Fictional detective character created by Agatha Christie
"Poirot" redirects here. For the television series, see Agatha Christie's Poirot. For the surname, see Poirot (surname). For other uses, see Poirot (disambiguation).
Fictional character
Hercule Poirot
David Suchet as Hercule Poirot in Agatha Christie's Poirot
First appearance
'The Mysterious Affair at Styles'
1920
Last appearance
Curtain (1975, by Agatha Christie)
Created by
Agatha Christie
Portrayed by
Charles Laughton Francis L. Sullivan Austin Trevor Orson Welles Harold Huber Richard Williams John Malkovich José Ferrer Martin Gabel Tony Randall Albert Finney Dudley Jones Peter Ustinov Ian Holm David Suchet John Moffatt Maurice Denham Peter Sallis Konstantin Raikin Alfred Molina Robert Powell Jason Durr Kenneth Branagh Anthony O'Donnell Shirō Itō (Takashi Akafuji) Mansai Nomura (Takeru Suguro) Tom Conti Pál Mácsai
Hercule Poirot (UK: /ˈɛərkjuːlˈpwɑːroʊ/, US: /hɜːrˈkjuːlpwɑːˈroʊ/[1]) is a fictional Belgian detective created by British writer Agatha Christie. Poirot is one of Christie's most famous and long-running characters, appearing in 33 novels, two plays (Black Coffee and Alibi), and 51 short stories published between 1920 and 1975.
Poirot has been portrayed on radio, in film and on television by various actors, including Austin Trevor, John Moffatt, Albert Finney, Peter Ustinov, Ian Holm, Tony Randall, Alfred Molina, Orson Welles, David Suchet, Kenneth Branagh, and John Malkovich.
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HerculePoirot (UK: /ˈɛərkjuːl ˈpwɑːroʊ/, US: /hɜːrˈkjuːl pwɑːˈroʊ/) is a fictional Belgian detective created by British writer Agatha Christie. Poirot...
This page details the books featuring the fictional character HerculePoirot, created by Agatha Christie. Only works written by Christie (including short...
collections, particularly those revolving around fictional detectives HerculePoirot and Miss Marple. She also wrote the world's longest-running play, the...
third film in which Branagh reprises his role as the Belgian detective HerculePoirot. The ensemble cast includes Kyle Allen, Camille Cottin, Jamie Dornan...
Head in March 1924. In the eleven stories, famed eccentric detective HerculePoirot solves a variety of mysteries involving greed, jealousy, and revenge...
Christie in her stories about the Belgian detective, HerculePoirot. Hastings first meets Poirot during his years as a private detective in Europe. Almost...
followed his performance as Agatha Christie's detective HerculePoirot in Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989–2013), for which he received a 1991 British Academy...
familiar, including HerculePoirot, Miss Marple, Tommy and Tuppence Beresford, Parker Pyne and Harley Quin. Christie wrote more Poirot stories than any of...
of detective fiction include C. Auguste Dupin, Sherlock Holmes, and HerculePoirot. Juvenile stories featuring The Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, and The Boxcar...
fiction by English writer Agatha Christie featuring the Belgian detective HerculePoirot. It was first published in the United Kingdom by the Collins Crime Club...
shillings while the US edition was priced at $2.00. In the book, detective HerculePoirot investigates five people about a murder committed sixteen years earlier...
detective novel by the British writer Agatha Christie, her third to feature HerculePoirot as the lead detective. The novel was published in the UK in June 1926...
Horse 2001 Murder on the Orient Express 2003 Sparkling Cyanide 2007 HerculePoirot's Christmas (A French film adaptation) 2015 Partners in Crime 2015 And...
detective film directed by Frank Tashlin and starring Tony Randall as HerculePoirot. It is based on the 1936 novel The A.B.C. Murders by Agatha Christie...
character who appears in several of Agatha Christie's novels featuring HerculePoirot. Inspector Japp was inspired by the fictional police detective Inspector...
Sundowners (1960), Billy Budd (1962), and Hot Millions (1968). He portrayed HerculePoirot in Death on the Nile (1978). He voiced Prince John and King Richard...
fictional Finnish detective Sven Hjerson, and a friend of HerculePoirot. Mrs Oliver often assists Poirot in his cases through her knowledge of the criminal...
The novel features HerculePoirot, Arthur Hastings and Chief Inspector Japp. An American actress married to Lord Edgware asks Poirot to aid her in getting...
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