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