Apt Pupil

Characters List:

Character Name Description

Blondi
 Hitler's dog

Chester
 Sidekick of Mat Dillon

Hap
 Derelict who identified Todd Bowden from a photo

Loverboy
 Morris Heisel's cat

Springheel
 Jack One of Kurt Dussander's list of great murderers from the past

?, Deborah
 Aunt of Todd Bowden. Wife of Harry

?, Felice
 Candy Striper in hospital

?, Harry
 Uncle of Todd Bowden. Husband of Deborah.

Ackerman, Harry
 School Councillor

Ackerman, Sharon
 Todd Bowden wanted to feel under her dress

Anderson, Mrs. (Bugs)
 4th grade teacher.

Bowden, Deborah
 Wife of Harold

Bowden, Harold
 Richard Bowden's brother

Bowden, Monica
 Todd Bowden's mother. Married name of Monica Darrow. Wife of Richard Bowden.

Bowden, Richard
 Todd Bowden's father and husband of Monica Bowden.

Bowden, Todd
 A 13 year old boy who discovers that the true identity of an old man that lives in his area by the name of Arthur Denker is Nazi war criminal Kurt Dussander.

Bowden, Vic
 Richard Bowden's father. A grocer

Bozeman, Dan
 Detective looking into the Wino murders

Brackett, Charles (Sonny)
 Murdered Derelict

Brodin, ?
 Name in Heisel's dream.

Burke, Jack
 Name in Christmas Card

Burke, Mary
 Name in Christmas Card

Carson, Johnny
 TV personality watched by Richard Bowden

Castellano, Fiona
 Kept Vic Bowden's store open when he had a stroke

Chambers, Randy
 Mowed Arthur Denkin's lawns.

Cleveland Torso Murderer, The
 One of Kurt Dussander's list of great murderers from the past

Crichton, Michael
 Author read by Monica Bowden

Darrow, Monica
 Monica Bowden's maiden name

DeLyons, Billy
 Baseball player

Denker, Arthur
 Assumed name of Kurt Dussander

Denker, Mrs.
 Made up wife of Arthur Denker

Dorsky, Herman
 Name in Heisel's dream.

Dorsky, Laslo
 Name in Heisel's dream.

Doyle, Arthur Conan
 Writer liked by Kurt Dussander's father

Dufresne, Andy
 Banker who did some stock portfolio work for Arthur Denker

Dussander, Kurt
 German war criminal a/k/a The "Blood Fiend of Patin"

Eichmann, Adolf
 Nazi war criminal

Einstein, Albert
 Arthur Denker looked like a cross between Albert Einstein and Boris Karloff

Everson, Bernie
 In school with Todd Bowden

Farrow, Angela
 Girlfriend of Todd Bowden

Floren, Myron
 On the "Lawrence Welk Show" on TV

Frankel, Willi
 Person who Dussander received a letter from.

French, Edward
 Guidance counsellor,

French, Norma
 Daughter of Edward and Sondra French.

French, Sondra
 Wife of Edward and mother of Norma French

Gluecks, Heinrich
 German seen shaking hands with Kurt Dussander in a photo.

Goebbels, Dr.
 Nazi War Criminal

Goering, ?
 Hitler's aide.

Hackermeyer, ?
 Gave Kurt Dussander a chocolate bar at the end of the war.

Hackett, Buddy
 On TV Show with Johnny Carson

Haines, ?
 Todd's baseball coach

Halleck, ?
 Told Todd Bowden about the loan given to Todd's father for Todd's French tutoring.

Haller, ?
 Todd Bowden's baseball coach

Haskell, Frank
 Acquaintance of the Heisel family

Hassler, Hans
 German who criticized Hitler, then strangely disappeared

Heisel, Heather
 First wife of Morris?

Heisel, Lydia
 Second wife of Morris Heisel.

Heisel, Morris
 Was in the camps in Germany.

Heisel, Ruth
 Daughter of Morris???

Henreid, Mr.
 Lived down the block from Vic Bowden

Henreid, Private
 Manned a machine gun post in Denker's dream

Hepburn, ?
 School counselor.

Huffman, ?
 German

Jacobs, Ernie
 Works and played golf with Richard Bowden

Karloff, Boris
 Arthur Denker looked like a cross between Albert Einstein and Boris Karloff

Kemmelman, Dr.
 Morris Heisel's doctor

Kessel, ?
 German who charged people to look at a naked picture of his girlfriend during the War.

Klingerman, Dave
 Works at the pet shelter where Kurt Dussander got a dog.

Koch, Ilse
 German said to have a lampshade made of human skin

Kramer, Josef
 German mentioned in passing

Mazursky, Bill
 Alcoholic

Mazursky, Mrs.
 Wife of Bill and customer of Vic Bowden.

Murchinson, ?
 Name in Christmas card

Pegler, Harold
 Friend of Todd Bowden.

Richler, Detective
 Interviewed Todd about Dussander

Rogan, Emma
 Neighbor of Morris Heisel.

Sayers, Dorothy
 Writer mentioned in passing

Schneibel, ?
 Name in Heisel's dream

Smith, Peter (Poley)
 Murdered derelict

Storrman, Mr.
 Todd Bowden's Algebra teacher

Tey, Josephine
 Historian mentioned by Detective Richler

Timpnell, Dr.
 Intern at the hospital

Trask, Betty
 Daughter of Ray. Girlfriend of Todd

Trask, Ray
 Father of Betty. Friend and workmate of Richard Bowden

Tremaine, Ben
 Friend of Todd Bowden

Upshaw, Mrs.
 Todd Bowden's 4th grade teacher.

Weiskopf, Sam
 Spoke to Dussander in hospital

Welk, Lawrence
 Had a TV show

Wimsey, Lord Peter
 Character in a Sayers novel.

Wolff, ?
 German

X, Mr.
 One of Kurt Dussander's list of great murderers from the past

Zeickert, ?
 Name in Heisel's dream. A guard

Zodiac, The
 One of Kurt Dussander's list of great murderers from the past