Editing Hercule Poirot (section)

==== 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>