<Tr> <Th> Preceded by </Th> <Td> Nero Wolfe </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Followed by </Th> <Td> A Nero Wolfe Mystery </Td> </Tr> <P> Nero Wolfe is a television series based on the characters in Rex Stout's series of detective stories that aired January 16--August 25, 1981, on NBC . William Conrad fills the role of the detective genius Nero Wolfe, and Lee Horsley is his assistant Archie Goodwin . Produced by Paramount Television, the series updates the world of Nero Wolfe to contemporary New York City and draws few of its stories from the Stout originals . </P> <P> Nero Wolfe (William Conrad) enjoys a life of refined self - indulgence in his comfortable Manhattan brownstone--reading, dining, spending regular hours in his rooftop plant rooms, and only reluctantly involving himself in the detection of crime . Famously sedentary, Wolfe relies on his legman Archie Goodwin (Lee Horsley) to collect the clues and the suspects in any case at hand, while he spars with his live - in chef Fritz Brenner (George Voskovec) and bickers with his resident orchid nurse Theodore Horstmann (Robert Coote, in his final role). Often assisted by freelance detective Saul Panzer (George Wyner), Wolfe and Archie customarily gather the suspects in Wolfe's office and present the solution to the exasperated Inspector Cramer (Allan Miller) of Manhattan Homicide . </P>

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