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1996 Gerald McArthur, detective, dies at 70
1994 Julian Symons, Br detective writer (Death's Darkest Face), dies at 82 1994 John I M Stewart, detective writer (A Comedy of Terrors), dies at 88 1991 John Crosby, U.S. columnist/detective writer dies at 79 1986 Lino Ventura, actor (French Detective, Slap, Jig-Saw), dies at 67 1982 Frederic Dannay, Ellery Queen, U.S., detective writer, dies at 76 1982 Edith Ngaio Marsh, New Zealand detective writer/producer, dies at 82 1981 Morgan Conway, actor (Dick Tracy Detective), dies 1979 John McQuade, actor (Charlie Wild Private Detective), dies at 73 1976 H Allen Smith, TV host (Armchair Detective), dies at 69 1975 Rex Stout, U.S. detective writer (Nero Wolfe), dies at 88 1975 Howard Joslin, actor (Quebec, Detective Story), dies at 68 1971 Edmund Lowe, actor (Front Page Detective), dies at 81 1971 Manfred Bonnington Lee, Ellery Queen, detective writer, dies at 65 1964 Havank, HF van der Kallen, detective writer (Shade), dies at 60 1961 Dashiell Hammett, U.S. detective writer (Thin Man), dies at 66 1959 Raymond T Chandler, U.S. detective writer (Long Goodbye), dies at 71 1951 David Yip, born in Liverpool, England, of Chinese descent, English actor, played Johnny Ho in The Chinese Detective, played CIA liason agent Chuck Lee in 'A View to a Kill', a 1985 James Bond film 1949 1st network detective series-Private Eyes-premieres 1949 Sidney Kingsley's "Detective Story," premieres in New York City 1944 Jean-Pierre Leaud, Paris, France, actor, Detective 1940 Michael Gambon, English actor, Singing Detective, Paris at Night 1939 SS Van Dine, William Huntingdon Wright, detective writer, dies at 50 1935 Ivans, Jacob van Schevichaven, lawyer/detective writer, dies at 68 1930 Colin Dexter, born in Stamford, Lincolnshire, England, author, crime writer of 13 detective novels and 33 episode television series featuring fictional character Detective Chief Inspector Endeavour Morse, portrayed by John Thaw 1922 Eleanor Parker, born in Ohio, actress, Caged, Detective Story, Hans Brinker 1920 Dick Francis, Wales, jockey/detective writer, Whip Hand, High Stakes 1916 Gerald McArthur, detective 1915 Ross MacDonald, detective novelist, Goodbye Look 1912 Isabella Goodwin, 1st U.S. woman detective, appointed, New York City 1910 Rod Cameron, Calgary Alberta, actor, City Detective, State Trooper 1909 Seicho Matsumoto, Dutch Japanese detective/playwright, 10 to Sen 1908 Harry Kemelman, U.S. detective author, rabbi-omnibus 1908 Alain Cuny, actor, Detective, Weite Land, Emmanuelle 1907 Howard Joslin, Georgia, actor, Quebec, Detective Story 1907 Leslie Charteris, English/US detective writer, Enter the Saint 1906 John I M Stewart, British detective writer, Comedy of Terrors 1905 Manfred Bonnington Lee, detective writer, of Ellery Queen 1904 Cecil Day-Lewis, England, poet laureate/detective, Nicholas Blake 1899 Erich Kastner, Dresden German author, Emil and the Detective 1889 Erle Stanley Gardner, U.S. detective writer, Perry Mason 1889 Margery Allingham, detective story writer 1888 Sydney Horler, English detective writer 1887 Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Dying Detective" 1884 Earl Biggers, author, "Charlie Chan" detective series 1873 Emile Gaboriau, detective writer (Monsieur Lecoq), dies at 37 1866 Ivans, Jacob van Schevichaven, Dutch lawyer/detective writer 1841 1st detective story (Poe's "Murders in Rue Morgue") published 1835 Emile Gaboriau, author, father of French detective novels 1819 Allan Pinkerton, founded Chicago detective agency 1775 Francois-Eugene Vidocq, British police detective |
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