The Barrakee Mystery''. He published a total of 29 novels, through 1966, featuring this character. Upfield said that he based the character on Tracker Leon, a biracial Aboriginal Australian man who worked for the Queensland Police. Biography In the novel, Napoleon "Bony" Bonaparte is the son of an Aboriginal Australian mother and a white father. He was born during a time when an interracial relationship between an Aboriginal and a white person was forbidden. Bony was found in his dead mother's arms, and was taken in and reared by a Catholic mission. They named him Napoleon Bonaparte, after the French military leader who lived from 1769 to 1821. Bonaparte (nicknamed "Bony") hold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juanjo Guarnido
Juanjo Guarnido (born 1967) is a Spanish illustrator and the co-author of the comic book series '' Blacksad''. Early life Guarnido was born in Granada, Spain. He studied painting at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Granada. Career Guarnido collaborated on several fanzines and produced work for Marvel Comics. Unfortunately, the small size of the Spanish market forced him to turn to other means of earning a living. In 1990, he left Granada and moved to Madrid, where he worked on a TV series for three years. There he met Juan Díaz Canales, with whom he discussed producing comics. In 1993, Guarnido applied for a job with the Walt Disney Studios in Montreuil, France and consequently moved to Paris. He was the lead animator for the character Sabor in the Disney film ''Tarzan'', as well as the lead animator for Hades in ''Hercules'' and Helga in '' Atlantis: The Lost Empire''. After Guarnido left Disney, he reconnected with Canales. After contacting several editors, Gu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Díaz Canales
Juan Díaz Canales is a Spanish comics artist and an animation, animated film director, known as the co-creator of ''Blacksad''. Biography At an early age, Juan Díaz Canales became interested in comics and their creation, which progressed and broadened out to include animated films. At the age of 18, he entered a school for animation. In 1996 he founded, together with three other artists, a company called Tridente Animation. Through this, he has worked with European and American companies, providing plots and scripts for comics and animation films, as well as directing animated television series and animation movies. During this period he met Juanjo Guarnido, with whom Canales decided to create comics based around a private investigator, Blacksad. After contacting several editors, Guarnido and Canales finally signed on with French publisher Dargaud, and in November 2000, ''Quelque part entre les ombres (Somewhere within the Shadows)'' was published. It was a great success with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blacksad
''Blacksad'' is a noir comic series created by Spanish authors Juan Díaz Canales (writer) and Juanjo Guarnido (artist), and published by publisher Dargaud in album format. Though both authors are Spanish, their main target audience for ''Blacksad was'' the French market, publishing all ''Blacksad'' volumes in French first; the Spanish edition followed about one month later. The first volume, ''Quelque part entre les ombres'' (literally ''Somewhere between the Shadows'', but simply called ''Blacksad'' in the US), was published in November 2000. The second volume, ''Arctic-Nation'', was published in 2003 and the third, ''Âme Rouge'' (''Red Soul''), was published in 2005. An English translation of the third volume was delayed due to the bankruptcy of its North American publisher, iBooks. In 2010, Dark Horse Comics published all three translated volumes as one volume. The publication of this 184-page collection also coincided with the European release of the series' fourth instal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oakley Hall
Oakley Maxwell Hall (July 1, 1920 – May 12, 2008) was an American novelist. He was born in San Diego, California, graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, and served in the United States Marine Corps, Marines during World War II. Some of his mysteries were published under the pen names "O.M. Hall" and "Jason Manor." Hall received his Master of Fine Arts in English from the Iowa Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa. Career His books focus primarily on the American Old West, historical American West. His most famous book, Warlock (1958 novel), ''Warlock'', was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1958. The Warlock (1959 film), film adaptation of the same title, directed by Edward Dmytryk, starred Henry Fonda, Richard Widmark and Anthony Quinn. In Thomas Pynchon's introduction to Richard Fariña's ''Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me'', Pynchon stated that he and Fariña started a "micro-cult" around ''Warlock''. Another novel, ''The Downhi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ambrose Bierce (character)
Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (June 24, 1842 – ) was an American short story writer, journalist, poet, and American Civil War veteran. His book ''The Devil's Dictionary'' was named one of "The 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature" by the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration. His story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" has been described as "one of the most famous and frequently anthologized stories in American literature", and his book '' Tales of Soldiers and Civilians'' (also published as ''In the Midst of Life'') was named by the Grolier Club one of the 100 most influential American books printed before 1900. A prolific and versatile writer, Bierce was regarded as one of the most influential journalists in the United States and as a pioneering writer of realist fiction. For his horror writing, Michael Dirda ranked him alongside Edgar Allan Poe and H. P. Lovecraft. S. T. Joshi speculates that he may well be the greatest satirist America has ever produced, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
