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A Nero Wolfe Mystery was a television series adapted from Rex Stout's classic series of detective stories that aired for two seasons (2001–2002) on A&E network. Set in New York City in the early 1950s, the stylized period drama starred Maury Chaykin as Nero Wolfe and Timothy Hutton as Archie Goodwin. A distinguishing feature of the series was ...
Dec 18, 2020 · [a surprising number of Wolfe's clients are murdered after hiring him - seems like this would be bad for business.] With Maury Chaykin as Nero Wolfe, and Timothy Hutton as Archie Goodwin, this TV series was originally produced by the cable network A&E. Hard to believe, A&E has gone down-market considerably since then.
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Nero Wolfe (TV Series 1981) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Jul 27, 2004 · Nero Wolfe brought Rex Stout's eccentric private investigator and his dapper legman, Archie Goodwin, into a jaunty and irreverent detective series for cable channel A&E in the spring of 2001 (following the broadcast of a pilot episode in 2000).
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May 19, 2017 · Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin have not been served particularly well by movies and TV. Edward Arnold as Wolfe in 1936's "Meet Nero Wolfe" (based on Wolfe's initial appearance in "Fer-de-Lance"), could have been fine, but the writing let him down, and his characterisation was far too jocular and avuncular.
S1.E1 ∙ The Golden Spiders. Fri, Jan 16, 1981. A young boy who wipes windshields in Manhattan, sees a woman wearing Spider earrings mouthing the words "Help Police" in an expensive car and takes this to Nero Wolfe, expecting to be partners with him on the case. Then it gets complicated. 7.2/10 (45)
The Nero Wolfe stories has been adapted for radio, TV, and film. The 2001-2002 A&E series (technically titled A Nero Wolfe Mystery ) is one of the more faithful adaptations, remaining firmly set in the amorphous mid-40's-to-60's of the books while lifting large portions of Archie's narration directly from the text.
