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Carson Drew is a fictional character in the popular Nancy Drew Mystery Stories series. He is Nancy's father, a widower, and is the most respected lawyer in River Heights (and is said to be one of the leading lawyers in the state he lives in). He's described as being a handsome man in his late forties, and has blue eyes like his daughter does. Since he's mentioned to be in his late forties, it can be assumed that he was most likely in his early thirties when he had Nancy (possibly his late twenties at the youngest).He often enlists the help of his daughter for many of his cases, and he often assists her in many of her cases, offering guidance both professionally and as a father. Carson and Nancy are shown to be close and get along well, but in cinematic releases and in later books in the series, they argue more frequently (but are still close and get along well for the most part).
He also makes good use of his professional connections and privileges to help Nancy solve her cases. He frequently leaves Nancy to her sleuthing while he travels on business (throughout the book series, he frequently goes away on business trips). On numerous occasions, Nancy has had to save her father from danger, including several kidnappings. Mr. Drew is always proud of Nancy when she has solved, and finished a case.
vteNancy DrewvteThe series and novelsNancy Drew Mystery Stories1930s
The Secret of the Old Clock (1930)
The Hidden Staircase (1930)
The Bungalow Mystery (1930)
The Mystery at Lilac Inn (1931)
The Secret at Shadow Ranch (1931)
The Secret of Red Gate Farm (1931)
The Clue in the Diary (1932)
Nancy's Mysterious Letter (1932)
The Sign of the Twisted Candles (1933)
The Password to Larkspur Lane (1933)
The Clue of the Broken Locket (1934)
The Message in the Hollow Oak (1935)
The Mystery of the Ivory Charm (1936)
The Whispering Statue (1937)
The Haunted Bridge (1937)
The Clue of the Tapping Heels (1939)
1940s
The Mystery of the Brass-Bound Trunk (1940)
The Mystery at the Moss-Covered Mansion (1941)
The Quest of the Missing Map (1942)
The Clue in the Jewel Box (1943)
The Secret in the Old Attic (1944)
The Clue in the Crumbling Wall (1945)
The Mystery of the Tolling Bell (1946)
The Clue in the Old Album (1947)
The Ghost of Blackwood Hall (1948)
The Clue of the Leaning Chimney (1949)
1950s
The Secret of the Wooden Lady (1950)
The Clue of the Black Keys (1951)
The Mystery at the Ski Jump (1952)
The Clue of the Velvet Mask (1953)
The Ringmaster's Secret (1953)
The Scarlet Slipper Mystery (1954)
The Witch Tree Symbol (1955)
The Hidden Window Mystery (1956)
The Haunted Showboat (1957)
The Secret of the Golden Pavilion (1959)
1960s
The Clue in the Old Stagecoach (1960)
The Mystery of the Fire Dragon (1961)
The Clue of the Dancing Puppet (1962)
The Moonstone Castle Mystery (1963)
The Clue of the Whistling Bagpipes (1964)
The Phantom of Pine Hill (1965)
The Mystery of the 99 Steps (1966)
The Clue in the Crossword Cipher (1967)
The Spider Sapphire Mystery (1968)
The Invisible Intruder (1969)
1970s
The Mysterious Mannequin (1970)
The Crooked Banister (1971)
The Secret of Mirror Bay (1972)
The Double Jinx Mystery (1973)
Mystery of the Glowing Eye (1974)
The Secret of the Forgotten City (1975)
The Sky Phantom (1976)
The Strange Message in the Parchment (1977)
Mystery of Crocodile Island (1978)
The Thirteenth Pearl (1979)
The Triple Hoax (1979)
1980s
The Flying Saucer Mystery (1980)
The Secret in the Old Lace (1980)
The Greek Symbol Mystery (1980)
The Swami's Ring (1981)
The Kachina Doll Mystery (1981)
The Twin Dilemma (1981)
Captive Witness (1981)
Race Against Time (1982)
The Broken Anchor (1983)
The Mardi Gras Mystery (1988)
The Case of the Rising Stars (1988)
1990s
The Mystery of the Masked Rider (1992)
The Treasure in the Royal Tower (1995)
The Wedding Day Mystery (1997)
The E-mail Mystery (1998)
2000s
Whispers In the Fog (2000)
The Legend of the Emerald Lady (2000)
Mystery By Moonlight (2002)
The Bike Tour Mystery (2002)
The Mistletoe Mystery (2002)
No Strings Attached (2003)
The Riding Club Crime (2003)
Danger on the Great Lakes (2003)
Werewolf in a Winter Wonderland (2003)
The Nancy Drew Files
Secrets Can Kill (1986)
Stay Tuned for Danger (1987)
Death by Design (1988)
The Final Scene (1989)
The Suspect Next Door (1989)
The Nancy Drew Notebooks
The Slumber Party Secret, etc.
Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew
Sleepover Sleuths, etc.
Nancy Drew On Campus
New Lives, New Loves, etc.
Nancy Drew, Girl Detective
Without a Trace (2004)
A Race Against Time (2004)
False Notes (2004)
High Risk (2004)
Hardy Boys crossovers
Super Sleuth
Be a Detective
SuperMysteries
Super Mysteries
Video gamesAdventure series
Secrets Can Kill (1998)
Stay Tuned for Danger (1999)
Message in a Haunted Mansion (2000)
Treasure in the Royal Tower (2001)
The Final Scene (2001)
Secret of the Scarlet Hand (2002)
Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake (2002)
The Haunted Carousel (2003)
Danger on Deception Island (2003)
The Secret of Shadow Ranch (2004)
Curse of Blackmoor Manor (2004)
Secret of the Old Clock (2005)
Last Train to Blue Moon Canyon (2005)
Danger By Design (2006)
The Creature of Kapu Cave (2006)
The White Wolf of Icicle Creek (2007)
Legend of the Crystal Skull (2007)
The Phantom of Venice (2008)
The Haunting of Castle Malloy (2008)
Ransom of the Seven Ships (2009)
Warnings at Waverly Academy (2009)
Trail of the Twister (2010)
Secrets Can Kill Remastered (2010)
Shadow at the Water's Edge (2010)
The Captive Curse (2011)
Alibi in Ashes (2011)
Tomb of the Lost Queen (2012)
The Deadly Device (2012)
Ghost of Thornton Hall (2013)
The Silent Spy (2013)
The Shattered Medallion (2014)
Labyrinth of Lies (2014)
Sea of Darkness (2015)
Midnight in Salem (2016)
Dossier series
Lights, Camera, Curses (2008)
Resorting to Danger (2009)
Other works
Nancy Drew... Detective (1938)
Nancy Drew... Reporter (1939)
Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter (1939)
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (1939)
Nancy Drew (2007 film)
The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries
Supermystery
The Nancy Drew Files
Girl Detective
Nancy Drew (1995 TV series)
Characters
Nancy Drew
George Fayne
Bess Marvin
Ned Nickerson
Helen Corning
Carson Drew
Hannah Gruen
Eloise Drew
Togo
Writers
Edward Stratemeyer
Mildred Benson
Harriet Adams
Walter Karig
Susan Wittig Albert
See also
Carolyn Keene
Stratemeyer Syndicate
The Hardy Boys
The Dana Girls
Torchy Blane
Played by the actors
Filmography of Carson Drew (3 films)
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Nancy Drew (2007)
, 1h39Directed by Andrew Fleming
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Teen movie
Actors Emma Roberts, Josh Flitter, Max Thieriot, Rachael Leigh Cook, Tate Donovan, Kay Panabaker
Rating59%
Nancy Drew (Emma Roberts) and her widowed father, Carson Drew (Tate Donovan), move from River Heights for only a few months and rent a house in California, where Carson has a temporary job. Nancy chose their California house because it was the home of Dehlia Draycott, a murdered movie star based on Natalie Wood whose case has never been solved. Despite the mystery, Nancy's father has forbidden her from further sleuthing and encourages her to focus on high school and living like a normal teenager. Nancy struggles to fit in at her new school, only befriending a younger boy, Corky (Josh Flitter). She realizes that the sleuthing world is the only place she fits in and decides to solve the Draycott mystery behind her dad's back. In the Draycott mansion, she discovers a letter that Draycott wrote to an unknown "Z," who was supposedly Draycott's lover. From photographs of Draycott before her death, Nancy deduces that, just before Draycott was murdered, she had a baby and secretly gave it up for adoption. Nancy eventually finds Draycott's child, who turns out to be a young single mom named Jane Brighton, and who also turns out to be the sole beneficiary of Draycott's will, which has disappeared. Nancy receives a threatening phone call telling her to get off the case, and contacts her father's business associate, Dashiel Biedermeyer (Barry Bostwick), the lawyer of the Draycott estate, to assist her with the case.
, 1hDirected by William Clemens
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Crime
Actors Bonita Granville, Frankie Thomas, John Litel, Frank Orth, Vera Lewis, Louise Carter
Rating65%
The elderly Turnbull sisters want to donate their mansion for a children's hospital. However, their father's will states that at least one of them has to stay in the house every night for twenty years before they can inherit the estate; there are two weeks left to go.
Nancy Drew... Reporter (1939)
, 1h8Directed by William Clemens
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Action, Adventure, Crime
Actors Bonita Granville, John Litel, Frankie Thomas, Mary Lee, Dickie Jones, Betty Amann
Rating64%
Nancy Drew, competing in the local newspaper's amateur reporter contest, clears a girl named Eula Denning of murder charges.