Colonel March

Colonel March is a fictional detective created by John Dickson Carr. He appeared in a number of short stories written in the 30s and 40s about "locked-room" and "impossible crime" mysteries. He was an official attached to Scotland Yard in the so-called Department of Queer Complaints.

He was played by Boris Karloff in the 1950s British TV series, Colonel March of Scotland Yard.


Famous quotes containing the words colonel and/or march:

    I am asked if I would not be gratified if my friends would procure me promotion to a brigadier-generalship. My feeling is that I would rather be one of the good colonels than one of the poor generals. The colonel of a regiment has one of the most agreeable positions in the service, and one of the most useful. “A good colonel makes a good regiment,” is an axiom.
    Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)

    When all is over and you march for home,
    The spoils of war are easily disposed of:
    Robert Graves (1895–1985)