Archibald Spate

Archibald Spate is a non-canonical village parallel mentioned by Miss Marple in BBC's 1987 adaptation of 4.50 from Paddington. He is a parallel for Harold Crackenthorpe. They both had the same mannerism of fingering their cuff-links when nervous. Chief Inspector Duckham thought that Harold had committed suicide but may have made it look like an accident so that his wife could collect on his life insurance. Miss Marple doubted this. Like Archibald Spate, Harold did not strike her as the kind of person who loved his wife so much that he would think about ensuring that she would collect his life insurance payout after he died.