| JOHNTHAW | Late actor who played Inspector Morse (4,4) |
| THAW | John _, late actor who played Inspector Morse (4) |
| HOEY | Actor who played Inspector Lestrade in the Basil Rathbone / |
| ARKIN | Alan, actor who played Inspector Clouseau in a 1968 film (5) |
| JOSEPHCOTTEN | Citizen Kane actor who played Inspector Brian Cameron in Gaslight: 2 wds. |
| PETERSELLERS | Actor who played Inspector Clouseau in The Pink Panther series of films (5,7) |
| SELLERS | Peter, actor who played Inspector Clouseau in the 1963 film The Pink Panther (7) |
| GRAVES | Rupert, English actor who played Inspector Lestrade in the TV series Sherlock (6) |
| CHADWICK | Late actor who played T'Challa aka Black Panther (8,7) |
| ROSSITER | Leonard _, late actor who played Rupert Rigsby in Rising Damp (8) |
| COLTRANE | Robbie -, late actor who played the lead role in 1990s ITV drama series Cracker |
| BRAUGHER | Andre, late actor who played Raymond Holt in Brooklyn Nine-Nine (8) |
| LAVENDER | Ian, late actor who played Private Pike in Dad's Army (8) |
| SAVIDENT | Late actor who played iconic Coronation Street butcher Fred Elliott (4,8) |
| WEATHERS | Carl _, late actor who played boxer Apollo Creed in the Rocky film series (8) |
| REA | Stephen who played Inspector Bucket on "Dickensian" |
| ROWANATKINSON | Comedian who played Inspector Raymond Fowler in the BBC series The Thin Blue Line |
| GENTLY | Martin Shaw played Inspector George ------) |
| SHAW | Played Inspector George Gently (Martin ----) |
| NATHANIEL | _ Parker, played Inspector Lynley on TV (9) |
