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    I'll go with Perry Mason. He was dealing with confused circumstances and people lying to him that should have been telling him the truth

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    Probably Columbo.

    No one really took him seriously at first because of all of his idiosyncrasies. Once the killer realized Columbo was actually onto them, it was too late.

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    Perry Mason is a good one.

    I will add Joe Friday from Dragnet, Columbo, and Virgil Tibbs from In The Heat of The Night tv Show.

    All of them had their fun times. Friday by the book and just the facts. Columbo a messy looking guy no one took seriously, Virgil was a trained detective that was not scared to butt heads with the Chief when he was right.

    Edit - And have to add Ironside! Guy in a wheelchair but he got it done!
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    - Sherlock
    - Columbo
    - Monk
    - Dale Cooper
    - Frank Pembleton
    - Jessica Fletcher

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    Definitely, My Top (3) Three choices would be...

    Conan Edogawa
    (Case Closed/Detective Conan)







    Inspector Zenigata
    (Lupin III/Lupin the Third/Lupin the 3rd)







    Narutaki
    (Steam Detectives)

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    Poirot (David Suchet) and Sherlock Holmes (Jeremy Brett)

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    Technically, Perry Mason was a lawyer, but hey, why quibble? My choices:

    Sherlock Holmes
    Hercule Poirot
    Miss Marple
    Jessica Fletcher
    Columbo
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    Jules Maigret (the Bruno Cremer version)
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    I'm not sure, but I think the list should be restricted to detectives created for TV. I would add Monk to the list.
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    Jeremy Brett's Sherlock Holmes
    Columbo
    John Steed and Emma Peel
    The Winchester brothers
    Thomas Magnum O.G.
    Inspector Gadget

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kirby101 View Post
    I'm not sure, but I think the list should be restricted to detectives created for TV. I would add Monk to the list.
    Yeah. Adding guys like Sherlock Holmes seems pointless because he's arguably the best in any medium.

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    Quote Originally Posted by AndrewCrossett View Post
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    Psst, it was Penny all along...

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    Detective Inspector Tom Barnaby from Midsomer Murders
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    Columbo for the simple reason that he's recognized around the world. You can go to any country and find Columbo reruns on the T.V. No matter where Peter Falk travelled everyone recognized him. In Budapest there's a statue of Falk as Columbo on Falk Miksa Utca.

    I'm not saying he was the best at the actual work of detection--in some of the mystery movies there's a lot of skill involved while others are just dumb luck--but in terms of global popularity I think Columbo wins.

    I like Perry Mason, but I don't know how well known the Pride of New Westminster was outside of Canada and the U.S. As a detective, he's better at lawyering than figuring out whodunnit. This is because each episode has to set up a number of likely suspects, to surprise the audience. And Mason himself sometimes doesn't know whodunnit until the murderer volunteers the information.

    It always bugs me that Hamilton Burger (one of Perry's best friends) accuses him of using courtroom theatrics, given Mason has a 100% success rate at finding the guilty party. Hamilton should know better.

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