Harry Yates (The Scarf)

Harry Yates was a British police inspector of the mid-20th century. Yates was required to solve the murders by strangulation of Fay Collins and Diana Winston in Littleshaw, with his suspicions falling on magazine publisher Clifton Morris and music teacher Edward Collins. 
== Notes ==
=== Behind the Scenes ===
* Detective Inspector Yates was played by English actor Donald Pleasence.The Scarf - IMDB - Retrieved 26 December 2024Donald Pleasence - IMDB - Retrieved 26 December 2024
=== Reception ===
* Pleasence's performance in the role was lauded by Ivor Brown of The Listener,Drama - Ivor Brown - The Listener Volume LXI No. 1560 - Published 19 February 1959 - Page 347 - Retrieved 26 December 2024Drama - Ivor Brown - The Listener Volume LXI No. 1565 - Published 26 March 1959 - Page 567 - Retrieved 26 December 2024 although reviewers from The Bulletin were more negative."The Scarf" without a Strain - David C. Keir - The Bulletin and Scots Pictorial 44th Year No. 34- Published Tuesday 10 February 1959 - Page 2 - Retrieved 26 December 2024This thriller set a real poser - Colin MacLean - The Bulletin and Scots Pictorial 44th Year No. 64- Published Tuesday 17 March 1959 - Page 13 - Retrieved 26 December 2024 One reviewer expressed hope that the character would return,Unorthodox 'Tec - H.A.B. - Evening Times No. 25,863 - Published Tuesday 17 March 1959 - Page 8 - Retrieved 26 December 2024 which did not come to pass.
== Appearances ==
* The Scarf
** Episode One (first appearance)
** Episode Two
** Episode Three
** Episode Four
** Episode Five
** Episode Six (final appearance)
== References ==
Category:Humans
Category:Heroes
Category:Law Enforcement
Category:English characters
Category:British characters
Category:Television characters
Category:Characters played by Donald Pleasence
Category:20th century births