Useful Notes / Miss Marple Actors

A list of actors and actresses with a TV Tropes page who have appeared in adaptations of Agatha Christie's literary heroine, Miss Marple.

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Films

A Murder is Announced

Appeared in A Murder Is Announced (1956):

• Roger Moore: Patrick Simmons.

Murder, She Said

Appeared in Murder, She Said (1961):

• Richard Briers: "Mrs. Binster".
  • Wilson in the Marple episode "Why Didn't They Ask Evans?".

Murder Most Foul

Appeared in Murder Most Foul (1964):

• Ron Moody: H. Driffold Cosgood.

The Mirror Crack'd

Appeared in The Mirror Crack'd (1980):

• Claire Bloom: Marina Gregg.
  • Aunt Ada in the Marple episode "By the Pricking of My Thumbs".
• Pierce Brosnan: Actor playing Jamie.
• Geraldine Chaplin: Ella Zelinsky.
  • Mrs. Fane in the Marple episode "Sleeping Murder".
• Tony Curtis: Martin "Marty" N. Fenn.
• Edward Fox: Inspector Craddock.
  • Lord Caterham in the Marple episode "The Secret of Chimneys".
• Charles Gray: Bates.
• Rock Hudson: Jason Rudd.
• Angela Lansbury: Miss Jane Marple.
• Kim Novak: Lola Brewster.
• Elizabeth Taylor: Marina Gregg-Rudd.

A Caribbean Mystery

Appeared in A Caribbean Mystery (1983):

• Maurice Evans: Major Geoffrey Palgrave.
• Helen Hayes: Miss Jane Marple.
• Stephen Macht: Greg Dyson.
• Zakes Mokae: Captain Daventy.
• Lynne Moody: Victoria Johnson.
• Brock Peters: Dr. Graham.

Murder with Mirrors

Appeared in Murder with Mirrors (1985):

• Bette Davis: Carrie Louise Serrocold.
• Leo McKern: Inspector Curry.
• Tim Roth: Edgar Lawson.

Sleeping Murder

Appeared in Sleeping Murder (1987):

• Jean Anderson: Mrs. Fane.

TV Series

The Body in the Library

Appeared in Miss Marple: The Body in the Library (1984):

• Frederick Jaeger: Col. Melchett.

Miss Marple

Appeared in Miss Marple (1984-1992):

• Peter Davison: Lance Fortescue in "A Pocketful of Rye".
  • Hubert Curtain in the Marple episode "At Bertram's Hotel".
• Paul Eddington: Reverend Leonard Clement in "The Murder at the Vicarage".
• Joan Hickson: Miss Jane Marple.
• Donald Pleasence: Jason Rafiel in "A Caribbean Mystery".
• Joan Sims: Miss Murgatroyd in "A Murder is Announced".

Marple

Appeared in Marple (2004-2013):

• Sarah Alexander: Lydia Harsnet in "The Pale Horse".
• Jenny Agutter: Agnes Crackenthorpe in "What Mrs. McGillicuddy Saw".
• Richard Armitage: Philip Durrant in "Ordeal by Innocence".
• Tom Baker: Frederick Treves in "Towards Zero".
• Patrick Baladi: Jonathan Frayn in "The Blue Geranium".
• Frances Barber: Lizzie Hinchcliffe in "A Murder is Announced".
• Aneurin Barnard: Robbie Hayman in "Endless Night".
• Samuel Barnett: Sgt. Tiddler in "The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side".
• Helen Baxendale: Mary Dove in "A Pocket Full of Rye".
• Emily Beecham: Elvira Blake in "At Bertram's Hotel".
• Eliza Bennett: Nora Johnson in "By the Pricking of My Thumbs".
• Steven Berkoff: Mr. Eccles in "By the Prickling of My Thumbs".
• Myanna Buring: Lucky Dyson in "A Caribbean Mystery".
• Saffron Burrows: Audrey Strange in "Towards Zero".
• Warren Clarke: Commander Peters in "Why Didn't They Ask Evans?".
• Joan Collins: Ruth Van Rydock in "They Do It with Mirrors".
• Brian Cox: Lewis Serrocold in "They Do It with Mirrors".
• Kenneth Cranham: Rex Fortescue in "A Pocket Full of Rye".
• Benedict Cumberbatch: Luke Fitzwilliam in "Murder Is Easy".
• Timothy Dalton: Clive Trevelyan in "The Sittaford Mystery".
• Charles Dance: Septimus Bligh in "By the Prickling of My Thumbs".
• James D'Arcy: Jerry Burton in "The Moving Finger".
• Phil Davis: Dr. Kennedy in "Sleeping Murder".
• Stephen Dillane: Inspector Finch in "The Secret of Chimneys".
• Natalie Dormer: Moira Nicholson in "Why Didn't They Ask Evans?".
• O-T Fagbenle: Chris Murphy in "By the Pricking My Thumbs".
• JJ Feild: Paul Osbourne in "The Pale Horse".
• Jason Flemyng: Lawrence Redding in "The Murder at the Vicarage".
• Emilia Fox: Joanna Burton in "The Moving Finger".
• Adam Garcia: Raymond Starr in "The Body in the Library".
• Mark Gatiss: Ronald Hawes in "The Murder at the Vicarage".
• Adam Godley: Lomax in "The Secret of Chimneys".
• Matthew Goode: Patrick Simmons in "A Murder is Announced".
• Burn Gorman: Jacko Argyle in "Ordeal by Innocence".
• Richard E. Grant: Raymond West in "Nemesis".
• Rupert Graves: Lance Fortescue in "A Pocket Full of Rye".
• Sienna Guillory: Julia Simmons in "A Murder is Announced".
• David Haig: Major Hugh Horton in "Murder is Easy".
• John Hannah: Inspector Tom Campbell in "What Mrs. McGillicuddy Saw".
• Robert Hardy: Winston Churchill in "The Sittaford Mystery".
• Keeley Hawes: Phillipa Haymes in "A Murder is Announced".
• Shirley Henderson: Honoria Waynflete in "Murder Is Easy".
• Mathew Horne: Eversleigh in "The Secret of Chimneys".
• Jessica Hynes: Aimee Griffith in "The Moving Finger".
• Celia Imrie: Madame Joilet in "4:50 from Paddington".
• Derek Jacobi: Colonel Protheroe in "The Murder at the Vicarage".
• Martin Jarvis: Vincent Hogg in "The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side".
• Rosalind Knight: Partridge in "The Moving Finger".
• Stephanie Leonidas: Hester Argyle in "Ordeal by Innocence".
• Herbert Lom: Ausgustin Dufosse in "The Murder at the Vicarage" and the voice of Jason Rafiel in "Nemesis".
• Joanna Lumley: Dolly Bantry in "The Body in the Library" and "The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side".
• Susan Lynch: Sybil Stamfordis in "The Pale Horse".
• Miriam Margolyes: Mrs. Price-Ridley in "The Murder at the Vicarage".
• Rik Mayall: Alec Nicholson in "Why Didn't They Ask Evans?".
• Gugu Mbatha Raw: Tina Argyle in "Ordeal by Innocence".
• Paul McGann: Dickie Erskine in "Sleeping Murder".
• Tim McInnerny: Rev. Leonard Clement in "The Murder at the Vicarage".
• Neve McIntosh: Martine in "What Mrs. McGillicuddy Saw".
• Virginia McKenna: Belle Goedler in "A Murder Is Announced".
• Georgia Moffett: Frankie Derwent in "Why Didn't They Ask Evans?".
• Carey Mulligan: Violet Willett in "The Sittaford Mystery".
• Sophia Myles: Gwenda Halliday in "Sleeping Murder".
• Lesley Nicol: Nurse McClelland in "A Murder Is Announced".
• Sean Pertwee: Dr. Owen Griffith in "The Moving Finger".
• Leslie Phillips: Sir Philip Starke in "By the Prickling of My Thumbs".
• Paul Rhys: Lewis Pritchard in "The Blue Geranium".
• Ian Richardson: Conway Jefferson in "The Body in the Library".
• Daniel Rigby: Canon Prescott in "A Caribbean Mystery".
• Talulah Riley: Megan Hunter in "The Moving Finger".
• Michelle Ryan: Rose Waters in "By the Pricking of My Thumbs".
• Julian Sands: Thomas Royde in "Towards Zero".
• Julia Sawalha: Mrs. Cresswell in "Greenshaw's Folly".
• Jane Seymour (Actress): Rachel Argyle in "Ordeal by Innocence".
• Fiona Shaw: Miss Katherine Greenshaw in "Greenshaw's Folly".
• Sharon Small: Mary Pritchard in "The Blue Geranium".
• Mel Smith: John Enderby in "The Sittaford Mystery".
• Victoria Smurfit: Ella Blunt in "The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side".
• Birgitte Hjort Sørensen: Greta in "Endless Night".
• Rafe Spall: Roger Bassington in "Why Didn't They Ask Evans?".
• Hannah Spearritt: Tilly Rice in "At Bertram's Hotel".
• Toby Stephens: George Pritchard in "The Blue Geranium".
• Dan Stevens: Michael Faber in "Nemesis".
• Rachael Stirling: Griselda Clement in "The Murder at the Vicarage".
• Catherine Tate: Mitzi Kosinski in "A Murder is Announced".
• Russell Tovey: Terence Reid in "Murder Is Easy".
• Holly Valance: Kanga in "The Pale Horse".
• Hannah Waddingham: Lola Brewster in "The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side".
• David Walliams: George Bartlett in "The Body in the Library".
• Harriet Walter: Duchess in "Sleeping Murder".
• David Warner: Luther Crackenthorpe in "What Mrs. McGillicuddy Saw".
• Robert Webb: Tim Kendall in "A Caribbean Mystery".
• June Whitfield: Mrs. Lancaster in "By the Pricking of My Thumbs".
• Mark Williams: Claude Evans in "Why Didn't They Ask Evans?".
• Ruth Wilson: Georgina Barrow in "Nemesis".
• Penelope Wilton: Carrie Louise Serrocold in "They Do It with Mirrors".

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