Who created the fictional detective Adam Dalgliesh, played on TV by Roy Marsden?
Roy Marsden Roy Marsden Roy Marsden (born Roy Anthony Mould; 25 June 1941) is an English actor, who is probably best known for his portrayal of Adam Dalgliesh in the Anglia Television dramatisations of P. D. James's detective novels. Marsden attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) and spent four terms there. He attempted to unionise the students but was thwarted. After one argument he poured a bottle of ink down the front of the director's suit. Marsden recalled, "Two weeks later, he phoned me up and asked if I'd got a job or an agent. I said no, so he
Adam Dalgliesh All of James's novels featuring Adam Dalgliesh up to and including "The Murder Room" have been adapted for television, beginning with "Death of an Expert Witness" in 1983. The first ten novels (in the order shown below) were adapted by Anglia Television for transmission on the ITV network and starred Roy Marsden as Dalgliesh. The BBC took over the series in 2003, and Martin Shaw played the role in "Death in Holy Orders" and "The Murder Room". Opinion amongst fans of both portrayals of Dalgliesh generally agrees that Roy Marsden's portrayal of Dalgliesh emphasises the cold-fish, aloof and peremptory side