Editing Hercule Poirot (section)

=== Film ===

==== Austin Trevor ====

[[Austin Trevor]] debuted the role of Poirot on screen in the 1931 British film ''[[Alibi (1931 film)|Alibi]]''. The film was based on the stage play. Trevor reprised the role of Poirot twice, in ''[[Black Coffee (1931 film)|Black Coffee]]'' and ''[[Lord Edgware Dies (1934 film)|Lord Edgware Dies]]''. Trevor said once that he was probably cast as Poirot simply because he could do a French accent.<ref>[http://www.poirot.us/ptvfilm.html At the Hercule Poirot Central website] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080430024329/http://www.poirot.us/ptvfilm.html |date=30 April 2008 }}</ref> Notably, Trevor's Poirot did not have a moustache. [[Leslie S. Hiscott]] directed the first two films, and [[Henry Edwards (actor)|Henry Edwards]] took over for the third.

==== Tony Randall ====

[[Tony Randall]] portrayed Poirot in ''[[The Alphabet Murders]]'', a 1965 film also known as ''The ABC Murders''. This was more a satire of Poirot than a straightforward adaptation and was greatly changed from the original. Much of the story, set in modern times, was played for comedy, with Poirot investigating the murders while evading the attempts by Hastings ([[Robert Morley]]) and the police to get him out of England and back to Belgium.

==== Albert Finney ====
[[File:Albert Finney plays Poirot.jpg|thumb|[[Albert Finney]] as Poirot in the 1974 film ''[[Murder on the Orient Express (1974 film)|Murder on the Orient Express]]'']]
[[Albert Finney]] played Poirot in 1974 in the cinematic version of ''[[Murder on the Orient Express (1974 film)|Murder on the Orient Express]]''. Finney is the only actor to receive an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] nomination for playing Poirot, though he did not win.

==== Peter Ustinov ====
[[File:Ustinov is Poirot.jpg|[[Peter Ustinov]] as Poirot in a [[Evil Under the Sun (1982 film)|1982 adaptation]] of the novel ''[[Evil Under the Sun]]''|frame]]

[[Peter Ustinov]] played Poirot six times, starting with ''[[Death on the Nile (1978 film)|Death on the Nile]]'' (1978). He reprised the role in ''[[Evil Under the Sun (1982 film)|Evil Under the Sun]]'' (1982) and ''[[Appointment with Death (film)|Appointment with Death]]'' (1988).

Christie's daughter [[Rosalind Hicks]] observed Ustinov during a rehearsal and said, "That's not Poirot! He isn't at all like that!" Ustinov overheard and remarked "He is ''now!''"<ref>{{Citation|url=http://www.mapdig.com/?title=Hercule_Poirot |title=Hercule Poirot |publisher=Map dig |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517152810/http://www.mapdig.com/?title=Hercule_Poirot |archive-date=17 May 2014 }}</ref>

He appeared again as Poirot in three [[television film]]s: ''[[Thirteen at Dinner (film)|Thirteen at Dinner]]'' (1985), ''[[Dead Man's Folly (film)|Dead Man's Folly]]'' (1986), and ''[[Murder in Three Acts]]'' (1986). Earlier adaptations were set during the time in which the novels were written, but these television films were set in the contemporary era. The first of these was based on ''[[Lord Edgware Dies]]'' and was made by [[Warner Bros.]] It also starred [[Faye Dunaway]], with David Suchet as Inspector Japp, just before Suchet began to play Poirot. David Suchet considers his performance as Japp to be "possibly the worst performance of [his] career".<ref>{{Cite magazine | url = http://www.strandmag.com/suchet.htm | title = Interview | first = David | last = Suchet | author-link = David Suchet | magazine = [[The Strand Magazine]] | access-date = 5 December 2006 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150530010249/http://www.strandmag.com/suchet.htm | archive-date = 30 May 2015 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

==== Kenneth Branagh ====
[[Kenneth Branagh]] played Poirot in film adaptations of [[Murder on the Orient Express (2017 film)|''Murder on the Orient Express'']] in 2017, ''[[Death on the Nile (2022 film)|Death on the Nile]]'' in 2022, and ''[[A Haunting in Venice]]'', based on the novel ''[[Hallowe'en Party]]'', in 2023. Branagh directed all three and co-produced them alongside [[Ridley Scott]]. They were all written by [[Michael Green (writer)|Michael Green]].

==== Other ====

* [[Anatoly Ravikovich]], ''Zagadka Endkhauza'' (''End House Mystery'') (1989; based on "Peril at End House")
* [[Pál Mácsai]], ''A titokzatos stylesi eset'' (''The Mysterious Affair at Styles'') (2023)