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Character in the works of E. W. Hornung
Arthur J. Raffles (usually called A. J. Raffles) is a fictional character created in 1898 by E. W. Hornung, brother-in-law of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the
A._J._Raffles
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up Raffles in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Raffles may refer to: Stamford Raffles, founder of Singapore Raffles Hotel in Singapore Raffles Place
Raffles
1977 British television series
Raffles is a 1977 television series adapted from the A. J. Raffles stories by E. W. Hornung. The stories were adapted by Philip Mackie. Set in Victorian
Raffles_(TV_series)
Fictional short story character
A. J. Raffles is a British fictional character – a cricketer and gentleman thief – created by E. W. Hornung. Between 1898 and 1909, Hornung wrote a series
Raffles stories and adaptations
Raffles_stories_and_adaptations
Radio show
Greene's play The Return of A. J. Raffles, which aired on the BBC World Service on 17 January 1993. The third series of Raffles had also been broadcast on
Raffles_(radio_series)
British writer (1866–1921)
series of Raffles short stories were collected for sale in book form in 1899, and two further books of Raffles short stories followed, as well as a poorly
E._W._Hornung
1975 play by Graham Greene
The Return of A. J. Raffles, first produced and published in 1975, is an Edwardian comedy play in three acts, written by Graham Greene and based somewhat
The_Return_of_A._J._Raffles
1899 short story collection by E. W. Hornung
(1901) and A Thief in the Night (1904), as well as a full-length novel, Mr. Justice Raffles (1909). A national sporting hero, Arthur J. Raffles is a prominent
The_Amateur_Cracksman
2001 film by Ernest William Hornung
Thief is a 2001 British television film loosely based on the A. J. Raffles stories by E. W. Hornung. It stars Nigel Havers as A. J. Raffles and Michael
Gentleman_Thief_(2001_film)
Fictional companion to AJ Raffles
Bunny Manders) is a fictional character in the popular series of Raffles stories by E. W. Hornung. He is the companion of A. J. Raffles, a cricketer and gentleman
Bunny_Manders
1905 short story collection by E. W. Hornung
character A. J. Raffles. It was the third book in the series, and the final collection of short stories. In it, Raffles, a gentleman thief, commits a number
A Thief in the Night (short story collection)
A_Thief_in_the_Night_(short_story_collection)
Hotel in Singapore
Raffles Hotel, hidden in a Singaporean archive. That year these drawings were published for the first time in the book The Raffles Treasury. Raffles Hotel
Raffles_Hotel
title Raffles: Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman. It is the second collection of stories in Hornung's series concerning A. J. Raffles, a gentleman
The_Black_Mask
British actor (1934–2004)
Clandestine Marriage (Savoy Theatre, 1975): Sir John Melvil The Return of A. J. Raffles (Royal Shakespeare Company/Aldwych Theatre, 1975): Lord Alfred Douglas
Peter_Blythe
British actor (born 1970)
productions which include Don Carlos, Romeo and Juliet, The Return of A. J. Raffles, The Rose Tattoo, The Picture of Dorian Gray, and Semi-Monde. In 2002
Benedick_Bates
English actor (1922–1992)
September 2023. "Search | RSC Performances | RET197512 – The Return of A J Raffles | Shakespeare Birthplace Trust". collections.shakespeare.org.uk. Retrieved
Denholm_Elliott
Cuban actor
was a Cuban film actor who worked for many years in the Mexican film industry. He played a Mexican version of the gentleman thief A. J. Raffles in the
Rafael_Bertrand
followed, as did a play, Raffles, The Amateur Cracksman, first shown at the Princess Theatre, New York in 1903. It is for the character of Raffles that Hornung
List of works by E. W. Hornung
List_of_works_by_E._W._Hornung
British actor (1939–2015)
Horst Mohn in Colditz (1972–74), the suave titular gentleman thief in Raffles (1977), the satanic Baron Simon de Belleme in Robin of Sherwood, and the
Anthony_Valentine
Short story by E. W. Hornung
"The Raffles Relics" is a short story by E. W. Hornung, and features the gentleman thief A. J. Raffles, and his companion and biographer, Bunny Manders
The_Raffles_Relics
1932 film
based on the A.J. Raffles stories by EW Hornung and inspired by the success of the 1930 American film Raffles, to which it serves as a loose sequel. It
The_Return_of_Raffles
1903 play by Eugene W. Presbrey and E. W. Hornung
of Lord Amersteth, who has invited Raffles to play cricket with him. Crawshay is a "professor", Raffles' term for a professional burglar. Mrs. Vidal is
Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman (play)
Raffles,_the_Amateur_Cracksman_(play)
1917 film by George Irving
who has possession of a priceless "rose pearl" takes passage on a steamship and Raffles does likewise. Miles from land, Raffles determines that the swindler
Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman (1917 film)
Raffles,_the_Amateur_Cracksman_(1917_film)
Essay by George Orwell
reprinted in Critical Essays, London, 1946. The essay contrasts the A. J. Raffles crime stories with the 1939 novel No Orchids for Miss Blandish by the
Raffles_and_Miss_Blandish
British actor and presenter (born 1951)
1951) is an English actor and presenter. In 1981 he earned a BAFTA nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, for portraying Lord Andrew Lindsay in the
Nigel_Havers
Independent school in Singapore
6. Since 2007, RI and its affiliated school Raffles Girls' School have been offering the six-year Raffles Programme, which allows students to skip the
Raffles_Institution
Stock character; a sophisticated and well-mannered thief
Pierre Alexis Ponson du Terrail in 1857. A. J. Raffles, and his accomplice Bunny Manders, from the Raffles stories by E. W. Hornung, created in 1898
Gentleman_thief
1913 film
a 1913 American silent film featuring Harry Carey. It is the second such film to feature the thief character A. J. Raffles, following 1905's Raffles,
The_Van_Nostrand_Tiara
British colonial official (1781–1826)
1824. Noltie, Henry J. (2009). Raffles' ark redrawn : natural history drawings from the collection of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles. British Library, Edinburgh
Stamford_Raffles
1930 film
as Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman (1917) with John Barrymore as Raffles, and again as Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman (1925) by Universal Studios. A 1939
Raffles_(1930_film)
Crime-comedy film by Sam Wood
Raffles of being the Cracksman. Raffles plots to frame a petty criminal with the theft, but keep the jewelry for himself. David Niven as A.J. Raffles
Raffles_(1939_film)
Short story by E.W. Hornung
"The Criminologists' Club" is a short story by E. W. Hornung, and features the gentleman thief A. J. Raffles, and his companion and biographer, Bunny Manders
The_Criminologists'_Club
Fictional gentleman thief created by Maurice Leblanc
often a force for good while operating on the wrong side of the law. Lupin shares similarities with E. W. Hornung's gentleman thief A. J. Raffles, whose
Arsène_Lupin
Play by Langdon McCormick
Burglar and the Lady is a 1905 play written by Langdon McCormick that features the characters Sherlock Holmes and A. J. Raffles, which were originally
The_Burglar_and_the_Lady
American syndicated radio drama program
Clyde, who voiced Raffles in the BBC radio series Raffles. Raffles, the Gentleman Thief does not have any double-length episodes. Raffles and Bunny appear
Imagination_Theatre
Short story by E. W. Hornung
thieves and their rival. Raffles doesn't deny it. He adds that Inspector Mackenzie suspects him, and Raffles wants to give him a chance to search his rooms
The_Chest_of_Silver
Short story by E. W. Hornung
1899. While Raffles is out during a Gentlemen v Players cricket match at Lord's, a young cricketer named Crowley approaches Raffles. Raffles learns that
Gentlemen and Players (short story)
Gentlemen_and_Players_(short_story)
Short story by E. W. Hornung
Baird, a moneylender who is Raffles's fence. Raffles arrives, having sold the emeralds; however, Baird seems to have deduced that the disguised Raffles is
Wilful_Murder_(short_story)
1909 novel by E.W. Hornung
Mr. Justice Raffles is a 1909 novel written by E.W. Hornung. It featured his popular character A. J. Raffles a well-known cricketer and gentleman thief
Mr._Justice_Raffles
Short story by E. W. Hornung
"A Jubilee Present" is a short story by E. W. Hornung, and features the gentleman thief A. J. Raffles, and his companion and biographer, Bunny Manders
A_Jubilee_Present
Short story by E. W. Hornung
"A Bad Night" is a short story by E. W. Hornung, and features the gentleman thief A. J. Raffles, and his companion and biographer, Bunny Manders. The story
A_Bad_Night
giving birth to Raffles later that year. Since Raffles and Holmes are contemporaries, it has been suggested that Marjorie was actually Raffles' sister. Eckert
Minor Sherlock Holmes characters
Minor_Sherlock_Holmes_characters
Short story by E. W. Hornung
"The Spoils of Sacrilege" is a short story by E. W. Hornung, and features the gentleman thief A. J. Raffles, and his companion and biographer, Bunny Manders
The_Spoils_of_Sacrilege
Short story by E. W. Hornung
"The Wrong House" is a short story by E. W. Hornung, and features the gentleman thief A. J. Raffles, and his companion and biographer, Bunny Manders. The
The_Wrong_House
Short story by E. W. Hornung
sympathy, Bunny tries to leave. Raffles detains him. Agitated, Bunny raises a pistol to his head to kill himself. However, Raffles unexpectedly admires the bold
The Ides of March (short story)
The_Ides_of_March_(short_story)
Character in pulp fiction
Raffles (also known as Lord Lister) is a fictional character who first appeared in a German pulp magazine entitled "Lord Lister, genannt Raffles, der Meisterdieb"
Raffles_(character)
System of using young school pupils as servants
fictional gentleman thief A. J. Raffles (created in 1898) are narrated by Raffles's companion Bunny Manders, who fagged for Raffles in their school years. Christopher
Fagging
Short story by E. W. Hornung, published in 1901
is his old friend, Raffles. I cannot repeat what I said. I have no idea what I did. I only know—I only knew—that it was A. J. Raffles in the flesh! — Bunny
No_Sinecure
Topics referred to by the same term
LaJoya), a character in the film The Big Lebowski Bunny Manders, a character in the short stories about A. J. Raffles Bunny the makeup lady, a character
Bunny_(disambiguation)
Short story by E. W. Hornung
"The Fate of Faustina" is a short story by E. W. Hornung, and features the gentleman thief A. J. Raffles, and his companion and biographer, Bunny Manders
The_Fate_of_Faustina
Short story by E. W. Hornung
this thing together or not at all." — Raffles, to Addenbrooke The lawyer meets them, but recognizes Raffles. Raffles insists that both he and Bunny are in
Nine_Points_of_the_Law
Short story by E. W. Hornung
"To Catch a Thief" is a short story by E. W. Hornung, and features the gentleman thief A. J. Raffles, and his companion and biographer, Bunny Manders.
To Catch a Thief (short story)
To_Catch_a_Thief_(short_story)
by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill, and its spin-off Nemo. Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Character's name Original source/author
List of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen characters
List_of_The_League_of_Extraordinary_Gentlemen_characters
Short story by E. W. Hornung
country. Raffles, who has scored a century, invites Bunny to the Café Royal to celebrate. At dinner, Bunny explains his misery to Raffles. Raffles, in reply
Out_of_Paradise
Topics referred to by the same term
The Black Mask, a 1905 collection of short stories by E. W. Hornung concerning the gentleman thief A. J. Raffles Black Mask (magazine), a pulp magazine
Black_Mask
Short story by E. W. Hornung
about a priceless pearl to be given by a European emperor to Queen Victoria. While boating with Raffles on the Thames, Raffles invites Bunny on a sea voyage
The_Gift_of_the_Emperor
Short story by E. W. Hornung
other Raffles in spite of his wounded hand, Raffles rides through Whittlesea. Along the way, he comes upon an eerily riderless horse, followed by a horse
Le_Premier_Pas
English actor and musician (born 1941)
acted on the radio, portraying the gentleman thief A. J. Raffles in the BBC radio series Raffles (1985–1993). He has also portrayed Ngaio Marsh's fictional
Jeremy_Clyde
Short story by E. W. Hornung
Raffles envies the honorable deaths of their British peers. Bunny tries to cheer up Raffles by proposing crime, without success. Eventually, Raffles decides
The_Knees_of_the_Gods
American writer and lawyer (1889–1970)
pulps, including the ingenious Lester Leith, a parody of the "gentleman thief" in the tradition of A. J. Raffles; and Ken Corning, crusading lawyer, crime
Erle_Stanley_Gardner
works, but drawn most closely from Virginia Woolf's Orlando: A Biography. A. J. Raffles, reformed thief from E. W. Hornung stories. Thomas Carnacki, the
List of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen titles
List_of_The_League_of_Extraordinary_Gentlemen_titles
1958 Mexican film
Raffles (Spanish: Raffles mexicano) is a 1958 Mexican crime film directed by Alejandro Galindo and starring Rafael Bertrand, María Duval and Prudencia
Raffles_(1958_film)
Short story by E. W. Hornung
They observe a couple dining inside. Raffles dashes away burgle the house. Bunny, unhappily, prepares himself to extricate Raffles, but Raffles climbs up
An_Old_Flame_(short_story)
Short story by E. W. Hornung
the tramp again, who is Raffles in disguise. To avoid Inspector Mackenzie, Raffles has grown a beard and taken the house of a prison warden, Colonel Crutchley
The_Rest_Cure_(short_story)
Short story by E. W. Hornung
"The Last Laugh" is a short story by E. W. Hornung. It features the gentleman thief A. J. Raffles, and his companion and biographer, Bunny Manders. The
The_Last_Laugh_(short_story)
Short story by E. W. Hornung
"A Trap to Catch a Cracksman" is a short story by E. W. Hornung, and features the gentleman thief A. J. Raffles, and his companion and biographer, Bunny
A_Trap_to_Catch_a_Cracksman
British actress
she has appeared for the Royal Shakespeare Company in The Return of A. J. Raffles (1975-1976), as Larita in Noël Coward's Easy Virtue (1988-1989) at the
Jane_How
Short story by E. W. Hornung
him go back." — Raffles, to Bunny Crawshay smoothly tells Raffles that Raffles must find a way to get Crawshay out of the country. Raffles acknowledges to
The_Return_Match
English nursery rhyme
"old woman of Banbury Cross..." The A.J. Raffles story Le Premier Pas references this nursery rhyme when Raffles describes packing up the gold coins in
Ride a cock horse to Banbury Cross
Ride_a_cock_horse_to_Banbury_Cross
Fictional character
anticipates characters such as A. J. Raffles, Arsène Lupin, Fantômas, The Saint, Doc Savage, Judex and The Shadow. In a final chapter to the sixth volume
Rocambole_(character)
British actor (born 1946)
Importance of Being Ernest, The Rear Column, Benefactors, The Return of A. J. Raffles, Bloomsbury, Single Spies, Look after Lulu!, The Circle, Entertaining
Clive_Francis
Fictional character, associate and friend of Sherlock Holmes
fictional narrators, such as Bunny Manders (the sidekick of gentleman thief A. J. Raffles, created by E. W. Hornung in 1898) and the American character Archie
Dr._Watson
1890 novel by E. W. Hornung
later stories in the A. J. Raffles series achieved much more popularity than A Bride from the Bush. Nonetheless, he himself liked A Bride from the Bush
A_Bride_from_the_Bush
Short story by E. W. Hornung
meet Nasmyth at a station. Nasmyth was head of the student body the same year Raffles was captain of the cricket team. He argues to Raffles his stance against
The_Field_of_Philippi
Comic book series by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill
Hyde Hawley Griffin / Invisible Man I Orlando / Roland Thomas Carnacki A. J. Raffles Emma Night Janni Dakkar / Jenni Diver / Captain Nemo II John "Broad
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
The_League_of_Extraordinary_Gentlemen
Short story by E. W. Hornung
"A Costume Piece" is a short story by E. W. Hornung, and features the gentleman thief A. J. Raffles, and his companion and biographer, Bunny Manders. The
A_Costume_Piece
1950 novella by Graham Greene
Man's Land is a novella by Graham Greene which was commissioned in 1950 by the film director Carol Reed, although it was not made into a film. The plot
No_Man's_Land_(Greene_novel)
Street in the City of Westminster, London
Diana Villiers at the start of The Ionian Mission. In the A. J. Raffles story A Trap to Catch a Cracksman by E. W. Hornung, the prizefighter Barney Maguire’s
Half_Moon_Street,_London
11th episode of the 5th season of The Simpsons
A. J. Raffles, a gentleman thief, in Raffles (1939). The music heard during the burglaries is from The Pink Panther (1963), in which Niven played a similar
Homer_the_Vigilante
Fictional detective by William Hope Hodgson
as a main character. Set in 1910, following his visions of a black cabal, Carnacki brings Mina Harker, Allan Quatermain, Orlando, and A.J. Raffles to
Carnacki
1991 television film directed by Bill Corcoran
Langtry (Jenny Seagrove). He also encounters the fictional character A. J. Raffles. Christopher Lee as Sherlock Holmes Patrick Macnee as Dr. John Watson
Incident_at_Victoria_Falls
Office skyscraper in Singapore
One Raffles Quay (Chinese: 莱佛士码头一号) is an office building complex located at Raffles Place, the central business district of Singapore. Designed by Kohn
One_Raffles_Quay
Prison in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, England
unsuccessfully sought-out by the Russian SVR. Bunny Manders, the narrator of the A. J. Raffles stories by E. W. Hornung, serves his sentence at Wormwood Scrubs. Julet
HM_Prison_Wormwood_Scrubs
1925 film
they run away to be married. Raffles returns the pearls and promises to retire from being a burglar. House Peters as Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman Miss
Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman (1925 film)
Raffles,_the_Amateur_Cracksman_(1925_film)
Defunct British women's weekly magazine
Hornung, later famous as the creator of A. J. Raffles, as an assistant editor. In 1893 the paper launched a campaign against "tight-lacing", the fad
The_Gentlewoman
1921 film
Justice Raffles by E.W. Hornung featuring his gentleman thief AJ Raffles. The plot changed a number of details from the novel and inserted a romantic
Mr._Justice_Raffles_(film)
English actor (born 1946)
We Go, a series of 15 minutes episodes conceived to learn English.[citation needed] Strauli played Bunny Manders, the assistant to A.J. Raffles, the gentleman
Christopher_Strauli
tried to start a career in art, becoming an illustrator at the New York Evening Journal, his father tempted him to appear on stage in 1901 in A Man of the
John Barrymore on stage, screen and radio
John_Barrymore_on_stage,_screen_and_radio
Canadian-American actor and activist (born 1961)
1961), known professionally as Michael J. Fox, is a Canadian and American actor and activist. Beginning his career as a child actor in the 1970s, he rose to
Michael_J._Fox
Residential apartment block in London, England
(Jack) Worthing has a set at Albany (number B.4), where he lives while staying in London under the assumed name of Ernest. A. J. Raffles, the gentleman burglar
Albany_(London)
American football player and actor (1947–2024)
Brown and Goldman. Arnelle Simpson testified in a deposition that she and Van Exel, president of Raffles Entertainment and Music Production, came up with
O._J._Simpson
1975 song by Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel
A. J. Raffles. Speaking to Mojo in 2010, Harley said about the song, "Raffles was a master thief. He was a con artist too. I use his name to invoke a
Mr. Raffles (Man, It Was Mean)
Mr._Raffles_(Man,_It_Was_Mean)
Library. Retrieved 9 July 2013.[permanent dead link] Fowler, Karin J. (1995). David Niven: A Bio-Bibliography. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group.
David Niven on screen, stage, radio, record and in print
David_Niven_on_screen,_stage,_radio,_record_and_in_print
Bibliography of English novelist
Potting Shed (1957) The Complaisant Lover (1959) Carving a Statue (1964) The Return of A.J. Raffles (1975) Yes and No (1980) For Whom the Bell Chimes (1980)
Graham_Greene_bibliography
Fictional character in P. G. Wodehouse humorous stories
including Christie's Hercule Poirot and others such as Sherlock Holmes, A. J. Raffles, and Nero Wolfe. When Bertie Wooster catches his valet Meadowes stealing
Bertie_Wooster
1975 studio album by Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel
titular character refers to the author E. W. Hornung's fictional thief A. J. Raffles. The album received its first CD release by EMI in 1991. It featured
The Best Years of Our Lives (Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel album)
The_Best_Years_of_Our_Lives_(Steve_Harley_&_Cockney_Rebel_album)
(1874–1930), novelist and playwright E. W. Hornung (1866–1921), author, A. J. Raffles Frances Horovitz (1938–1983), poet and broadcaster Michael Horovitz
List_of_English_writers_(D–J)
Short story by Arthur Conan Doyle
understood to be a criticism of those guilty of slander. "The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton" was also inspired by the A. J. Raffles short story "Wilful
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton
The_Adventure_of_Charles_Augustus_Milverton
English Writer (1908–1985)
Portsmouth. By agreement with the E W Hornung Estate, he continued the A. J. Raffles series after its creator E. W. Hornung's death. He was invited to do
Barry_Perowne
Adaptations of stories by Arthur Conan Doyle
Burglar and the Lady, Holmes is pitted against the fictional criminal A. J. Raffles, created by E. W. Hornung. McCormick did not secure permission from
Adaptations of Sherlock Holmes
Adaptations_of_Sherlock_Holmes
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