Herbert Chudley

Herbert Chudley was a non-canonical character who was created for the film adaptation of The Dream in Series 1 of ITV's Agatha Christie's Poirot. He was an employee of Farley's Pies who was secretly romancing Joanna, the only daughter of Benedict Farley who owned the large pie making company. The father found out about the romance and terminated the employment of Herbert to prevent the two from marrying.

Herbert played in major role in the final chase scene, helping Poirot to apprehend the killer of Benedict Farley.

Herbert Chudley was played by Martin Wenner. This character does not occur in the the original story. There, Joanna also had a boyfriend. Her father found him unsuitable because he was not well off and saw to it that he lost his job. It is not specified if he was an employee of Farley or not, and his name is also not mentioned.