Arthur Hastings

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Arthur Hastings
Hugh Fraser as Hastings
First appearance	The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920)
Last appearance	Curtain (1975)
Created by	Agatha Christie
Portrayed by	Richard Cooper Robert Morley Jonathan Cecil Dmitry Krylov Hugh Fraser
In-universe information
Occupation	Army Captain (ex), secretary, rancher
Spouse	Dulcie Duveen (1923-unknown; her death)
Children	Two unnamed sons[1] Grace[1] Judith
Relatives	A sister Two grandsons
Religion	Anglicanism
Nationality	British
Birth date and place	abt. 1886[2] (30 in 1916) United Kingdom

Captain Arthur J. M. Hastings, OBE, is a fictional character created by Agatha Christie as the companion-chronicler and best friend of the Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot. He is first introduced in Christie's 1920 novel The Mysterious Affair at Styles (originally written in 1916) and appears as a character in seven other Poirot novels, including the final one Curtain: Poirot's Last Case (1975), along with a play and many short stories. He is also the narrator of several of them.