Father Brown
Sign in to savefictional priest-detective created by British writer G.K. Chesterton
Key facts
- First appearance
- The Blue Cross (23 July, 1910)
- Created by
- G. K. Chesterton
- Portrayed by
- Walter Connolly , Alec Guinness , Heinz Rühmann , Mervyn Johns , Josef Meinrad , Kenneth More , Barnard Hughes , Renato Rascel , Andrew Sachs , Mark Williams
- Voiced by
- Karl Swenson , Leslie French , Andrew Sachs
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Priest
- Nationality
- British
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Father Brown is a fictional Roman Catholic priest and amateur detective. He is featured in 53 short stories by English author G. K. Chesterton, published between 1910 and 1936. Father Brown solves mysteries and crimes using his intuition and keen understanding of human nature. Chesterton loosely based him on the Rt Rev. Msgr John O'Connor (1870–1952), a parish priest in Bradford, who was involved in Chesterton's conversion to Catholicism in 1922. Since 2013, the character has been portrayed by Mark Williams in the ongoing BBC television series Father Brown.
Character
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