Cast and characters A Nero Wolfe Mystery

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principal

maury chaykin armchair detective nero wolfe, reclusive genius little patience people come between him , devotion food, books , orchids. timothy hutton wolfe s irreverent assistant archie goodwin, voice narrates stories. in addition starring in series, hutton directed 4 episodes , served executive producer.


other members of principal cast colin fox fritz brenner, wolfe s master chef; conrad dunn (saul panzer), fulvio cecere (fred durkin) , trent mcmullen (orrie cather) teers, 3 freelance detectives assist wolfe; bill smitrovich inspector cramer, head of manhattan s homicide bureau; , r.d. reid sergeant purley stebbins. saul rubinek, portrayed saul panzer in golden spiders, took role of reporter lon cohen in series.


repertory

a distinguishing feature of series use of repertory cast — boyd banks, nicky guadagni, kari matchett, debra monk, george plimpton, ron rifkin, marian seldes, francie swift, james tolkan , many other accomplished canadian , american actors — play non-recurring roles.


series beautifully captures time when cars fins, fedoras worn @ right angles , women s hats feathers rage, existence of such company evokes era, wrote syndicated journalist jacqueline cutler, quotes timothy hutton saying, don t think s been done long time.


if stylized, period series based solely on books wasn t enough separate nero wolfe other tv shows, reported scarlet street magazine, [executive producer michael] jaffe decided employ returning repertory cast in guest roles each episode. felt necessary find actors understood , fit in show s unique approach. every other show agonizes casting, jaffe says. don t. have 20, 30 people in our repertory company , great actors play bit roles.


kari matchett has distinction of playing recurring role (archie goodwin s sometime girlfriend lily rowan) , non-recurring role (nightclub singer julie jaquette) in same episode, death of doxy. nicky guadagni has distinction of playing 2 non-recurring characters (a secretary , mrs. cramer) in same episode, silent speaker. ensemble cast gives nero wolfe mystery effect of series of plays put on repertory theatre company.








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