Many fans of Agatha Christie's mystery novels also share an affinity for the movie adaptations of her books, especially those featuring the famously observant detective Hercule Poirot. Several famed ...

There’s no shortage of brilliant detectives in novels, film and television, but one of the greatest — or at least the one with the fanciest facial hair — is Hercule Poirot. The Belgian investigator, ...

Peter Ustinov, the two-time Academy Award-winning British character actor whose film roles ranged from Emperor Nero to Agatha Christie’s Belgian master detective Hercule Poirot, has died. He was 82.

The 1982 adaptation based on Agatha Christie's novels will be airing on Christmas Day on BBC Two and the popular film has ...

In a way, old school murder mysteries play out like interactive movies. The first act establishes a ghastly and seemingly unsolvable murder. The audience is then invited to take note of the myriad ...

Kenneth Branagh as Hercule Poirot in "A Haunting in Venice." (Courtesy 20th Century Studios) Hercule Poirot appeared in 33 Agatha Christie novels and 51 of her short stories, as well as countless film ...

First, last and forever, there is the mustache. It’s spelled “mustache” according to the Associated Press and therefore also to the Chicago Tribune. But in Agatha Christie’s stories featuring her most ...

GENEVA (AP) — Peter Ustinov, the renowned actor whose 60-year career included Oscar-winning roles in "Spartacus" and "Topkapi," has died. He was 82. Ustinov, who later became a U.N. goodwill ...

LONDON — Peter Ustinov, whose film career began in London in the 1940s and netted two Oscars in the ’60s, died Sunday of heart failure near Lake Geneva, Switzerland. He was 82. A brilliant wit and ...

Peter Ustinov, the renowned actor whose 60-year career included Oscar-winning roles in "Spartacus" and "Topkapi," has died. He was 82. Ustinov, who later became a U.N. goodwill ambassador, died of ...