Another police contact is Detective Joe Cardona, a key character in many Shadow novels.

Garner also invited yet another familiar actor, Joe Santos, who played Rockford's friend in the Los Angeles Police Department, Detective Dennis Becker.

* Joe E. Ross .... Detective

* Wally Campo as Detective Sergeant Joe Fink / Narrator

To assess the then-growing claims of psychic crime-solving, the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal ( now Committee for Skeptical Inquiry ) created a " task force " of investigators headed by Joe Nickell, PhD, a former magician, mentalist, and investigator for the world famous Pinkerton Detective Agency.

Jeeves ( as Detective Weatherspoon ) diverted the call to the police by naming Bertie as Alpine Joe and took Bertie away.

Superintendent LeMaitre ( nicknamed Lemmy ), Ian Rossiter as Detective Chief Superintendent Joe Bell and Basil Dignam as Commissioner Scott-Marle.

Warburton voices Joe Swanson on Fox's Family Guy and Detective Cash in The Batman.

In December 2006, he played the lead role, Detective Joe Miller, in the Sci Fi Channel miniseries The Lost Room.

* Joe Don Baker as Detective Mesel

Cody Allen ( Perry King ) and Nick Ryder ( Joe Penny ) are two former Army buddies who decided to open the Pier 56 Detective Agency ( later known as the Riptide Detective Agency ) in Los Angeles.

The men surrendered after several days of intense negotiations between Metropolitan Police Bomb squad officers Detective Superintendent Peter Imbert and Detective Chief Superintendent Jim Nevill, and the gang ’ s leader Joe O ’ Connell, who went by the name of “ Tom ”.

He starred on television as Detective Joe Fontana on Law & Order.

Other works include the Joe Copp, Private Eye series of six novels, the Ashton Ford, Psychic Detective series of six novels, and nonfiction books.

) He narrated the Joe McDoakes series of short comedies which starred George O ' Hanlon, notably " So You Want To Be A Detective " ( 1948 ), in which he participated ( with the camera as his point-of-view ).

* 1967-1975: " Mannix ", Private Detective Joe Mannix

* The Home Front Detective Series, featuring Inspector Harvey Marmion and Sergeant Joe Keedy, set in 1915.

Detective Sergeant Joe Friday is a fictional detective of the LAPD.

So You Want to Be a Detective kids the daylights out of the detective mystery The Lady in the Lake, with the action in the first person and the camera representing everything tough-guy Joe sees.

* Joe Penny as Detective Jake Styles

After reuniting with Shaun Parkes in Howard Davies ' production of Joe Penhall's Blue / Orange, in which he played Dr Bruce Flaherty opposite Brian Cox, Simm starred as Detective Inspector Sam Tyler in the 2006 BBC series Life on Mars playing a police officer apparently sent back in time to 1973.

In 1955, he created ( with artist Joe Certa ) the Martian Manhunter in the pages of Detective Comics # 225.

In May 2004 it was announced that Dennis Farina would be replacing Jerry Orbach ( Detective Lennie Briscoe ) as Detective Joe Fontana.

But it was not until Dennis Potter's The Singing Detective ( 1986 ) that he became a household name.

Dennis Potter's The Singing Detective contains scenes that appear to be under and adjacent to Hammersmith Bridge, and Peter Howitt's Sliding Doors includes scenes in and around Hammersmith Bridge.

* The central character in Dennis Potter's The Singing Detective is crime novelist Philip E. Marlow, portrayed in the original TV version by Michael Gambon and in the later film version by Robert Downey, Jr.

* The Singing Detective ( 1986, ISBN 0-571-14631-7 ) by Dennis Potter.

She appeared in many British television drama productions in the 1960s and early 1970s, including Saint Joan ( 1968 ), Three Sisters ( 1969 ), Macbeth ( 1970 ), Hedda Gabler ( 1972 ), Twelfth Night ( 1973 ), as Lady Mountbatten in Lord Mountbatten-The Last Viceroy ( 1985 ) and Dennis Potter's The Singing Detective ( 1986 ).

He was unsuccessful in stopping the 1944 execution of Charlie Kerins who was convicted of killing Garda Detective Dennis O ' Brien in 1942.

The series was conceived as a vehicle for Dennis Waterman following on from his success in The Sweeney, which had finished its run the previous year and in which he co-starred as Detective Sergeant George Carter.

The dramatist Dennis Potter, most famous for The Singing Detective, lived in Ross in the later part of his life.

Ovaltine is mentioned in Dennis Potter's " The Singing Detective " in the sentence by sister White: " Coffee or Ovaltine?

" Frühlingsrauschen " (" Rustle of Spring ") was quoted by Meredith Willson in his musical The Music Man, was one of the main themes of Dennis Potter's 1986 miniseries The Singing Detective, and was sampled by hip-hop producer 4th Disciple on Killarmy's track " Wu-Renegades.

It starred John Thaw as Detective Inspector Jack Regan, and Dennis Waterman as his partner Detective Sergeant George Carter.

Dennis Waterman plays Detective Sergeant George Carter who comes from south London ; and Regan seeks him out in the pilot episode because of his knowledge of the South London area.

The cast of NYPD Blue included actor Dennis Franz, who previously played Detective Buntz on Hill Street Blues, as well as on a spin-off series, " Beverly Hills Buntz.

The character of singing detective Richard Diamond likely served as inspiration for the character of Philip E. Marlow ( Michael Gambon ) in Dennis Potter's The Singing Detective ( 1986 ).

The Singing Detective is a BBC television miniseries written by Dennis Potter, which stars Michael Gambon, and was directed by Jon Amiel.

* Dennis Potter & The Singing Detective Critical essay from British Film Resource

* Dennis Farina as Detective Burton

At about forty minutes into the movie, Detective Burton ( Dennis Farina ) tells Bo how one of the papparazzi has previously sued " Alec Baldwin " or one of the " Baldwins.

" in Detective Comics # 411 ( May 1971 ) by Dennis O ' Neil and Bob Brown.

Bulman lives only for the day that he can put Scott ( played on TV by Stephen Yardley ) back behind bars, but he and his sidekick Detective Constable Derek Willis ( Dennis Blanche ) are thwarted every time, even gaining some slight sympathy and respect for Scott as they discover how he and they have been used by the secret service.

This latter device is strongly reminiscent of the style of television playwright Dennis Potter, who used it in several of his famous productions such as Pennies from Heaven ( 1978 ) and The Singing Detective ( 1986 ).

It appears in the second episode of Dennis Potter's 1986 TV series The Singing Detective.