Denis Nayland Smith

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Sir Denis Nayland Smith is a fictional character, the adversary of the villainous Fu Manchu in the popular novels of Sax Rohmer. Smith is an official of the British government with a roving commission which allows him to exercise authority over any group that can help him in his mission. He resembles Sherlock Holmes both in his physical description, in his ascerbic manner, and in his deductive genius. He is criticized as being a racist and jingoistic character, especially in the early entries in the series, and gives voice to anti-Asian sentiments that are unacceptable by modern standards.

In 1980, Peter Sellers played the character for laughs in The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu.