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Stan Smith from the animated series American Dad! Sterling Archer from the animated series Archer; Sydney Bristow in Alias; The Man from U.N.C.L.E. 1960s TV show; Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin; Tiger/Avinash Singh Rathore, from the Indian Tiger film series, part of the YRF Spy Universe
This is a list of fictional doctors (characters that use the appellation "doctor", medical and otherwise), from literature, films, television, and other media.. Shakespeare created a doctor in his play Macbeth (c 1603) [1] with a "great many good doctors" having appeared in literature by the 1890s [2] and, in the early 1900s, the "rage for novel characters" included a number of "lady doctors". [3]
The Maltese Falcon (Film) (1931) Shawn Spencer: Steve Franks and Andy Berman: Psych (TV) (2006) Spenser: Robert B. Parker: The Godwulf Manuscript (1973) Larry "Doc" Sportello: Thomas Pynchon: Inherent Vice (2009) Johnny Staccato: Everett Chambers, producer: Johnny Staccato (TV) (1959) Juno Steel: Harley Takagi Kaner and Kevin Vibert: The ...
American film Mr. Holmes [81] 2015 British-American film (cameo in a film-within-the-film) Michael Caine: Without a Clue: 1988 British film Juan Manuel Montesinos Sherlock Holmes en Caracas [82] 1992 Venezuelan film Joaquim de Almeida: A Samba for Sherlock: 2001 Brazilian-Portuguese film Robert Downey Jr. Sherlock Holmes: 2009 American-British ...
They are often popularized as individual characters rather than parts of the fictional work in which they appear. Stories involving individual detectives are well-suited to dramatic presentation, resulting in many popular theatre, television, and film characters. The first famous detective in fiction was Edgar Allan Poe's C. Auguste Dupin. [1]
Character Film Portrayed by Year Ref. Tom Powers The Public Enemy: James Cagney: 1931 [63] Caesar Enrico "Rico" Bandello / "Little Caesar" Little Caesar: Edward G. Robinson: Tony Camonte Scarface: Paul Muni: 1932 Donald Duck: Mickey Mouse short film series Clarence Nash: 1934–1966 [64] [65] Scarlett O'Hara: Gone with the Wind: Vivien Leigh ...
List of African-American writers; List of Asian-American writers; List of Cuban-American writers; List of Egyptian-American writers; List of Italian-American women writers; List of Jewish-American writers; List of Korean-American writers; List of Mexican-American writers; List of Puerto Rican writers
A stock character is a dramatic or literary character representing a generic type in a conventional, simplified manner and recurring in many fictional works. [1] The following list labels some of these stereotypes and provides examples. Some character archetypes, the more universal foundations of fictional characters, are also listed.