Chief Superintendent Strange series "Lewis", in the timeline of which, he appears to have retired. Chief Superintendent Strange Detective Chief Superintendent Strange is a fictional character in the television series "Inspector Morse", played by James Grout. The character also appears, as a Police Constable, in the prequel series "Endeavour", portrayed by Sean Rigby. Although Strange does not appear in every episode of "Inspector Morse", he is present in the whole series (of 33 2-hour TV films) from beginning to end. The intervening episodes from which he is "absent" are few in number. It is never revealed (in the original series) what Strange's first
Cop (film) noted "Cop is completely absorbing because of Woods' chillingly effective performance. Few actors can make an amoral, clever, sardonic, and vicious character as appealing as Hopkins. As Hopkins, Woods combines complex contradictions with ease, showing the various sides of his character's personality. Cop, while singularly unpleasant is always insightful and fascinating." Roger Ebert gave the film three out of four stars, writing "Anyone without a history of watching James Woods in the movies might easily misread "Cop." They might think this is simply a violent, sick, contrived exploitation picture, and that would certainly be an accurate description of its surfaces.