Terence Melchett

In the Miss Marple stories, Colonel Terence Melchett is Chief Constable of the County where St. Mary Mead is located.

He is described as "a dapper little man with a habit of snorting suddenly and unexpectedly". His hair is red, and he has keen bright blue eyes.

Appearances

 * The Murder at the Vicarage (1930)
 * Death by Drowning (short story) (1931)
 * The Body in the Library (1942) - here his county is stated as Radfordshire
 * The Case of the Perfect Maid (1942)
 * Tape-Measure Murder (short story) (1950)

Portrayals

 * In the 1984 Miss Marple adaptation The Body in the Library, Colonel Melchett is played by actor Frederick Jaeger.
 * In the BBC Radio Four adaptations of The Murder at the Vicarage (1993) and The Body in the Library (1999), Colonel Melchett is played by actor Richard Todd.
 * In the 2004 Agatha Christie's Marple episode The Body in the Library, Colonel Melchett is played by actor Simon Callow.