Mr Luxmore

In the novel Cards on the Table, Professor Timothy Luxmore was a celebrated botanist. He went on an expedition to the Amazon, along with his wife, and John Despard. He died during the expedition, under mysterious circumstances, and was buried by the Amazon. He had been writing a book on various rare plants at the time of his death.

Portrayals
In the film adaptation of Cards on the Table in Series 10 of ITV's Agatha Christie's Poirot drama series, the part of Luxmore is played by Philip Bowen. Here he also died while on an expedition to the Amazon guided by Major Despard. However the circumstances of his death is changed. Luxmore's purpose in going for the expedition is to collect new types of psychotropic botanical substances. He tried the psychotropic drugs on himself and went berserk, slashing at his wife with a machete. Major Despard had to shoot him in the back to save his wife's life.

In Cartes sur table, the French adaptation for the series Les Petits Meurtres d'Agatha Christie, the parallel character is Robert Louvier.