Grady Ambrose Fletcher, Jessica Fletcher's nephew (through marriage), is a recurring character on "Murder, She Wrote". Specifically, Grady was the son of Frank Fletcher's late brother.
It was Grady who, after secretly reading Jessica's first novel The Corpse Danced at Midnight, had it published.
While Jessica and her husband, Frank, had numerous nieces and nephews, the couple seemed the closest to Grady—especially since, when Grady was young, his parents (Frank's brother and sister-in-law) were killed in a car accident, leaving Grady an orphan. After his parents passed away, Grady was left under the guardianship of his relatives, who raised him like he was their own son.
An amateurish but good-natured person, Grady seemed to always move from accounting job to accounting job. When he had a job, murder would follow at once. Typically, a too-trusting Grady was accused of the murder and needed his Aunt Jessica to find the real murderer.
Grady's Ladies[]
- Kit Donovan (The Murder of Sherlock Holmes)
- Kate Metcalf (Broadway Malady)
- Francesca (last name not given) (Broadway Malady)
- Donna Mayberry
His job troubles were as toxic as his issues with ladies. Grady, the bashful innocent type, had trouble finding a regular girl at all times. He eventually married equally bashful Donna Mayberry. Ironically his job troubles and ladies troubles converge when he finds out she worked for, and was terminated by, Donna's father.
Grady and Donna had a son in the series, who they name Frank, after Grady's relative.
Appearances[]
Murder, She Wrote: Season One | |||||
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The Murder of Sherlock Holmes | Deadly Lady | Birds of a Feather | Hooray for Homicide | It's a Dog's Life | Lovers and Other Killers |
Hit, Run and Homicide | We're Off to Kill the Wizard | Death Takes a Curtain Call | Death Casts a Spell | Capitol Offense | Broadway Malady |
Murder to a Jazz Beat | My Johnny Lies Over the Ocean | Paint Me a Murder | Tough Guys Don't Die | Sudden Death | Footnote to Murder |
Murder Takes the Bus | Armed Response | Murder at the Oasis | Funeral at Fifty-Mile |
Murder, She Wrote: Season Two | |||||
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Widow, Weep for Me | Joshua Peabody Died Here... Possibly | Murder in the Afternoon | School for Scandal | Sing a Song of Murder | Reflections of the Mind |
A Lady in the Lake | Dead Heat | Jessica Behind Bars | Sticks and Stones | Murder Digs Deep | Murder by Appointment Only |
Trial by Error | Keep the Home Fries Burning | Powder Keg | Murder in the Electric Cathedral | One Good Bid Deserves a Murder | If a Body Meet a Body |
Christopher Bundy - Died on Sunday | Menace, Anyone? | The Perfect Foil | If the Frame Fits |
Murder, She Wrote: Season Three | |||||
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Death Stalks the Big Top: Part 1 | Death Stalks the Big Top: Part 2 | Unfinished Business | One White Rose for Death | Corned Beef and Carnage | Dead Man's Gold |
Deadline for Murder | Magnum on Ice | Obituary for a Dead Anchor | Stage Struck | Night of the Headless Horseman | The Corpse Flew First Class |
Crossed Up | Murder in a Minor Key | The Bottom Line Is Murder | Death Takes a Dive | Simon Says, Color Me Dead | No Laughing Murder |
No Accounting for Murder | The Cemetery Vote | The Days Dwindle Down | Murder, She Spoke |
Murder, She Wrote: Season Four | |||||
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A Fashionable Way to Die | When Thieves Fall Out | Witness for the Defense | Old Habits Die Hard | The Way to Dusty Death | It Runs in the Family |
If It's Thursday, It Must Be Beverly | Steal Me a Story | Trouble in Eden | Indian Giver | Doom with a View | Who Threw the Barbitals in Mrs. Fletcher's Chowder? |
Harbinger of Death | Curse of the Daanav | Mourning Among the Wisterias | Murder Through the Looking Glass | A Very Good Year for Murder | Benedict Arnold Slipped Here |
Just Another Fish Story | Showdown in Saskatchewan | Deadpan | The Body Politic |
Murder, She Wrote: Season Five | |||||
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J.B. as in Jailbird | A Little Night Work | Mr. Penroy's Vacation | Snow White, Blood Red | Coal Miner's Slaughter | Wearing of the Green |
The Last Flight of the Dixie Damsel | Prediction: Murder | Something Borrowed, Someone Blue | Weave a Tangled Web | The Search for Peter Kerry | Smooth Operators |
Fire Burn, Cauldron Bubble | From Russia... with Blood | Alma Murder | Truck Stop | The Sins of Castle Cove | Trevor Hudson's Legacy |
Double Exposure | Three Strikes, You're Out | Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall: Part 1 | Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall: Part 2 |
Murder, She Wrote: Season Six | |||||
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Appointment in Athens | Seal of the Confessional | The Grand Old Lady | The Error of Her Ways | Jack and Bill | Dead Letter |
Night of the Tarantula | When the Fat Lady Sings | Test of Wills | Class Act | Town Father | Good-Bye Charlie |
If the Shoe Fits | How to Make a Killing Without Really Trying | The Fixer-Upper | The Big Show of 1965 | Murder - According to Maggie | O'Malley's Luck |
Always a Thief | Shear Madness | The Szechuan Dragon | The Sicilian Encounter |
Murder, She Wrote: Season Eleven | |||||
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A Nest of Vipers | Amsterdam Kill | To Kill a Legend | Death in Hawaii | Dear Deadly | The Murder Channel |
Fatal Paradise | Crimson Harvest | Murder by Twos | Murder of the Month Club | An Egg to Die For | The Scent of Murder |
Death 'n Denial | Murder in High-C | Twice Dead | Film Flam | Murder a la Mode | The Dream Team |
School for Murder | Another Killing in Cork | Game, Set, Murder |