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.
