Henry Higgins

Henry Higgins
Actor	Lachlan Murdoch
Seen	Season 1 "The Glass Ceiling" "The Knockdown" "'Til Death Do Us Part" "Body Double" "Still Waters" "Belly Speaker" "Child's Play" "Bad Medicine" "The Prince and the Rebel" "The Annoying Red Planet" Season 2 "Mild Mild West" "Snakes and Ladders" "Dinosaur Fever" "The Green Muse" "Shades of Grey" "Big Murderer on Campus" "I, Murdoch" "Convalescence" "Murdoch.com" "Let Us Ask the Maiden" "Werewolves" "Anything You Can Do..." Season 3 "The Murdoch Identity" "The Great Wall" "Victor, Victorian" "Me, Myself and Murdoch" "This One Goes to Eleven" "Blood and Circuses" "Future Imperfect" "Love and Human Remains" "The Curse of Beaton Manor" "Hangman" "In the Altogether" "The Tesla Effect" Season 4 "All Tattered and Torn" "Kommando" "Buffalo Shuffle" "Monsieur Murdoch" "Confederate Treasure" "Dial M for Murdoch" "The Black Hand" "Voices" "The Kissing Bandit" "Murdoch in Wonderland" Season 5 "Murdoch of the Klondike" "Back and to the Left" "Evil Eye of Egypt" "War on Terror" "Murdoch at the Opera" "Who Killed the Electric Carriage?" "Stroll on the Wild Side (Part 1)" "Stroll on the Wild Side (Part 2)" "Invention Convention" "Staircase to Heaven" "Murdoch in Toyland" "Murdoch Night in Canada" "Twentieth Century Murdoch" Season 6 "Winston's Lost Night" "Murdoch On The Corner" "A Study in Sherlock" "Murdoch Au Naturel" "Murdoch and the Cloud of Doom" "Twisted Sisters" "Crime and Punishment" "The Murdoch Trap" Season 7 "Murdoch Ahoy" "Tour de Murdoch" "The Filmed Adventures of Detective William Murdoch" "Murdoch of the Living Dead" "Murdochophobia" "Loch Ness Murdoch" "Republic of Murdoch" "A Midnight Train to Kingston" "Journey to the Centre of Toronto" "The Murdoch Sting" "Friday the 13th, 1901" "The Spy Who Came Up to the Cold" "Kung Fu Crabtree" "Blast of Silence" "The Death of Dr. Ogden" Season 8 "On the Waterfront Part 1" "On the Waterfront Part 2" "Glory Days" "Holy Matrimony, Murdoch!""Murdoch Takes Manhattan" "The Murdoch Appreciation Society (episode)" "What Lies Buried" "The Keystone Constables" "Murdoch and the Temple of Death" "All That Glitters" "The Devil Wears Whalebone" "Shipwreck" "Toronto's Girl Problem" "Artful Detective" Season 9 "Nolo Contendere" "Marked Twain" "Double Life" "Barenaked Ladies" "Raised On Robbery" "Unlucky In Love" "Wild Child" "House of Industry" "Bloody Hell" "From Buffalo With Love" "Cometh the Archer" Season 10 "Great Balls of Fire, Part 1" "Great Balls of Fire, Part 2" "A Study in Pink" "Painted Ladies" "Weekend at Murdoch's" "The Devil Inside" "A Murdog Mystery" "The Missing" "Mr. Murdoch's Neighbourhood" "From Murdoch to Eternity" "Hell to Pay"
Gender	Male
Status	Living
Relationships	George Crabtree, best friend/colleague Unnamed Cousin, Emily Grace, Mild Romantic Interest.
Job	Constable

Constable Henry Higgins is a police constable at Toronto's Station House Four. He frequently assists George Crabtree in investigations. He is portrayed by Lachlan Murdoch.

Higgins is best known for doing his own thing when it comes to any sort of case or off duty business, ranging from locating a new kind of ice cream with George ("House of Industry") or watching boxing fights with Jackson ("Glory Days"). It appears that he and George are best friends, and that he is somewhat of an assistant to him. Higgins has appeared in almost all the episodes.

Henry is prone to making frequent mistakes in episodes, but usually has a redeeming moment towards the end. He also tends to let words slip out of his mouth before thinking about them, but means no harm. Such an example of this is during Unlucky In Love when Higgins accidentally insults Baby Roland Connor when Detective Murdoch is worried about Roland not walking yet and suggest that 'Maybe he's just slow.' which annoys Murdoch. Higgins later apologises sincerely for this though, never meaning to speak ill of Murdoch's son. Nevertheless, Henry has proven himself to be good with young children, during this episode as well as Raised On Robbery.

In War on Terror, Henry is caught in an explosion along with George and is rendered unconscious, resulting in George attempting to find the culprit behind the bombing of Milne's store. The bomber is caught, and Higgins returns to the station house having been hospitalised for the majority of the episode.

In the beginning of Season 10 ("Great Balls of Fire, Part 1") Higgins picks up smoking cigars, but whether this was just to impress the Inspector or not is unknown, as we're never shown him smoking again after.

Higgins has a homosexual cousin and so was aware of the secret gay club where homosexual men gathered in Toronto ("'Til Death Do Us Part").

Higgins was amongst the sceptical constables to whom Murdoch presented his Pneumograph ("Still Waters").

Henry was also one of the three who contributed to the purchase of the motor car between himself, George and Jackson in Murdoch Takes Manhattan.

Growing up, Higgins family owned a Piano Shop. He did not enjoy playing, but he loved all of the parts. ("Blast of Silence")

It's also known that Henry's mother is from the Gaspé in Quebec, and he knows how to speak a bit of French as shown in Convalescence and Monsieur Murdoch.

When Prince Alfred visited Toronto and Constable George Crabtree was assigned to his security, Higgins assisted Detective William Murdoch with an investigation into the murder of Maggie Gilpatrick. Murdoch taught Higgins about fingermarks and how to trace a person's next of kin. When it was determined there was a plot to kidnap Prince Alfred, Higgins was selected to impersonate the prince to help safeguard His Highness ("The Prince and the Rebel").

Detective Murdoch also teaches Henry how to correctly make shoe impressions in the mud in Child's Play after Henry messes up three footprints beforehand, having no clue how to do them exactly.

Higgins was also one of the main protagonists in the Beyond Time web series along with Jackson and Rebecca James as the two constables consult Terrence Meyers to help them with this time travelling mystery. During this web series, Meyers gives Henry a lot of nicknames because he doesn't know Henry's actual name, which infuriates Henry. When he and Jackson face off against Meyers, we learn Higgins has a really fierce uppercut and should definitely not be messed with.

We also learn that Henry has vertigo and get's dizzy standing on a ladder ("This One Goes to Eleven").

At the end of the Season 10 finale Hell to Pay, along with Constable George Crabtree and Constable Slugger Jackson, Henry is caught in an ambush; all are shot and possibly murdered.

Disguises

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Henry Higgins as Jacob Edwards James

Jacob Edwards James

Introduced in The Murdoch Sting, Jacob James is an attorney of James, James, Jarvis, and James. This disguise reappears in Marked Twain except instead with the alias of Henry James.

Trivia

• Lachlan Murdoch first auditioned for the role of George Crabtree along with Jonny Harris who got the part. The producers liked Lachlan so much that they created the role of Henry Higgins for him.
• In an interview with The Hook, Lachlan revealed that after Jonny got the role for Crabtree, he went over to Jonny's car and keyed 'I AM CRABTREE' into the side of it, but him and Jonny still get on really well it seems.

Gallery

In "The Glass Ceiling"

In "'Til Death Do Us Part"

In "Still Waters"

In "Child's Play"

In "The Prince and the Rebel"

With Prince Alfred and George Crabtree

Henry in "Painted Ladies"

In "A Murdog Mystery"

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In "Once Upon a Murdoch Christmas"

In "Glory Days"

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In "Republic of Murdoch"

In "The Murdoch Effect"

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In Beyond Time