For the 1868 novel, see Monsieur Lecoq (novel). For the 1914 film, see Monsieur Lecoq (film).
Fictional character
Monsieur Lecoq
First appearance
The Lerouge Case
Last appearance
A Disappearance
Created by
Emile Gaboriau
In-universe information
Gender
Male
Occupation
Police detective
Nationality
French
Monsieur Lecoq, illustrated by Gino Starace
Monsieur Lecoq is the creation of Émile Gaboriau, a 19th-century French writer and journalist. Monsieur Lecoq is a fictional detective employed by the French Sûreté. The character is one of the pioneers of the genre and a major influence on Sherlock Holmes (who, in A Study in Scarlet, calls him "a miserable bungler"), laying the groundwork for the methodical, scientifically minded detective. In French, "Monsieur" is "Mister" and his surname literally means "The Rooster".
In the person of armchair detective Tabaret, nicknamed Père Tireauclair, (lit. Father Bringer of Light, or "Old man Brings-to-light"), a title Lecoq himself will eventually inherit, Gaboriau also created an older mentor for Lecoq who, like Mycroft Holmes and Nero Wolfe, helps the hero solve particularly challenging puzzles while remaining largely inactive physically. In Tabaret's case, aid is dispensed from the comfort of his bed.
MonsieurLecoq is the creation of Émile Gaboriau, a 19th-century French writer and journalist. MonsieurLecoq is a fictional detective employed by the...
detective novel by the 19th century French writer Émile Gaboriau, in his MonsieurLecoq series. The book was first published in French in 1867. An English translation...
Gaboriau, future creator of the police detective MonsieurLecoq (a hero seemingly unrelated to the villainous Lecoq of the Habits Noirs), was his assistant. Les...
communicate between members of the cells. In the novel MonsieurLecoq, published in 1868, MonsieurLecoq finds that a prisoner is communicating with his confederate...
a Woman (1967) - Isolde Quatermass and the Pit (1967) - Journalist MonsieurLecoq (1967) The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom (1968) - Pet shop saleslady Otley (1968)...
to feature-film production in 1967 by producing a new adaptation of MonsieurLecoq; the film was never finished. Film stills featuring the movie's actress...
1967 The Vulture Professor Hans Koniglich A Rose for Everyone Basilio MonsieurLecoq Unknown Unfinished 1968 O tutto o niente Pigsty / Dean Light The Girl...
difficult prisoners. The English translation of the French detective novel MonsieurLecoq, published in 1868 by Émile Gaboriau, uses the term Black Maria when...
for Columbia, was a hit in Great Britain. His company also worked on MonsieurLecoq (never completed) and Otley (1969). It developed a project called Fifteen...
Chester Franklin and starring Lew Cody, Mary Nolan and June Clyde. MonsieurLecoq, a Parisian detective solves a series of crimes. It is based on a story...
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Forum Pseudolus 1967 Children of the Exodus Narrator short film MonsieurLecoq Max Lecoq The Producers Max Bialystock 1968 Great Catherine Potemkin 1969...
The Avenger; Philip Marlowe; James Bond; Lew Archer; Travis McGee; MonsieurLecoq; and Arsène Lupin. The Wold Newton Universe (or WNU) is a term coined...
MonsieurLecoq were extremely popular at the time Conan Doyle began writing Holmes, and Holmes's speech and behaviour sometimes follow those of Lecoq...
dernier pardon (1913) Les gaîtés de l'escadron (1913) Soeurette (1914) MonsieurLecoq (1914) Le masque du vice (1917) Amour... amour... (1932) Happy Arenas...
various episodes, also script supervisor N.Y.P.D. (1967) (TV series) MonsieurLecoq (1967) (abandoned) The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1968)...
synthesis of character over analysis of crime. 1866: Émile Gaboriau: MonsieurLecoq 1905: Maurice Leblanc: Arsène Lupin 1908: Gaston Leroux: Joseph Rouletabille...
often thought to be his masterpiece. French author Émile Gaboriau's MonsieurLecoq (1868) laid the groundwork for the methodical, scientifically minded...
mysterious disappearance."[citation needed] Tabaret from Émile Gaboriau's MonsieurLecoq stories is another early example. Baroness Orczy's Old Man in the Corner...
Gaboriau was a pioneer of the detective fiction genre in France. In MonsieurLecoq (1868), the title character is adept at disguise, a key characteristic...
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