Bulldog Drummond is a British fictional character created by "Sapper", a pseudonym of H. C. McNeile (1888-1937), in imitation of the hard boiled noir-style detectives appearing in contemporary American fiction. The stories followed Captain Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond, D.S.O., M.C., a wealthy former WWI Army officer who sets up his own private detective business after the war. The stories, like the character, were often direct and brutal, and often rang of jingoism and racism. A fictional character is any person who appears in a work of fiction. ... A pseudonym (Greek: false name) is a fictitious name used by an individual as an alternative to his or her legal name. ... Herman Cyril McNeile (1888 - 1937) was a British author, who published under the pseudonym Sapper. He was one of the most successful popular authors of the 1920s and 1930s; his principal character was Bulldog Drummond. ... 1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Hardboiled crime fiction is a uniquely American style pioneered by Dashiell Hammett, refined by Raymond Chandler, and endlessly imitated since by writers such as Mickey Spillane. ... This still from The Big Combo (1955) demonstrates the visual style of film noir at its most extreme. ... A detective is an investigator, either a member of a police agency or a private person. ... Captain is both a nautical term and a rank in various uniformed organizations. ... Source: Veterans Affairs Canada The Distinguished Service Order is a military decoration of the United Kingdom, and other formerly Commonwealth countries, awarded for meritorious or distinguished service by officers of the armed forces during wartime, typically in actual combat. ... Military Cross The Military Cross is a military decoration awarded to personnel of the British Army, and formerly also to officers of the armies of other Commonwealth countries, for distinguished and meritorious services in battle. ... Combatants Allies: Serbia, Russia, France, Romania, Belgium, British Empire, United States, Italy, and others Central Powers: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire Casualties Military dead: 5 million Civilian deaths: 3 million Total of dead: 8 million Military dead: 4 million Civilian deaths: 3 million Total dead: 7 million The First... Jingoism is a term describing chauvinistic patriotism, usually with a hawkish political stance. ... An African-American man drinks out of the colored only water cooler at a racially segregated street car terminal in the United States in 1939. ...

The character first appeared in the novel Bulldog Drummond (1920), and was adapted into a number of films and radio serials. Daniel Defoes Robinson Crusoe; title page of 1719 newspaper edition A novel (from French nouvelle Italian novella, new) is an extended fictional narrative in prose. ... 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 3 - Babe Ruth is traded by the Boston Red Sox to the New York Yankees for $125,000, the largest sum ever paid for a player at that time. ... Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed. ... Serial is a term, originating in literature, for a format by which a story is told in contiguous installments in sequential issues of a single periodical publication. ...

After McNeile's death in 1938, his friend Gerard Fairlie continued to write stories based on the character. Gerard Fairlie (November 1, 1899 - April 12, 1983) was an author and scriptwriter on whom Sapper (H. C. McNeile) based the character of Bulldog Drummond. ...

Bulldog Drummond stories

Bulldog Drummond novels:

• Bulldog Drummond (1920, by McNeile)
• The Black Gang (1922, by McNeile)
• The Third Round (1924, by McNeile)
• Bulldog Drummond (1925, by Gerald du Maurier and McNeile)
• The Final Count (1926, by McNeile)
• The Female of the Species (1928, by McNeile)
• Temple Tower (1929, by McNeile)
• The Return of Bulldog Drummond (1932, by McNeile)
• Knock-Out (1933, by McNeile)
• Bulldog Drummond at Bay (1935, by McNeile)
• The Challenge (1937, by McNeile)
• Bulldog Drummond on Dartmoor (1938, by Gerard Fairlie)
• Bulldog Drummond Attacks (1939, by Fairlie)
• Captain Bulldog Drummond (1945, by Fairlie)
• Bulldog Drummond Stands Fast (1947, by Fairlie)
• Hands Off Bulldog Drummond (1949, by Fairlie)
• Calling Bulldog Drummond (1951, by Fairlie)
• The Return of the Black Gang (1954, by Fairlie)
• Deadlier Than the Male (1966, by Henry Reymond)
• Some Girls Do (196?, by Henry Reymond)

Bulldog Drummond short stories by McNeile: 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 3 - Babe Ruth is traded by the Boston Red Sox to the New York Yankees for $125,000, the largest sum ever paid for a player at that time. ... 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Sir Gerald Hubert Edward Busson du Maurier (March 26, 1873–April 11, 1934) was a British actor and manager. ... 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Challenge is a 2003 film starring Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen. ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Gerard Fairlie (November 1, 1899 - April 12, 1983) was an author and scriptwriter on whom Sapper (H. C. McNeile) based the character of Bulldog Drummond. ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Deadlier Than the Male is one of the many take-offs of James Bond 007 produced during the 1960s. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... Some Girls Do is the second of Bulldog Drummond films made in the light of the James Bond films of the 1960s. ...

• "Lonely Inn"
• "The Mystery Tour"
• "The Oriental Mind"
• "Thirteen Lead Soldiers"
• "Wheels Within Wheels"

Bulldog Drummond in film and radio

Bulldog Drummond silent films:

• Bulldog Drummond (1923)
• Bulldog Drummond's Third Round (1925)

Bulldog Drummond talkies: Bulldog Drummond (1923) was the first film adaptation of the Bulldog Drummond character, starring Carlyle Blackwell Sr. ... 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Bulldog Drummonds Third Round (1925) was the second film adaptation of the Bulldog Drummond character, starring Jack Buchanan and Betty Faire, adapted by Sidney Morgan from the novel The Third Round by H. C. McNeile, and directed by Morgan. ... 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...

• Bulldog Drummond (1929)
• Temple Tower (1930)
• The Return of Bulldog Drummond (1934)
• Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1934)
• Bulldog Jack (1935)
• Bulldog Drummond's Revenge (1937)
• Bulldog Drummond at Bay (1937)
• Bulldog Drummond Comes Back (1937)
• Bulldog Drummond Escapes (1937)
• Bulldog Drummond in Africa (1938)
• Bulldog Drummond's Peril (1938)
• Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police (1939)
• Arrest Bulldog Drummond (1939)
• Bulldog Drummond's Bride (1939)
• Bulldog Sees It Through (1940)
• Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1947)
• Bulldog Drummond at Bay (1947)
• The Challenge (1948)
• 13 Lead Soldiers (1948)
• Calling Bulldog Drummond (1951)
• Deadlier Than the Male (1966)
• Some Girls Do (1969)

A Bulldog Drummond radio serial ran from 1941 to 1954; Bulldog was voiced by George Coulouris. Bulldog Drummond is a 1929 detective film which tells the story of Captain Hugh Bulldog Drummond, a British officer bored with civilian life, who investigates an extortion case for a beautiful girl. ... 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1930 (MCMXXX) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Bulldog Jack is a 1935 film produced by Gaumont International, directed by Walter Forde and starring Jack Hulbert, Fay Wray, Ralph Richardson; it also starred Atholl Fleming as Bulldog Drummond. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Bulldog Drummonds Revenge is a 1937 black and white detective film which tells the story of Captain Hugh Bulldog Drummond, a British officer who, while out on a ride with his friend Algy Longworth and fiancee Phyllis Claverling, is the first to discover a mysterious suitcase that is parachuted... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Bulldog Drummonds Secret Police is a 1939 country house murder mystery film directed by James Patrick Hogan. ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... The Challenge is a 2003 film starring Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... Deadlier Than the Male is one of the many take-offs of James Bond 007 produced during the 1960s. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... Some Girls Do is the second of Bulldog Drummond films made in the light of the James Bond films of the 1960s. ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1941 calendar). ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... George Coulouris George Coulouris (October 1, 1903- April 25, 1989) was a prominent British film and stage actor. ...

Later incarnations

• Kim Newman's short story "Pitbull Brittan", published in 1991, was a savage parody both of Bulldog Drummond and of the state of England under Margaret Thatcher, and featured the eponymous adventurer's battle against an international conspiracy responsible for the 1984 Miners' Strike. Newman also used the character for a brief cameo appearance in his novel The Bloody Red Baron.

• Bulldog Drummond was one of many characters featured in the anthology Combined Forces (1983) by Jack Smithers.

• Another parody, Bullshot Crummond, was originally staged as a play and subsequently made into a 1983 motion picture.

• In 2004, Moonstone Books released a Bulldog Drummond comic book written by William Messner-Loebs and illustrated by Brett Barkley.

• The early Adventure Eddy stories were similar in style to the Bulldog Drummond stories and author Roland Hulme admitted that they, along with The Saint stories by Leslie Charteris, inspired him to write adventure stories.

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Pop culture

Bulldog Drummond is one of the heroes mentioned in The Coasters' 1957 hit "Searchin'." The Coasters were an American doo wop and early rock and roll group, evolving from The Robins, a Los Angeles based doo wop group. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

No matter where she's a-hidin', she's gonna hear me a-comin'

Gonna walk right down that street like Bulldog Drummond!