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==== Others ==== In 1939, [[Orson Welles]] and the [[Mercury Theatre|Mercury Players]] dramatised ''Roger Ackroyd'' on CBS's ''[[The Campbell Playhouse (radio series)|Campbell Playhouse]]''.<ref name="Cox, Jim 2002, p. 18">{{cite book |last=Cox |first=Jim |title=Radio Crime Fighters |year= 2002 |page=18 |publisher=McFarland |location=Jefferson, North Carolina |isbn=978-0-7864-1390-4}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://orsonwelles.indiana.edu/items/show/2002 |title=The Murder of Roger Ackroyd |website=Orson Welles on the Air, 1938β1946 |publisher=Indiana University Bloomington |access-date=29 July 2018 }}</ref> On 6 October 1942, the [[Mutual Broadcasting System|Mutual]] radio series ''Murder Clinic'' broadcast "The Tragedy at Marsden Manor" starring [[Maurice Tarplin]] as Poirot.<ref>{{cite episode |title=Tragedy at Marsden Manor |url=https://archive.org/details/Murder_Clinic/Murder_Clinic-42-10-06_012_Tragedy_At_Marsden_Manor.mp3 |access-date=6 November 2021 |series=Murder Clinic |last= |first= |network=[[Mutual Broadcasting System]] |date=June 10, 1942 |season=1 |number=5}}</ref> At least two other Poirot stories were adapted for the series, but it is unknown who voiced him. A [[Hercule Poirot (American radio series)|1945 radio series]] of at least 13 original half-hour episodes (none of which apparently adapt any Christie stories) transferred Poirot from London to New York and starred character actor [[Harold Huber]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.otrsite.com/logs/logh1033.htm |title=A list of episodes of the half-hour 1945 radio program |publisher=Otrsite.com |access-date=27 June 2010}}</ref> perhaps better known for his appearances as a police officer in various [[Charlie Chan]] films. On 22 February 1945, "speaking from London, [[Agatha Christie]] introduced the initial broadcast of the Poirot series via shortwave".<ref name="Cox, Jim 2002, p. 18"/> In 2021, [[L.A. Theatre Works]] produced an adaptation of ''The Murder on the Links'', dramatised by [[Kate McAll]]. [[Alfred Molina]] starred as Poirot, with [[Simon Helberg]] as Hastings.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://latw.org/title/murder-links |title=The Murder on the Links |website=latw.org |access-date=31 January 2022}}</ref>
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