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Below is an alphabetical list of fictional
police detectives and their creators (with, in many cases, the actor/actress most known for playing the character in a dramatisation).
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Detective Sergeant (later Detective Inspector) John Bacchus –
Alan Hunter (played by
Lee Ingleby in
Inspector George Gently )
Kriminalhauptkommissar Balko –
Balko (German, played by
Jochen Horst and Bruno Eyron)
Detective Chief
Inspector Alan Banks –
Peter Robinson (played by
Stephen Tompkinson in
DCI Banks )
Detective
Carolyn Barek –
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (played by
Annabella Sciorra )
Detective Anthony Vincenzo "Tony" Baretta – (played by
Robert Blake ) created by Stephen J Connell
Detective Inspector Charlie Barlow –
Troy Kennedy Martin and
Allan Prior (played by
Stratford Johns in
Z-Cars and
Softly, Softly )
Detective Chief Inspector John Barnaby –
Caroline Graham (played by
Neil Dudgeon in
Midsomer Murders )
Detective Chief Inspector
Thomas "Tom" Barnaby –
Caroline Graham ( played by
John Nettles in
Midsomer Murders )
Detective
Kate Beckett –
Castle ,
Andrew W. Marlowe (played by
Stana Katic )
Detective Cal Beecher –
Person of Interest (played by
Sterling K. Brown )
Detective Mick Belker –
Hill Street Blues (played by
Bruce Weitz )
Detective Olivia Benson (later, Sergeant, then Lieutenant, then Captain) - played by Mariska Hargitay on Law & Order: SVU
Detective Sergeant Jim Bergerac –
Robert Banks Stewart (played by
John Nettles in
Bergerac )
Detective Chief Inspector David Bilborough –
Jimmy McGovern (played by
Christopher Eccleston in
Cracker )
Inspector Bird – (played by
Harry Stubbs in
The Invisible Man )
Detective
G. Lynn Bishop –
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (played by
Samantha Buck )
Detective Captain John Book –
Pamela Wallace ,
Earl W. Wallace and William Kelley (played by
Harrison Ford in
Witness )
Detective Inspector Mike Bolt –
Simon Kernick
Detective Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte –
Arthur Upfield (played by
James Laurenson in
Boney )
Detective
Stella Bonasera –
CSI: NY (played by
Melina Kanakaredes )
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Camille Bordey –
Death in Paradise
Detective
Harry Bosch –
Michael Connelly (played by
Titus Welliver )
Detective Constable Gary Boyle –
Ben Elton (played by
Mark Addy in
The Thin Blue Line )
Detective Braenders –
The Light in the Dark (played by Charles Mussett)
Detective
Aya Brea –
Parasite Eve
Inspector William Brent –
Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode Banquo's Chair (played by
John Williams )
Detective
Lennie Briscoe –
Law & Order (played by
Jerry Orbach )
Detective Inspector Nash Bridges –
Carlton Cuse (played by
Don Johnson in
Nash Bridges )
Detective Constable David Briggs –
Jasper Carrott (played by
Robert Powell in
The Detectives )
Inspector Bristol –
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (played by
E.E. Clive )
Detective Sergeant Ronnie Brooks –
Dick Wolf (played by
Bradley Walsh in
Law & Order: UK )
Inspector Bucket –
Charles Dickens (played by
Stephen Rea in
Dickensian ) (played by
Alun Armstrong in
Bleak House )
Detective Lieutenant Frank Bullitt –
Robert L. Fish (played by
Steve McQueen in
Bullitt )
Detective Sergeant George Bulman - Created by Murray Smith and played by Don Henderson in the TV series
Strangers
Inspector Edward C. Burke – (played by
Lon Chaney in
London After Midnight )
Special Agent Peter Burke – (played by
Tim DeKay in
White Collar )
Detective
Harvey Bullock –
Batman comics,
Archie Goodwin ,
Howard Chaykin ,
Doug Moench and
Don Newton (played by
Robert Costanzo in
Batman: The Animated Series ) (played by
Donal Logue in
Gotham )
Detective Aiden Burn –
CSI: NY (played by
Vanessa Ferlito )
Detective Sergeant Marcus Burnett –
George Gallo (played by
Martin Lawrence in
Bad Boys ,
Bad Boys II and
Bad Boys for Life )
Detective Inspector (later Detective Chief Inspector) Frank Burnside – Geoff McQueen (played by
Christopher Ellison in
The Bill )
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J
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Detective Inspector (Retired) Steve McAndrew –
Nigel McCrery and Roy Mitchell (played by
Denis Lawson in
New Tricks )
Detective Lieutenant
John McClane – (played by
Bruce Willis in the
Die Hard film series )
Captain Mark McCluskey – (played by
Sterling Hayden in
The Godfather )
Chief Inspector Robert Macdonald of Scotland Yard –
E.C.R. Lorac
Detective
Connie McDowell –
NYPD Blue (played by
Charlotte Ross )
Detective Lieutenant Steve McGarrett –
Leonard Freeman (played by
Jack Lord in
Hawaii Five-O )
Detective
James "Jimmy" McNulty –
The Wire (played by
Dominic West )
Inspector Mackenzie –
Doctor Who episode
Ghost Light (played by
Frank Windsor )
Detective
Vic Mackey –
Shawn Ryan (played by
Michael Chiklis in
The Shield )
Detective Garda Cassie Maddox –
Sarah Phelps (played by
Sarah Greene in
Dublin Murders )
Sergeant Ivor Maddox –
Elizabeth Linington
Commissaire
Jules Maigret –
Georges Simenon (played by
Charles Laughton 1949,
Jean Gabin 1957 to 1963,
Basil Sydney 1959,
Rupert Davies 1960 to 1963,
Gino Cervi 1966,
Richard Harris 1985,
Michael Gambon 1992 to 1993,
Bruno Cremer 1991 to 2005 and
Rowan Atkinson 2016 to 2017)
Detective Sergeant Harriet "Harry" Makepeace –
Ranald Graham (played by
Glynis Barber in
Dempsey and Makepeace )
Detective Patsy Mayo –
Hill Street Blues (played by
Mimi Kuzyk )
Detective Chief Inspector
Jack Meadows –
The Bill (played by
Simon Rouse )
Lieutenant Luis Mendoza –
Elizabeth Linington writing as Dell Shannon
Detective
Danny Messer –
CSI: NY (played by
Carmine Giovinazzo )
Detective Meyer Meyer –
Ed McBain
Detective Sergeant Ellie Miller –
Chris Chibnall (played by
Olivia Colman in
Broadchurch )
Detective Chief Inspector Sasha Miller –
Nigel McCrery and Roy Mitchell (played by
Tamzin Outhwaite in
New Tricks )
Detective Mills –
Se7en (played by
Brad Pitt )
Detective Robert Monday –
Premium Rush
Detective
Lindsay Monroe –
CSI: NY (played by
Anna Belknap )
Inspector Angus Montague – (played by
Randolph Scott in
Susannah of the Mounties )
Commisario
Salvo Montalbano –
Andrea Camilleri (played by
Luca Zingaretti in
Inspector Montalbano )
Detective Inspector Jack Mooney –
Robert Thorogood (played by
Ardal O'Hanlon in
Death in Paradise )
Detective
William "Bunk" Moreland –
The Wire (played by
Wendell Pierce )
Detective
Debra Morgan -
Dexter (played by
Jennifer Carpenter )
Detective Inspector Helen Morton - (Played by
Caroline Catz in
DCI Banks )
Detective Chief
Inspector Endeavour Morse –
Colin Dexter (played by
John Thaw in
Inspector Morse , and
Shaun Evans in the prequel stories
Endeavour devised by
Russell Lewis , based on the characters created by
Colin Dexter )
Detective William Murdoch –
Murdoch Mysteries (played by
Yannick Bisson )
Detective Roger Murtaugh –
Shane Black (played by
Danny Glover in
Lethal Weapon ,
Lethal Weapon 2 ,
Lethal Weapon 3 and
Lethal Weapon 4 and
Damon Wayans in
Lethal Weapon )
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