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William Simons was cast as Alleyn's right-hand man and "Dr Watson", Detective Inspector Fox, and Belinda Lang starred as painter Agatha Troy, Alleyn's love interest. When a full series finally came to screen three years later, Simon Williams was unavailable, and the role of Alleyn was filled by Patrick Malahide , while Simons and Lang reprised ...
Simons's other regular roles in television included the political dissident Quarmby in the 1971 series The Guardians, Martin O'Connor QC in Crown Court (1973–83), Constable Thackeray in Cribb (1979–81), and Inspector "Brer" Fox in The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries (1990–94). Simons also made guest appearances in Doctor Who: The Sun Makers [1 ...
DCI Roderick Alleyn (later DCS) – Ngaio Marsh (played by Simon Williams and Patrick Malahide in The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries) Chief Inspector W. R. Allison – The Brighton Strangler (played by Miles Mander) Detective John Anthony – Kingston's Finest (played by himself) Inspector Arnz – House of Frankenstein (played by Lionel Atwill)
Before Alleyn can unmask Watchman's killer, in the face of considerable obstruction or outright hostility from the suspects, he only just contrives to save his assistant Inspector Fox from death by drinking cyanide-laced sherry from a bottle set aside for the two policemen. With Fox recovering quickly, Alleyn unmasks the killer: Bob Legge.
Roderick Alleyn (pronounced "Allen") is a fictional character who first appeared in 1934. [1] He is the policeman hero of the 32 detective novels of Ngaio Marsh.Marsh and her gentleman detective belong firmly in the Golden Age of Detective Fiction, although the last Alleyn novel, Light Thickens, was published in 1982.
Enter a Murderer is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh.This is her second novel to feature Chief Inspector Roderick Alleyn, and was first published in 1935.The novel is the first of the theatrical novels for which Marsh was to become famous, taking its title from a line of stage direction in Macbeth.
Overture to Death is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh; it is the eighth novel to feature Roderick Alleyn, and was first published in 1939.The plot concerns a murder during an amateur theatrical performance in a Dorset village, which Alleyn and his colleague Fox are dispatched from Scotland Yard to investigate and duly solve.
Hovering uncomfortably around this class hierarchy is an affably boozy ex-RAF hero, Simon Begg, who runs the local garage and also has a key role in the mumming play. Tensions rise on Sword Wednesday around the small community, especially at The Forge, where William Andersen's 'simple' son Ernie wants to take over his father's starring role as ...