Portrayals of Hastings On Screen
Hastings has been portrayed on film and television by several actors, including Robert Morley in The Alphabet Murders (1965); Jonathan Cecil in three TV films - Thirteen at Dinner (1985), Dead Man's Folly (1986), and Murder in Three Acts (1986); and most notably, Hugh Fraser, who has portrayed Hastings alongside David Suchet's Poirot in 41 of the 49 episodes of Agatha Christie's Poirot broadcast up until 2003. He is also a main character in the anime Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple.
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