Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes franchise (1900-)
Hercule Poirot - Agatha Christie’s Poirot franchise (1931-)
Philip Marlowe - Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe franchise (1944-)
Inspector Jacques Clouseau - The Pink Panther franchise (1963-)
J.J Jake Gittes - Chinatown (1974)
Harry Callahan - Dirty Harry franchise (1971-88)
Dick Tracy - Dick Tracy (1990)
Ace Ventura - Ace Ventura franchise (1994-95)
Det. Lt. William Somerset - Se7en (1995)
Det. Lt. Edmund Exley - L.A. Confidential (1997)
