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

About Inspector Lestrade

Police inspector who collaborates and clashes with Holmes regarding the Drebber case. Pursues Stangerson as a suspect and discovers the double murder scene. His dog accidentally ingests a poison pill, revealing the murder method. Ultimately receives public credit for solving the case alongside Gregson.

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) — character page
• Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: Bloody Inscription (1980)
• 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: Bloody Inscription (1980)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (2)

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

  Holmes's deductive approach conflicts with Lestrade's conventional police investigation.

  Holmes clashes with Lestrade over the direction of the Drebber investigation, although both continue examining the murders.

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

  The two inspectors operate as institutional colleagues on the murder case.

  Gregson and Lestrade jointly participate in the investigation and ultimately receive public credit for solving the case.

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More characters from Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: Bloody Inscription

• Sherlock Holmes (Vasiliy Livanov)
• Dr. Watson (Vitali Solomin)
• Mrs. Hudson (Rina Zelyonaya)
• Jefferson Hope (Nikolai Karachentsov)
• Inspector Gregson (Igor Dmitriev)
• Rance - constable (Vitali Baganov)
• Courier (Oleg Khromenkov)
• Joseph Stangerson (Viktor Aristov)
• Enoch Drebber (Adolf Ilyin)
• False widow (Lyubov Tishchenko)
• Police photographer (Igor Okrepilov)
• Inspector Lestrade (voice) (Igor Efimov)