Sir Walter Bullivant Sir Walter Bullivant Sir Walter Bullivant is a fictional character created by the Scottish thriller writer John Buchan for his series of novels featuring the spy Richard Hannay. He plays small but significant roles in both "The Thirty-Nine Steps" and "Greenmantle". Sir Walter is a senior mandarin at the Foreign Office in the years leading up to World War I. He is the archetypal spymaster — gruff, acutely conscious of his duty, yet thoughtful and kindly towards those he sends into peril. In "Greenmantle", he recruits Hannay to perform a dangerous mission in the East as the Great Game heats
Richard Hannay series "Hannay" (1988–1989). Orson Welles portrayed Hannay in a radio play of "The Thirty-Nine Steps" in 1938, as did Glenn Ford in 1948 on "Studio One", Herbert Marshall on "Suspense" in 1952 and David Robb in the BBC Radio 4 adaptations of "The Thirty-Nine Steps", "Greenmantle", "Mr Standfast" and "The Three Hostages". The 1973 BBC documentary "Omnibus: The British Hero" had Christopher Cazenove playing Hannay in a scene from "Mr. Standfast", as well as a number of other such heroic characters, including Beau Geste, Bulldog Drummond and James Bond. Barry Foster played Hannay in a 1977 television adaptation of "The