The Silent Speaker - Cast of Characters

Cast of Characters

• Nero Wolfe — The private investigator
• Archie Goodwin — Wolfe's assistant (and the narrator of all Wolfe stories)
• Doctor Vollmer — Wolfe's neighbor and practitioner of choice when medical treatment is needed

For the BPR:

• Solomon Dexter — Acting Director of the BPR following Cheney Boone's death
• Phoebe Gunther — Boone's confidential secretary, and second in command at the BPR in all but title
• Alger Kates — A researcher for the BPR
• Mrs. Cheney Boone — Widow of the murdered BPR director
• Nina Boone — Boone's niece

For the NIA:

• Frank and Edward Erskine — Father and son members of the NIA's Executive Committee
• Messrs. Breslow and Winterhoff — Other members of the Executive Committee
• Don O'Neill — Chairman of the dinner committee for the NIA event at which Boone was murdered
• Hattie Harding — Assistant Director of Public Relations

For New York law enforcement:

• Inspector Ash, Inspector Cramer, Sergeant Purley Stebbins, Commissioner Hombert and District Attorney Skinner