Inspector Alan Grant

Alan Grant is a fictional police detective created by Scottish author Josephine Tey. He appears in six mystery novels, including The Daughter of Time , Tey's most acclaimed work.

Physically, Grant is dark haired, has a Ronald Colman moustache, and is a dapper dresser. He has a keen interest in poetry (having occasionally dabbled himself), the theatre, fishing, horse riding and golf. He is quite wealthy owing to a legacy from a relative, and is very generous with money to others.

Grant has a good relationship with his colleagues, particularly Sergeant Williams, who worships him. He has had some romantic prospects (including actress Marta Hallard), but prefers to remain single.^[1]

• The Man in the Queue (1929)
• A Shilling for Candles (1936)
• The Franchise Affair (1948) (Grant has only a supporting role here)
• To Love and Be Wise (1950)
• The Daughter of Time (1951)
• The Singing Sands (1952)

• A Shilling for Candles was adapted into the 1937 Alfred Hitchcock film Young and Innocent . Grant (renamed Inspector Kent and played by Hitchcock regular John Longden) plays only a small role.^{[citation needed ]}
• John Bailey portrayed Grant in 1951's The Franchise Affair .^{[citation needed ]}

• The Franchise Affair was twice adapted as a serial for BBC Television. Grant was played by Clifford Earl in the 1962 series and by John Vine in the 1988 series.^{[citation needed ]}
  • The Singing Sands was adapted as an episode of the BBC anthology series Detective with John Carson as Grant.^{[citation needed ]}

• Peter Coke starred as Grant in a 1955 adaptation of The Man in the Queue for the Saturday Night Theatre ^[2]
• A Shilling for Candles was adapted several times for BBC Radio. Grant was portrayed by Gordon Davies (1954),^[3] Bryden Murdoch (1963),^[4] Denys Hawthorne (1969)^[5] and Ben Crowe (1998)^[6]
• The Franchise Affair was dramatised in 1952 with Duncan McIyntyre as Grant,^[7] and in 2005 with Steven McNicoll as the inspector.^[8]
  • The Daughter of Time was adapted in 1982 with Peter Gilmore as Grant.^[9]
• The Singing Sands was dramatised in 1956 with Ewan Roberts as Grant.^[10]

• Characters of the Golden Age of Detective Fiction
• Fictional British police detectives
• Literary characters introduced in 1929
• Novel series

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