Hercule Poirot

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Hercule Poirot is Agatha Christie's famously fastidious Belgian detective known for his brilliant deductive reasoning and reliance on his "little grey cells" to solve complex mysteries.

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Hercule Poirot canonical 39
Poirot 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Agatha Christie character
fictional detective
literary character
adaptedInto film
radio drama
television series
appearsInWork After the Funeral
Cards on the Table
Dead Man's Folly
Death on the Nile (novel)
surface form: Death on the Nile

Evil Under the Sun
Five Little Pigs
Hallowe'en Party
Lord Edgware Dies
Murder on the Orient Express
Peril at End House
The A.B.C. Murders
surface form: The ABC Murders

The Big Four
The Clocks
The Labours of Hercules
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
The Mystery of the Blue Train
associate Ariadne Oliver
Chief Inspector Japp
Miss Felicity Lemon
bodyType short
stout
catchphrase little grey cells
closeFriend Arthur Hastings
countryOfOrigin Belgium
creator Agatha Christie
fictionalDeathCountry England
fictionalDeathDate 1949
fictionalDeathPlace Styles Court
fictionalStatus retired police officer
firstAppearanceDate 1920
firstAppearanceInWork The Mysterious Affair at Styles
formerOccupation Belgian police officer
gender male
hairStyle waxed moustache
languageSpoken English
French
lastAppearanceDate 1975
lastAppearanceInWork Curtain: Poirot's Last Case
methodOfInvestigation deductive reasoning
psychological analysis
militaryService World War I refugee in England
nationality Belgian
notableCharacteristic fastidiousness
meticulous grooming
obsession with order and method
use of psychological insight
notablePortrayalBy Albert Finney
David Suchet
Kenneth Branagh
Peter Ustinov
occupation police officer
private detective
residence England
London, England
surface form: London

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Peter Ustinov portrayed Hercule Poirot
C. Auguste Dupin influenced Hercule Poirot
Agatha Christie createdCharacter Hercule Poirot
David Suchet notableRole Hercule Poirot
David Suchet portrayedCharacter Hercule Poirot
Death on the Nile (novel) mainCharacter Hercule Poirot
subject surface form: Death on the Nile
Death on the Nile (novel) featuresCharacter Hercule Poirot
subject surface form: Death on the Nile
Carnival Films produced Hercule Poirot
this entity surface form: Poirot
Honeysuckle Weeks notableWork Hercule Poirot
this entity surface form: Poirot
Damien Timmer notableWork Hercule Poirot
this entity surface form: Poirot
Hercule Poirot series mainCharacter Hercule Poirot
Lord Edgware Dies mainCharacter Hercule Poirot
Lord Edgware Dies featuresDetective Hercule Poirot
Lord Edgware Dies featuresCharacter Hercule Poirot
Three Act Tragedy mainCharacter Hercule Poirot
Three Act Tragedy featuresCharacter Hercule Poirot
Three Act Tragedy hasDetective Hercule Poirot
Samuel Ratchett hasEnemy Hercule Poirot
Samuel Ratchett requestsHelpFrom Hercule Poirot
Samuel Ratchett refusedBy Hercule Poirot
Princess Dragomiroff associatedWith Hercule Poirot
Mary Debenham associatedWith Hercule Poirot
Colonel Arbuthnot associatedWith Hercule Poirot
Hector MacQueen investigatedBy Hercule Poirot
Count Andrenyi investigatedBy Hercule Poirot
Count Andrenyi associatedWith Hercule Poirot
Countess Andrenyi associatedWith Hercule Poirot
Mrs. Hubbard associatedWith Hercule Poirot