Strange

In the novel The A.B.C. Murders, Strange is a guest at the Whitecross Hotel in Eastbourne. He told the police that on the night of the murder of Betty Barnard at Bexhill-on-Sea, he had played dominoes with Alexander Bonaparte Cust at his hotel until late at night and therefore Cust could not possibly have committed the murder.

According Japp, Strange is forty years old, and is a "tough, confident, self-opinionated mining engineer". Poirot observes that Strange seems to be the "type of man who would not like to admit he was mistaken".

Portrayals
In the film adaptation of The A.B.C. Murders in Series 2 of ITV's Agatha Christie's Poirot, the part of Strange is played by Norman McDonald.

In the anime show ABC Murders, NHK's adaptation of The A.B.C. Murders, the character of Strange is mentioned by Sharpe (Japp) as a witness who provides an alibi for Cust for the Bexhill murder. According to Sharpe, Strange says he played dominoes with Cust at the Eastbourne Hotel until after 1 a.m. Thus Cust could not have committed the murder. Strange is not seen on screen. In this adaptation, Sharpe mentions that Strange is an ex-army man and quite insistent on testifying on behalf of Cust.