John Wilson Murray

John Wilson Murray
Personal Details
Born	25 June 1840
Died	12 June 1906
Nationality	Canadian
Occupation	Sailor Detective
Military Service
Allegiance	United States of America
Service/branch	United States Navy
Years of service	1857 - 1866

John Wilson Murray (25 June 1840 – 12 June 1906) was a Scottish-born Canadian police officer who served in the United States Navy during the American Civil War.

Popular Culture

Appearances

Variants

The following list is of explicit appearances of John Wilson Murray.

Year	Name	Appearance	Notes
2012	Inspector John Wilson Murray	The Cultured Criminal	Portrayed by Chris Palleck.

Parodies

The following list is of parodies of John Wilson Murray, which may or may not be readily apparent.

Year	Name	Appearance	Notes
1979 - 1982	Inspector Alistair Cameron	The Great Detective	A television drama inspired by Murray's book. Cameron is portrayed by Douglas Campbell.
1997 - 2017	Detective William Murdoch	Except the Dying, Under the Dragon's Tail, Poor Tom is Cold, Let Loose the Dogs, Night's Child, Vices of My Blood, A Journeyman to Grief, Let Darkness Bury the Dead, author Maureen Jennings	A Catholic detective who uses scientific methods to solve crimes, created by Maureen Jennings. Adapted into a trilogy of TV movies starring Peter Outerbridge, and a TV series starring Yannick Bisson.
2004 - 2005	Detective William Murdoch	Except the Dying, Poor Tom is Cold, Under the Dragon's Tail	A trilogy of television films adapting the first three of Jennings' books. Murdoch is portrayed by Peter Outerbridge.
2008 - present	Detective William Murdoch	Murdoch Mysteries	A television series based on Jennings' books. Murdoch is portrayed by Yannick Bisson.

Bibliography

• Memoirs of a Great Detective (1904)
• Further Adventures of the Great Detective (1980, reprint of the original with additional, previously unpublished stories)

Links

• John Wilson Murray on Wikipedia
• John Wilson Murray on the Canadian Encyclopedia