Robert Langdon Robert Langdon Professor Robert Langdon is a fictional character created by author Dan Brown for his "Robert Langdon" book series: "Angels & Demons" (2000), "The Da Vinci Code" (2003), "The Lost Symbol" (2009), "Inferno" (2013) and "Origin" (2017). He is a Harvard University professor of history of art and "symbology" (a fictional field related to the study of historic symbols, which is not methodologically connected to the actual discipline of semiotics). Tom Hanks portrays Langdon in the "Robert Langdon" film series, starting with the 2006 film adaptation of "The Da Vinci Code", reprising the role in the 2009 film adaptation
Dr. Thorndyke Thorndyke short stories, "Thorndyke: Forensic Investigator" on BBC Radio 4 Extra. November 2011 read by Jim Norton March 2013 read by William Gaminara In January 2015, Tim McInnerny played Dr. Thorndyke opposite James Fleet's Inspector Lestrade in Chris Harrald's adaptation of "The Moabite Cipher" in the third series of the BBC Radio 4 series "The Rivals". Dr. Thorndyke Dr John Evelyn Thorndyke is a fictional detective in a long series of 22 novels and 40 short stories by British author R. Austin Freeman (1862–1943). Thorndyke was described by his author as a 'medical jurispractitioner': originally a medical doctor, he turned