He was the creator of one of the most famous religious sleuths, Rabbi David Small.
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970) was directed by Billy Wilder and stars Robert Stephens as the famous sleuth.
Even this famous sleuth, The Shadow, may make false steps.
He is to be met at the Torquay station by Joan Hickson, who has done the same for Christie's most famous female sleuth, Miss Jane Marple.
Other famous literary sleuths who were brought to the screen include Charlie Chan, Ellery Queen, Nancy Drew, Nero Wolfe, and Agatha Christie's Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's signature is shown with a clipping about Sherlock Holmes and a photo of the actor William Gillette, who played the famous sleuth.
The village was made over to sunnier times for The Moving Finger, a mystery featuring Agatha Christie's other famous sleuth Miss Jane Marple, portrayed by Geraldine McEwan.
With the baked mackerel, Mr. Courtine wrote, the famous sleuth drank muscadet.
Mr. Blatt said: "So you're the famous sleuth, eh?"
The episode beat ITV's Marple in the same time-slot, with Geraldine McEwan's last episode as Agatha Christie's famous sleuth receiving just 4.48 million viewers and a 15% audience share.
