Inspector Lestrade — Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: Acquaintance Character Profile

About Inspector Lestrade

Police inspector who clashes with Holmes over the Drebber case investigation. He identifies Joseph Stangerson as a suspect and recovers two pills, one of which proves lethal when accidentally ingested by his dog. He remains present during the resolution of the case but receives little credit.

Affiliations

• New Scotland Yard
• Sherlock Holmes universe

Quick Facts about Inspector Lestrade

Occupation

detective

Eye Color

Black

First Appearance

A Study in Scarlet

Inspector Lestrade's Known Relations

• New Scotland Yard — Employer

Inspector Lestrade appears in 13 titles

• Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943) — character page
• The Pearl of Death (1944) — character page
• The House of Fear (1945) — character page
• Terror by Night (1946) — character page
• Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: Acquaintance (1980)
• Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: Bloody Inscription (1980) — character page
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Hound of the Baskervilles - Part 1 (1981) — character page
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Treasures of Agra (1983) — character page
• The Hound of the Baskervilles (1983) — character page
• Sherlock Holmes in the 20th Century (1987) — character page
• Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking (2004) — character page
• Sherlock Holmes (2009) — character page
• Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011) — character page

Character Facts

Played by

Boryslav Brondukov

Appears in

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: Acquaintance (1980)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (3)

• Inspector Lestrade — Conflict Investigative Rival — Sherlock Holmes (Vasiliy Livanov)

  Holmes's unconventional deductions compete with Lestrade's police investigation.

  Holmes clashes with Inspector Lestrade over the direction of the Drebber investigation.

• Inspector Lestrade — Alliance Police Colleague — Inspector Gregson (Igor Dmitriev)

  The two inspectors form the official police side of the investigation.

  Lestrade and Gregson both participate in the investigation and are jointly credited by the press for solving the murders.

• Inspector Lestrade — Professional Police Custodian — Jefferson Hope (Nikolai Karachentsov)

  Lestrade represents the official police handling of Hope's arrest.

  Hope is taken into custody after Holmes arrests him as the murderer, and he confesses while detained.

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• Sherlock Holmes (Vasiliy Livanov)
• Dr. Watson (Vitali Solomin)
• Mrs. Hudson (Rina Zelyonaya)
• Dr. Roylott (Fyodor Odinokov)
• Helen Stoner / Julia Stoner (Mariya Solomina)
• Stamford (Gennadiy Bogachyov)
• Jefferson Hope (Nikolai Karachentsov)
• Inspector Gregson (Igor Dmitriev)
• Joseph Stangerson (Viktor Aristov)
• Enoch Drebber (Adolf Ilyin)
• Dr. Roylott / Inspector Lestrade (Voice) (Igor Efimov)
• Mycroft Holmes (Boris Klyuyev)