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==In other media== ===Radio=== The radio series ''[[The Adventures of Ellery Queen (radio program)|The Adventures of Ellery Queen]]'' was broadcast on several networks from 1939 to 1948 with the lead role played by [[Hugh Marlowe]] (1939–1940), [[Carleton G. Young|Carleton Young]] (1942–1943), Sydney Smith (1943–1947), [[Lawrence Dobkin]] (1947–48) and [[Howard Culver]] (1948). All episodes in this series were paused just before the end to allow a panel of celebrities a chance to solve the mystery.<ref name="dunningota">{{Cite book |last=Dunning |first=John |url=https://archive.org/details/Biblio-1998-USA-John-Dunning-The-Encyclopedia-of-Old-Time-Radio/page/8/mode/1up |title=On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio. |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=1998 |isbn=978-0-19-507678-3 |pages=8–9}}</ref><ref name=":7">{{Cite book |last1=Nevins |first1=Francis M. |title=The Sound of Detection: Ellery Queen's Adventures in Radio |last2=Grams |first2=Martin Jr. |publisher=OTR Publishing |year=2002 |isbn=0-9703310-2-9 |edition=2nd}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Harmon |first=Jim |url=https://archive.org/details/greatradioheroes00harm/mode/2up |title=The great radio heroes |year=1967 |pages=145–148|publisher=Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ellery Queen's radio plays - page 1 - Season 1 (part 1) |url=http://queen.spaceports.com/EQ_radioplays__page_01.htm |access-date=2023-09-25 |website=queen.spaceports.com}}</ref> Some of the surviving scripts were published for the first time in the 2005 book ''The Adventure of the Murdered Moths.''<ref>{{Cite book |title=The Adventure of the Murdered Moths and Other Radio Mysteries |publisher=Crippen & Landru |year=2005 |isbn=9781932009156}}</ref> Between 1965 and 1967, ''Ellery Queen's Minute Mysteries'' were broadcast as [[Filler (media)|radio fillers]]. They began with the radio announcer [[Bill Owen (writer and announcer)|Bill Owen]] saying "This is Ellery Queen..." and contained a short one-minute case.<ref name=":5" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ellery Queen's radio plays - page 13 - Minute mysteries |url=http://queen.spaceports.com/EQ_radioplays__page_13.htm |access-date=2023-09-25 |website=queen.spaceports.com}}</ref> ===Television=== [[File:George Nader Marian Seldes Further Adventures of Ellery Queen 1959.JPG|thumb|George Nader as Ellery Queen and [[Marian Seldes]] in the television program ''The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen''.]] Some of the scripts of the television series ''[[The Adventures of Ellery Queen]]'' (1950–1951 on [[DuMont Television Network|Dumont]], 1951-1952 on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]) were written by [[Helene Hanff]], best known for her 1970 novel ''[[84, Charing Cross Road]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Fox |first=Margalit |date=1997-04-11 |title=Helene Hanff, Wry Epistler Of '84 Charing,' Dies at 80 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/04/11/arts/helene-hanff-wry-epistler-of-84-charing-dies-at-80.html |access-date=2023-09-18 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Shortly after the series began, [[Richard Hart (actor)|Richard Hart]], who played Queen, died and was replaced by [[Lee Bowman]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=CTVA Crime - "The Adventures of Ellery Queen" (Dumont/ABC) Richard Hart/Lee Bowman |url=https://ctva.biz/US/Crime/ElleryQueen_1950-52.htm |access-date=2023-09-25 |website=ctva.biz}}</ref> In 1954, Norvin Productions produced the [[Broadcast syndication|syndicated]] series ''Ellery Queen, Detective'' with [[Hugh Marlowe]] as the title character. Episodes from this series were broadcast on many local American stations and in [[UK|United Kingdom]] between 1954 and 1959 under various titles like ''Mystery Is My Business'', ''Crime Detective'' and ''New Adventures of Ellery Queen.''<ref>{{Cite web |title=CTVA Crime "Ellery Queen, Detective" (TPA)(1954) starring Hugh Marlowe |url=https://ctva.biz/US/Crime/ElleryQueen_1954.htm |access-date=2023-09-25 |website=ctva.biz}}</ref> [[George Nader]] played Queen in [[NBC]]'s ''[[The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen]]'' (1958–1959), but was replaced by [[Lee Philips]] in the final episodes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=CTVA US Crime - "The Adventures of Ellery Queen" (NBC)(1958-59) George Nader/Lee Phillips |url=https://ctva.biz/US/Crime/ElleryQueen_1958-59.htm |access-date=2023-09-25 |website=ctva.biz}}</ref> [[Peter Lawford]] starred as Ellery Queen in the 1971 television film ''[[Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind You]] (''a loose adaptation of the 1949 novel ''[[Cat of Many Tails]])''. [[Harry Morgan]] played Inspector Richard Queen in this film, but he is described as Ellery Queen's uncle (perhaps to account for the fact that Morgan was only eight years Lawford's senior, or to account for Lawford's British accent).<ref>{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/ellery-queen-dont-look-behind-you | title=Ellery Queen Don't Look Behind You (1971) }}</ref> The 1975 television movie ''Ellery Queen'' (aka ''Too Many Suspects'', a loose adaptation of the 1965 novel ''The Fourth Side of the Triangle'') led to the [[Ellery Queen (TV series)|1975–1976 television series of the same name]] starring [[Jim Hutton]] in the title role with [[David Wayne]] as his widowed father Richard Queen. This series was developed by [[Richard Levinson]] and [[William Link]], who later won a [[Edgar Award|Special Edgars Award]] for creating it and ''[[Columbo]]''.<ref>''The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows, 1946–present'', Brooks and Marsh, 1979, {{ISBN|0-345-28248-5}}</ref> It was done as a period piece set in New York City in 1946–1947.<ref>Multiple sources: *https://archive.org/details/ellery-queen *https://archive.org/details/ElleryQueenSeries </ref> Sergeant Velie, Inspector Queen's assistant, regularly appeared in it; he had previously appeared in the novels and the radio series, but had not been seen regularly in any of the previous television versions. Each episode contained a "Challenge to the Viewer" in which Queen broke the [[fourth wall]] to go over the facts of the case and encouraged the audience to try to solve the mystery before the correct solution was revealed. [[Eve Arden]], [[George Burns]], [[Joan Collins]], [[Roddy McDowall]], [[Milton Berle]], [[Guy Lombardo]], [[Rudy Vallée]], and [[Don Ameche]] were among the celebrities featured in this series.<ref>{{Cite web |title=CTVA US Crime - "Ellery Queen" (Universal/NBC)(1975-76) Jim Hutton, David Wayne |url=https://ctva.biz/US/Crime/ElleryQueen_1975-76.htm |access-date=2023-09-25 |website=ctva.biz}}</ref> In 2011, in an episode of the crime series [[Leverage (American TV series)|''Leverage'']], “[[List of Leverage episodes|The 10 Li'l Grifters Job]]”, [[Timothy Hutton]]'s character Nate Ford appears at a murder mystery party dressed as Ellery Queen, in a homage to the actor's late father, Jim Hutton.<ref>{{Cite web |last=LisaM |date=2011-07-04 |title=Review: Leverage, S4, E2 - "The 10 Li'l Grifters Job" - Your Entertainment Corner |url=https://www.yourentertainmentcorner.com/review-leverage-s4-e2-the-10-lil-grifters-job/ |access-date=2023-09-28 |language=en-US}}</ref> ===Films=== *''[[The Spanish Cape Mystery (film)|The Spanish Cape Mystery]]'' (1935) - [[Donald Cook (actor)|Donald Cook]] as Ellery Queen, [[Guy Usher]] as Inspector Queen (based on ''The Spanish Cape Mystery'')<ref>{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/TheSpanishCapeMystery1935 | title=The Spanish Cape Mystery | year=1935 }}</ref> *''[[The Mandarin Mystery]]'' (1936) - [[Eddie Quillan]] as Ellery Queen, [[Wade Boteler]] as Inspector Queen (loosely based on ''The Chinese Orange Mystery'')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/TheMandarinMystery|title=The Mandarin Mystery<!-- |first=Victor Zobel|last=Nat Levine| -->date=29 November 2018| year=1936 |via=Internet Archive}}</ref> *''[[Ellery Queen, Master Detective]]'' (1940) - [[Ralph Bellamy]] as Ellery Queen, [[Margaret Lindsay]] as Nikki Porter, [[Charley Grapewin]] as Inspector Queen (very loosely based on ''The Door Between'')<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kill as directed: Other Media part 5 ...movies (1) |url=http://queen.spaceports.com/Other%20Media_5.html |access-date=2023-09-28 |website=queen.spaceports.com}}</ref> *''[[Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery]]'' (1941) - Ralph Bellamy as Ellery Queen, Margaret Lindsay as Nikki Porter, Charley Grapewin as Inspector Queen<ref>{{Citation |title=Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery (1941) |url=http://archive.org/details/ellery-queens-penthouse-mystery-1941 |access-date=2023-09-28}}</ref> *''[[Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime]]'' (1941) - Ralph Bellamy as Ellery Queen, Margaret Lindsay as Nikki Porter, Charley Grapewin as Inspector Queen (loosely based on ''The Devil To Pay'')<ref>{{Citation |title=Ellery Queen And The Perfect Crime (1941) |url=http://archive.org/details/ellery-queen-and-the-perfect-crime-1941 |access-date=2023-09-28}}</ref> *''[[Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring]]'' (1941) - Ralph Bellamy as Ellery Queen, Margaret Lindsay as Nikki Porter, Charley Grapewin as Inspector Queen (loosely based on ''The Dutch Shoe Mystery'')<ref>{{cite web |author1=Scott Lord Mystery |title=Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring (Hogan, 1941) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONVS9UqXLxI |website=youtube |date=30 November 2021 |access-date=28 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref> *''[[A Close Call for Ellery Queen]]'' (1942) - [[William Gargan]] as Ellery Queen, Margaret Lindsay as Nikki Porter, Charley Grapewin as Inspector Queen<ref>{{Citation |title=Close Call For Ellery Queen (1942) |url=http://archive.org/details/close-call-for-ellery-queen-1942 |access-date=2023-09-28}}</ref> *''[[A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen]]'' (1942) - William Gargan as Ellery Queen, Margaret Lindsay as Nikki Porter, Charley Grapewin as Inspector Queen *''[[Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen]]'' (1942) - William Gargan as Ellery Queen, Margaret Lindsay as Nikki Porter, Charley Grapewin as Inspector Queen *''[[Ten Days' Wonder (film)|La Décade prodigieuse]]'' (1971) (English title: ''Ten Days' Wonder'') - directed by [[Claude Chabrol]] and starring [[Anthony Perkins]] and [[Orson Welles]]. There is no character named Ellery Queen but [[Michel Piccoli]] plays Paul Regis, the detective (Based on ''Ten Days' Wonder'')<ref>{{Cite news |last=Canby |first=Vincent |date=1972-04-27 |title=Screen: Chabrol Misses:' Ten Days' Wonder' Has Orson Welles in Lead |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/04/27/archives/screen-chabrol-misses-ten-days-wonder-has-orson-welles-in-lead.html |access-date=2023-09-25 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> *''Haitatsu sarenai santsu no tegami'' (1979) (English title: ''The Three Undelivered Letters'') - directed by [[Yoshitarō Nomura]] (based on ''[[Calamity Town]]'' but not containing Queen or any other detective)<ref>{{Citation |last=Nomura |first=Yoshitarô |title=Haitatsu sarenai santsu no tegami |date=1980-12-05 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0204360/ |type=Drama, Mystery |access-date=2023-09-25 |others=Shin Saburi, Nobuko Otowa, Mayumi Ogawa |publisher=Shochiku}}</ref> ===Theater=== In 1936, Dannay and Lee, in collaboration with playwright Lowell Brentano, wrote the play ''Danger, Men Working''. The production never made it to Broadway, closing after a few performances in Baltimore and Philadelphia.<ref name=":5" /> In 1949, novelist and playwright [[William Roos (writer)|William Roos]] adapted the 1938 novel ''[[The Four of Hearts]]'' for stage, although it is not known if it was ever performed.<ref>{{Cite book |author=Lachman, Marvin |url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/903807427 |title=The villainous stage : crime plays on Broadway and in the West End |date=2014 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-9534-4 |oclc=903807427}}</ref> In 2016, American playwright Joseph Goodrich adapted the 1942 novel ''[[Calamity Town]]'' for stage. The play premiered at the Vertigo Theatre in [[Calgary]], [[Alberta]] on January 23, 2016.<ref name="premiere">{{cite news |last=Hobson |first=Louis B. |date=2016-01-29 |title=Vertigo brings Ellery Queen to Calgary stage with Calamity Town |work=[[Calgary Herald]] |url=https://calgaryherald.com/entertainment/theatre/vertigo-brings-ellery-queen-to-calary-stage-with-calamity-town}}</ref> ===Comic books and graphic novels=== [[File:Ellery Queen in Case Closed.jpg|thumb|Queen, the character, as he appears in the English issue of volume 11 of the ''[[Detective Conan]]'' manga]]Ellery Queen appears as a character in some issues of ''Crackajack Funnies'' beginning in 1940, a four issue series by ''Superior Comics'' in 1949, two issues of a short-lived series by [[Ziff Davis]] in 1952, and three comics published by Dell in 1962.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kill as directed: Other Media part 8 ...comics (1) |url=http://queen.spaceports.com/Other%20Media_8.html |access-date=2023-09-28 |website=queen.spaceports.com}}</ref> In February 1990, Queen was used as a guest star by the comic book writer [[Mike W. Barr]] in the ninth issue of the magazine ''[[Maze Agency]]'' in the story titled ''The English Channeler Mystery: A Problem in Deduction''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Maze Agency #9 - The English Channeler Mystery (Issue) |url=https://comicvine.gamespot.com/the-maze-agency-9-the-english-channeler-mystery/4000-211472/ |access-date=2023-09-25 |website=Comic Vine |language=en}}</ref> In July 1996, Queen, the character, was highlighted in the ''Gosho Aoyoma's Mystery Library'' section of volume 11 of the ''[[Detective Conan]]'' manga, a section of the series in which [[Gosho Aoyama|Aoyoma]] introduces a detective (or occasionally a villain) from mystery literature. A character also stated that he preferred Queen, the author, to [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] in volume 12 of the manga.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Detective Picture Book - Detective Conan Wiki |url=https://www.detectiveconanworld.com/wiki/Detective_Picture_Book |access-date=2023-09-25 |website=www.detectiveconanworld.com}}</ref> ===Board games and jigsaw puzzles=== Ellery Queen's name was attached to many games and puzzles including (''Ellery Queen's Great Mystery Game) Trapped'' in 1956, ''The Case of the Elusive Assassin by Ellery Queen'' in 1967,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Amazon.com: The Case of the Elusive Assassin - An Ellery Queen Mystery Game - Ideal 1967 : Toys & Games |url=https://www.amazon.com/Case-Elusive-Assassin-Ellery-Mystery/dp/B007H2JM2Q |website=www.amazon.com}}</ref> ''Ellery Queen: The Case of His Headless Highness'' in 1973, ''[[Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine Game]]'' in 1986 and a [[VCR]]-based game called ''[[Ellery Queen's Operation: Murder]]'' (loosely based on ''[[The Dutch Shoe Mystery]]'') in 1986.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kill as directed: Other Media part 11 ... games |url=http://queen.spaceports.com/Other%20Media_11.html |access-date=2023-09-28 |website=queen.spaceports.com}}</ref> === Stamps === Queen, the character, was one of the twelve fictional detectives featured on a series of stamps issued by [[Nicaragua]] in 1973 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of [[Interpol]]<ref>{{cite web |date=1972-11-13 |title=Philatelic web page accessed September 29, 2007 |url=http://www.trussel.com/detfic/nicarag.htm |access-date=2012-02-21 |publisher=Trussel.com}}</ref> and on a similar series issued by [[San Marino]] in 1979.<ref>{{cite web |date=1979-07-12 |title=Philatelic Web site accessed September 29, 2007 |url=http://www.trussel.com/detfic/sanmarin.htm#Queen |access-date=2012-02-21 |publisher=Trussel.com}}</ref>
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