* Patrick Allen as Detective Pearson

The show centred around the eventful life of Detective Superintendent Tony Clark, played by Neil Pearson.

Men from the Third Detective District, Eighteenth Precinct, had the longest, the most tedious, job.

In the early 87th Precinct novels written by Ed McBain, Teddy Carella, the wife of Detective Steve Carella, was referred to as a " deaf-mute ," but in later books, McBain stopped using the term.

The series focuses on the detectives of the 87th Precinct, and although different detectives will " star " in different novels, most 87th novels feature a significant, if not a starring role for Detective 2nd Grade Stephen Louis " Steve " Carella.

Also seen frequently, and lending a certain continuity to the series, are the minor characters Alf Miscolo ( the clerk in charge of records and coffee ) and desk sergeant Dave Murchison, as well as a large cast of regulars who do not work at the 87th, including Steve's deaf-mute wife Theodora " Teddy " Carella ; the buffoonish and arrogant homicide detectives Monoghan and Monroe, who always appear together ; the crime lab supervisor Sam Grossman ; Medical Examiner Paul Blaney ( and later his twin brother Carl ) from the Coroner's Office ; police informants Danny Gimp and Fats Donner ; Rolly Chabrier and Nellie Brand from the District Attorney's office ; and Detective Ollie Weeks ( a. k. a. " Fat Ollie "), a central character in several 87th Precinct novels even though he is in fact on the squad of the neighboring 88th Precinct.

He also starred in the 1950s radio program Richard Diamond, Private Detective, playing Lieutenant Walter Levinson, head of homicide at the 5th Precinct, Manhattan.

In the 1961 – 1962 television season, Lansing appeared as Detective Steve Carella on NBC's 87th Precinct series based on the Ed McBain detective novels.

* The Bronx Detective Bureau division of the NYPD operates out of the old 41st Precinct house " Fort Apache " at Simpson and East 167th Street.

His successor in the 27th Precinct Detective Squad is Det.

The main character Detective Sergeant Shunsaku Aoshima has worked his way back up into the investigative division of the Wangan Precinct of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, after being demoted back to patrol duty for insubordination.

New York City 16th Precinct Police Detective Dixon ( Dana Andrews ), who's in trouble with his superiors for his heavy-handed tactics, subjects murder suspect and gambler Ken Paine ( Craig Stevens ) to the third degree-he strikes the drunken Paine in self-defense and accidentally kills him.

The 16th Precinct commander, Detective Lt. Thomas ( Karl Malden ), Dixon's boss, is convinced that Morgan's father is the killer.

The series stars Malik Yoba as Detective J. C. Williams and Michael DeLorenzo as Detective Eddie Torres, two undercover detectives in New York City's Fourth Precinct who were assigned to investigate various crimes and gang-related cases.

Don Cragen ( Dann Florek ) as commander of the 27th Precinct Detective Squad after Cragen transfers to the Anti-Corruption Task Force.

The Shadow is also referenced in DC's Detective Comics # 446 ( 1975 ), page 4, panel 2: Batman, out of costume and in disguise as an older night janitor, makes a crime fighting acknowledgement, in a thought balloon, to the Shadow.

Originally called The adventures of Detective Van Zwam, it quickly changed its name to The adventures of Nero after a character met by Van Zwam in the first adventure who was locked in an asylum and thought he was emperor Nero.

Four comic books to have sold for over $ 1 million USD as of December 2010, including two examples of Action Comics No. 1, the first appearance of Superman, both sold privately through online dealer ComicConnect. com in 2010, and Detective Comics No. 27, the first appearance of Batman, via public auction.

Chris Sarandon ( born July 24, 1942 ) is an American actor who is best known for playing Prince Humperdinck in the film The Princess Bride, the vampire Jerry Dandridge in Fright Night and Detective Mike Norris in the first entry of the Child's Play series, and providing the speaking voice of Jack Skellington from The Nightmare Before Christmas.

Several authors have attempted to set forth a sort of list of “ Detective Commandments ” for prospective authors of the genre.

David Janssen ( March 27, 1931 – February 13, 1980 ) was an American film and television actor who is best known for his starring role as Dr. Richard Kimble in the television series The Fugitive ( 1963 – 1967 ), the starring role in the 1950s hit detective series Richard Diamond, Private Detective ( 1957 – 60 ), and as Harry Orwell on Harry O.

The letters " DC " stood for Detective Comics, the name of Batman's flagship title.

The next year, he won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance as New York City Detective Jimmy " Popeye " Doyle in The French Connection, marking his graduation to leading man status.

Although he initially needed Watson to share the rent of his comfortable residence at 221B Baker Street, Watson reveals in " The Adventure of the Dying Detective ", when Holmes was living alone, that " I have no doubt that the house might have been purchased at the price which Holmes paid for his rooms ," suggesting he had developed a good income from his practice, although it is seldom revealed exactly how much he charges for his services.

* Kate Warne, the first female private detective, begins to work for the Pinkerton Detective Agency.

Edwards ' hard-boiled private detective scripts for Richard Diamond, Private Detective became NBC's answer to Sam Spade and Philip Marlowe, reflecting Edwards's unique humor.

He also provided voices for the British satirical puppet show Spitting Image, and starred as Dirk Gently in the BBC Radio adaptations of Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency and The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul.

Wilson was taken to Area 2 detective headquarters on the South Side for interrogation under Chicago Police Detective Jon Burge.

Allan Pinkerton ( 25 August 1819 – 1 July 1884 ) was a Scottish American detective and spy, best known for creating the Pinkerton National Detective Agency.

The script for Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency was by Dirk Maggs, who also directs, and John Langdon.

In 1910 Street and Smith converted two of their nickel weeklies, New Tip Top Weekly and Top Notch Magazine, into pulps ; in 1915, Nick Carter Stories, itself a replacement for the New Nick Carter Weekly, morphed into Detective Story Magazine, and in 1919, New Buffalo Bill Weekly became Western Story Magazine.

* Detective fiction for an overview

Fox's earliest stories for DC Comics featured Speed Saunders ( with art by Creig Flessel and, later, Fred Guardineer ) beginning at least with Detective Comics # 4.

) As the 1930s progressed, Fox added writing credits on Steve Malone and Bruce Nelson for Detective Comics to his workload ( Malone would also appear in issues of Adventure Comics ), as well as Zatara for early issues of Action Comics.

Though he continued to script for National / Detective Comics, Inc., Fox became the head writer for All-American.

There, Cole drew such features as " TNT Todd of the FBI " and " Little Dynamite " for Centaur Publications comics such as Funny Pages and Keen Detective Funnies.

* Detective Training School, a training school for Bangladesh Police

* 1939 – DC Comics publishes its second major superhero in Detective Comics # 27 ; he is Batman, one of the most popular comic book superheroes of all time.

Elements of the story were reused by Adams for his novel Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, in particular the character of Professor Chronotis who possesses a time machine.

" Everybody in these sketches wore wide-waisted " fat suits " ( similar to hoop skirts ), so Detective Fat and his clients and his suspects would spend most of the time bumping each other and bouncing across the crowded room.

The Department consists of six full time Officers, six reserve Officers, along with a Detective.

Frank Williams ( at the time a Detective Inspector ) claims that at least three men who were directly involved are still at liberty and enjoying to the full their share of the money stolen and the profits from the way they invested it.

Max Allan Collins ' 1983 novel, " True Detective ," first in the Nathan Heller mystery series, features Zangara's attempted assassination of Roosevelt, positing it as an actual attempt on Chicago's mayor at the time, Anton Cermak.

The Chaotix Detective Agency has not had a client in a long time and need to pay the rent for the house.

The gamer plays as a " time sleuth " for the ACME Detective Agency.

The objective of the game is to track down Carmen Sandiego and her henchmen by jumping through " time tunnels " after she had stolen the Chronoskimmer, a time travel device owned by the ACME Detective Agency.

Although the crime was decades old at the time of Chief Stone's review, he provided an analysis of the evidence, including reviewing taped interrogations of Ottis Toole by Hollywood Police Detective Mark Smith.

Around the time of the release of Batman Detective No. 27, editor Mike Carlin noted that DC had scaled back the production of Elseworlds books in order to " put the luster back on them.

Television shows such as David Lynch's Twin Peaks series and BBC's The Singing Detective also have "... a loosening of causality, a greater emphasis on psychological or anecdotal realism, violations of classical clarity of space and time, explicit authorial comment, and ambiguity.

He would then go on to win the same award for a second time in 2001, this time for Detective Conan.

The premise that the witch in Detective # 336 was Zatanna was perceived by many fans at the time as an attempt to get Batman participating in this issue of Justice League of America no matter how vague the connection to Zatanna's quest was.

* Ruben Blades as Detective Danny Archuleta, a member of Harrigan's team and a long time friend of his.

Pinkerton National Detective Agency | Pinkerton Detective Agency detective James McParland, seen here some time in the 1880s

She has a deep sexual fondness for men and maintains relationships with several men at the same time including Ernie Leach and Detective Ryan O ' Riley.

He made his first major film appearance in 1951's Detective Story, where he recreated his performance from Broadway as an unstable small time hood.

During this time, Broome created many DC characters and institutions, including the whimsical simian sleuth Detective Chimp, with artist Infantino, in The Adventures of Rex the Wonder Dog # 4 ( Aug. 1952 ); the Phantom Stranger, also with Infantino, in Phantom Stranger # 1 ( Sept. 1952 ); the Elongated Man, again with Infantino, in The Flash # 112 ( May 1960 ); and the post-apocalyptic heroes the Atomic Knights, with artist Murphy Anderson, in Strange Adventures # 117 ( June 1960 ).

Holmes plays a considerable role at first as Russell's closest friend, her calculating and idiosyncratic mentor, and as time and circumstance conspire, the Great Detective takes up the role of companion detective.

Charlie Siringo, a cowboy at the time but later a well known Pinkerton Detective, had witnessed the incident and left a written account.