Father Brown

Father Brown
Father Brown by an unidentified artist, The Incredulity of Father Brown, 1926
First appearance	The Blue Cross
Created by	G. K. Chesterton
Portrayed by	Walter Connolly Alec Guinness Heinz Rühmann Mervyn Johns Josef Meinrad Kenneth More Barnard Hughes Renato Rascel Andrew Sachs Mark Williams
Voiced by	Karl Swenson Leslie French Andrew Sachs
In-universe information
Gender	Male
Occupation	Priest
Nationality	British

Father Brown is a fictional Roman Catholic priest and amateur detective. He is featured in 53 short stories by English author G. K. Chesterton, published between 1910 and 1936.^[1] Father Brown solves mysteries and crimes using his intuition and keen understanding of human nature. Chesterton loosely based him on the Rt Rev. Msgr John O'Connor (1870–1952), a parish priest in Bradford, who was involved in Chesterton's conversion to Catholicism in 1922.^[1] Since 2013, the character has been portrayed by Mark Williams in the ongoing BBC television series Father Brown.