Arthur Hastings
Poirot's best friend, companion and chronicler.
Captain Arthur Hastings is Agatha Christie's character who serves as the companion, chronicler and best friend of Hercule Poirot. He is introduced in The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920) and appears in seven other Poirot novels, up to the final one, Curtain: Poirot's Last Case (1975), as well as a play and many short stories, several of which he narrates. Details in Styles place his birth around 1886; he was educated at Eton and worked at Lloyd's before serving in the First World War.
Quick Facts
- First
- The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920)
- Last
- Curtain (1975)
- Creator
- Agatha Christie
- Portrayed by
- Richard Cooper
- Robert Morley
- Jonathan Cecil
- Dmitry Krylov
- Hugh Fraser
- Jeremy Clyde
- Simon Williams
- Himesh Patel
- Occupation
- Army Captain (ex)
- secretary
- rancher
- Spouse
- Dulcie Duveen (1923–unknown; her death)
- Children
- Two unnamed sons
- Grace
- Judith
- Relatives
- A sister; Two grandsons
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