Hercule Poirot and Lord Peter Whimsey ( the respective creations of Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers ) have retained Holmes' egotism but not his zest for life and eccentric habits.

The first Hercule Poirot began with tram passengers and Belgian refugees.

More indirectly, Christie ’ s famous character of Hercule Poirot can be compared to an archaeologist in his detailed scrutiny of all facts both large and small.

* 1998 Black Coffee ( featuring Hercule Poirot, based on the 1930 play ' Black Coffee ')

Hercule Poirot (; ) is a fictional Belgian detective, created by Agatha Christie.

His name was derived from two other fictional detectives of the time: Marie Belloc Lowndes ' Hercule Popeau and Frank Howel Evans ' Monsieur Poirot, a retired Belgian police officer living in London.

On publication of the latter, Poirot was the only fictional character to be given an obituary in the New York Times ; 6 August 1975 " Hercule Poirot is Dead ; Famed Belgian Detective ".

: " By the step leading up into the sleeping-car stood a young Belgian lieutenant, resplendent in uniform, conversing with a small man ( Hercule Poirot ) muffled up to the ears of whom nothing was visible but a pink-tipped nose and the two points of an upward-curled moustache.

" Mon estomac ," thought Hercule Poirot, and closed his eyes determinedly.

" — Hercule Poirot in " The Erymanthian Boar " ( 1940 ).

So much had he become the rage that every rich woman who had mislaid a bracelet or lost a pet kitten rushed to secure the services of the great Hercule Poirot.

I am Hercule Poirot.

The first actor to portray Hercule Poirot was Charles Laughton.

* José Ferrer, Hercule Poirot ( 1961 ; Unaired TV Pilot, MGM ; adaptation of " The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim ")

There have been a number of radio adaptations of the Poirot stories, most recently twenty seven of them on BBC Radio 4 ( and regularly repeated on BBC 7 ), starring John Moffatt ( Maurice Denham and Peter Sallis have also played Poirot on BBC Radio 4, Mr. Denham in The Mystery of the Blue Train and Mr. Sallis in Hercule Poirot's Christmas ).

Alongside Hercule Poirot, she is one of the most loved and famous of Christie's characters and has been portrayed numerous times on screen.

The other Rutherford films ( all directed by George Pollock ) were Murder at the Gallop ( 1963 ), based on the 1953 Hercule Poirot novel After the Funeral ( In this film, she is identified as Miss JTV Marple, though there was no indication as to what the extra initials might stand for ); Murder Most Foul ( 1964 ), based on the 1952 Poirot novel Mrs McGinty's Dead ; and Murder Ahoy!

Rutherford also appeared briefly as Miss Marple in the spoof Hercule Poirot adventure The Alphabet Murders ( 1965 ).

The character of Jessica Fletcher is thought to be based on a combination of Miss Marple, Agatha Christie herself, and another Christie character, Ariadne Oliver, who often appears in the Hercule Poirot mysteries.

From 2004 to 2005, Japanese TV network NHK produced a 39 episode anime series titled Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple, which features both Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot.

An example from France was a flattering anagram for Cardinal Richelieu, comparing him to Hercules or at least one of his hands ( Hercules being a kingly symbol ), where " Armand de Richelieu " became " Ardue main d ' Hercule ".

Clouseau's immense ego, eccentricity, embellished French accent and mustache were derived from Hercule Poirot, the famous fictional Belgian detective that featured in the novels of Agatha Christie.

Burgh Island is closely linked to Agatha Christie, as it served as the inspirational setting for both And Then There Were None as well as the Hercule Poirot mystery Evil Under the Sun. The hotel and its eloquent Art Deco styling was also a bolt hole in the 1930s for the likes of London's rich and famous, including Noël Coward.

His performance as Agatha Christie's famous detective Hercule Poirot in the television series Poirot earned him a 1991 British Academy Television Award ( BAFTA ) nomination.

* Hercule Poirot, a famous Belgian detective displaced by the war to England ; Hastings ' old friend

# Hercule Poirot-A renowned Belgian detective famous for solving cases using his " little grey cells ".

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.

The old fashioned name of the inspector, Raoul Dusentier, reminds of famous French-speaking inspectors names such as Hercule Poirot or Joseph Rouletabille.

He has also written for ' straight ' television drama, contributing episodes to ITV's famous adaptations of Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot mysteries, starring David Suchet.

* Hercule Poirot, famous Belgian detective with magnificent moustaches and little " grey cells "

* The venom of the boomslang also features in the Agatha Christie thriller, Death in the Clouds ( pub. 1935 ), featuring her famous detective, Hercule Poirot.

* Hood's cousin once removed, also named Alexander Hood ( 1758 – 1798 ), was a captain in the Royal Navy, famous for a duel between his ship Mars and the French Hercule.

It is not one of stories about her famous French detective, Hercule Poirot, having instead Miss Marple, a little old lady sleuth who doesn't seem to do much but who sets the stage for the final exposure of the murderer.

The winner will get to face the famous champion " Mr. Hercule " ( also known as " Mr. Satan " in the Japanese version ).

It is the only Christie first edition published in the UK that contains stories with both Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, the writer's two most famous detectives.

It features Hercule Poirot, her famous Belgian detective, and Ariadne Oliver.

It features her famous Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, and is set in 1946.

It is the occupant of the fifth floor flat who introduces himself as Hercule Poirot, the famous detective that the four people have heard of.

Goliath eventually stopped close to the bow of Conquérant, opening fire on the new opponent and using the unengaged starboard guns to exchange occasional shots with the frigate Sérieuse and bomb vessel Hercule which were anchored inshore of the battle line.

In Agatha Christie's, " Appointment with Death " ( 1938 ), the mysterious and enigmatic Petra is the setting for a murder mystery featuring Hercule Poirot.

One was for Rosalind, she says, which she wrote first – a book with Hercule Poirot in it – and the other was for Max – with Miss Marple in it.

Moustaches have long been used by artists to make characters distinctive as with Charlie Chan, Snidely Whiplash, Hercule Poirot, or the video game character Mario.

The review then gave a brief synopsis before concluding with " It is all very puzzling, but the great Hercule Poirot, a retired Belgian detective, solves the mystery.

The first adaptation of the novel was the 1965 film The Alphabet Murders with Tony Randall as Hercule Poirot.

The novel was adapted in 1992 for the television series Agatha Christie's Poirot with David Suchet playing the role of Hercule Poirot.

In many of her appearances, Oliver — and her feelings toward Hjerson — reflect Agatha Christie's own frustrations as an author, particularly with the Belgian Hercule Poirot ( an example of self-insertion ).

In The Pale Horse, Mrs Oliver becomes acquainted with the Rev and Mrs Dane Calthrop, who are friends of Miss Marple ( The Moving Finger ); thus establishing that Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot exist in the same world.

The Hercules, not to be confused with HMS Hercule on which Stirling had served in 1804, was nicknamed the Black Frigate and had at one time been the flagship of the Argentine Navy.

Two with eccentric sleuth Hercule Poirot, Evil Under the Sun ( 1982 ), Appointment with Death ( 1988 ), and one with Miss Marple The Mirror Crack'd ( 1980 ).

Agatha Christie has been well represented with several seasons ' worth of stories featuring Hercule Poirot starring David Suchet as well as two versions of Miss Marple's mysteries.

* Milo Perrier ( James Coco ) is a take on Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot and arrives at the house with his chauffeur, Marcel Cassette ( James Cromwell in his first feature film role ).

Then a man in a cloak, who is a participant in the big four, comes and tries persuading Hercule Poirot to stop and Hastings gets into a small fight with the stranger who evades Poirot, Hastings, and the hotel manager with a clever disguise.

These Four, working together, aimed at establishing a world dominion, and against them were ranged Hercule Poirot, the little Belgian detective with the egg-shaped head, the green eyes and ' the little gray cells ,' and his friend Hastings.

Both painters worked on the internal decoration for almost five years, producing the gallant allegories of Le Brun's grand Galerie d ' Hercule ( still in situ ) and the small Cabinet des Muses, with five canvases by Le Sueur that were purchased for the royal collection ( now in the Louvre ) and the earlier ensemble, the Cabinet de l ' Amour, which in its original configuration featured an alcove for a canopied bed upon which the lady of the house would receive visitors, according to the custom of the day.

* In the Animaniacs episode " Hercule Yakko ", Yakko asks Slappy if she's seen anything strange and she said, " I saw Wally Gator slam dance with a Smurf.