Théophile de Vilmarais

In La maison du péril, the France Télévisions adaptation of Peril at End House for the TV series Les Petits Meurtres d'Agatha Christie, Théophile de Vilmarais is the parallel of Nicholas Buckley and the grandfather of Joséphine de Vilmarais, the Nick Buckley parallel. Like Nicholas, there is a portrait of Théophile, in this case a framed photograph hanging in the house owned by Joséphine.

Théophile was a renowned archaeologist who discovered the tomb of an Egyptian pharoah (Thutmosis III or IV). However he was also accused of having stolen archaelogical artefacts, in particular a large gemstone known as the "Eye of Horus". He was thought to have hidden the gem in the house. Joséphine's father spent most of his life searching for the gem. During the events in the episode, Paul Lazar, the Jim Lazarus parallel is also seen going after the same item.