Character guide

Father Brown

major

Also known as Brown, the Reverend Brown, The Reverend Father Brown, the cleric Brown, Father, the Pendragons Father Brown, Mr. Brown, The Rev. Mr. Brown

A short, stumpy Catholic priest with a genius for solving crimes through psychological insight.

Flambeau

major

Also known as the Machine Flambeau, the rather baffled Flambeau

A reformed master criminal who becomes Father Brown's friend and occasional assistant.

Colonel Cray

supporting

Also known as Cray, Colonel Cray Father Brown

A military man involved in a bizarre salad-related mystery with Father Brown.

Sir Wilson Seymour

supporting

Also known as Sir Wilson, old Seymour, Seymour

An elderly gentleman drawn into a strange case involving a man in a passage.

John Boulnois

supporting

Also known as Mr. Calhoun Kidd, Mr. Kidd, Boulnois, Calhoun Kidd, Kidd, Mr. Boulnois

A man at the center of a strange crime involving a library and a missing body.

Sir Cecil Fanshaw

supporting

Also known as Fanshaw, Sir Cecil

A baronet who becomes entangled in a mystery involving a purple wig.

Dr. Orion Hood

supporting

Also known as Dr. Hood, The great Orion Hood, Hood, Orion Hood

A celebrated scientific criminologist who clashes with Father Brown's methods.

Captain Cutler

supporting

Also known as Cutler

A sea captain involved in the strange affair of the god of the gongs.

Signor Muscari

supporting

Also known as Muscari, The great Muscari, The poet Muscari

A flamboyant Italian poet and apparent thief in the Paradise of Thieves.

Prince Otto of Grossenmark

supporting

Also known as Prince Otto, Otto, Otto of Grossenmark

A European prince whose duel with Dr. Hirsch forms a central mystery.

Dr. Hirsch

supporting

Also known as the great Dr. Hirsch, Hirsch, old Hirsch, Paul Hirsch, Paul

A mysterious doctor involved in a duel with Prince Otto.

Mr. Glass

supporting

Also known as Glass, the prematurely bald Mr. Glass

A bald man whose mysterious absence is the key to a locked-room puzzle.

Sir Claude Champion

supporting

Also known as Sir Claude, Champion

A baronet whose death is investigated in the Mistake of the Machine.

Miss Aurora Rome

supporting

Also known as Miss Aurora, Miss Rome, Aurora, Aurora Rome

A beautiful actress involved in the mystery of the man in the passage.

Ezza Montano

supporting

Also known as Ezza, Montano, the indefensible Ezza Montano

A notorious Italian bandit in the Paradise of Thieves story.

Arthur Carstairs

supporting

Also known as Arthur, Mr. Arthur Carstairs

A young man involved in the mystery of the head of Caesar.

Lord Pooley

minor

Also known as Pooley

A nobleman who appears in the story of the perishing of the Pendragons.

Frank Harrogate

supporting

Also known as Mr. Harrogate, Frank, The young Harrogate, Mr. Frank Harrogate, young Harrogate, Frank Harrogate, the elder Harrogate

A young man whose love affair is central to the Fairy Tale of Father Brown.

Ethel Harrogate

supporting

Also known as Miss Ethel Harrogate, Harrogate, Ethel Harrogate, Miss Harrogate, Ethel, Miss Ethel

A young woman at the heart of the Fairy Tale of Father Brown.

Admiral Pendragon

supporting

Also known as Admiral, Pendragon

An admiral whose family faces a curse in the Perishing of the Pendragons.

Mr. Patrick Butler

minor

Also known as Mr. Butler, Butler

An Irishman involved in the mystery of the god of the gongs.

Isidore Bruno

minor

Also known as Bruno

A man whose death is investigated in the Mistake of the Machine.

Mrs. Boulnois

minor

Also known as Boulnois

The wife of John Boulnois, involved in the strange crime.

Drugger Davis

minor

Also known as Davis

A man involved in the mystery of the head of Caesar.

Sir Peter Pendragon

minor

Also known as Pendragon, Sir Peter

A member of the cursed Pendragon family.

Last-Trick Todd

minor

Also known as Last - Trick Todd, Last - Trick, Todd

A gambler involved in the story of the purple wig.

Parkinson

minor

Also known as the piteous Parkinson, old Parkinson

A servant in the Pendragon household.

Lord Falconroy

minor

Also known as Falconroy

A nobleman who appears in the Salad of Colonel Cray.

Audrey Watson

minor

Also known as Audrey

A young woman in the Fairy Tale of Father Brown.

James Dalroy

minor

Also known as Dalroy

A man involved in the mystery of the god of the gongs.

Greywood Usher

minor

Also known as Usher, And Greywood Usher

A man involved in the mystery of the purple wig.

Mrs. MacNab

minor

Also known as MacNab, the MacNabs, Mrs. MacNabs

A housekeeper involved in the Fairy Tale of Father Brown.

Ireton Todd

minor

Also known as Mr. Todd, Todd, the millionaire Ireton Todd, Mr. Ireton Todd

A millionaire involved in the mystery of the purple wig.

Maggie MacNab

minor

Also known as Maggie, MacNab

A young woman in the Fairy Tale of Father Brown.

Colonel Dubosc

minor

Also known as Dubosc, Colonel, Jules Dubosc, M. Dubosc, Old Dubosc

A French colonel involved in the Duel of Dr. Hirsch.

Sir Walter Cowdray

minor

Also known as Sir Walter, Cowdray, Walter

A baronet involved in the mystery of the head of Caesar.

Grimm

minor

Also known as old Grimm

An old man involved in the Paradise of Thieves.

Francis Finn

minor

Also known as Mr. Nutt, Mr. Nutt, Finn, Dear Finn, E. Nutt

A man involved in the mystery of the head of Caesar.

M. Armagnac

minor

Also known as Hirsch M. Armagnac, M. Armagnac, Armagnac, M. Armand Armagnac

A Frenchman involved in the Duel of Dr. Hirsch.

Dr. Oliver Oman

minor

Also known as Dr. Oman, Oman

A doctor involved in the mystery of the man in the passage.

Dr. Mull

minor

Also known as Mull, Doctor Mull

A doctor involved in the Salad of Colonel Cray.

M. Brun

minor

Also known as Maurice Brun, Brun

A Frenchman involved in the Paradise of Thieves.

The Duke

minor

Also known as the wigless Duke

A duke involved in the mystery of the purple wig.

Nigger Ned

minor

Also known as Nigger Ned

A man involved in the mystery of the god of the gongs.

Giles

minor

Also known as Poor Giles

A servant involved in the Perishing of the Pendragons.

Malvoli

minor

An Italian involved in the Paradise of Thieves.

Samuel Harrogate

minor

Also known as Mr. Samuel Harrogate, Mr. Harrogate senior, Samuel Harrogate

The father of Frank Harrogate in the Fairy Tale of Father Brown.

Miss MacNab

minor

A member of the MacNab family in the Fairy Tale of Father Brown.

Duc de Valognes

minor

Also known as Valognes, the Duc de Valognes

A French duke involved in the Duel of Dr. Hirsch.

Etta Todd

minor

Also known as Miss Etta Todd

A woman involved in the mystery of the purple wig.

Miss Barlow

minor

A woman involved in the Salad of Colonel Cray.

Walter Pendragon

minor

Also known as Mr. Walter Pendragon, young Pendragon

A young member of the Pendragon family.

Old Boulnois

minor

The father of John Boulnois in the Strange Crime.

Hedwig

minor

Also known as Hedwig von something, this Hedwig

A woman mentioned in the Duel of Dr. Hirsch.

Simon

minor

Also known as Sir Simon

A man involved in the mystery of the head of Caesar.

Miss Carstairs

minor

A woman involved in the mystery of the head of Caesar.

Mr. Green

minor

Also known as Green

A man involved in the Salad of Colonel Cray.

Miss Watson

minor

A woman involved in the Fairy Tale of Father Brown.