Old King Brady was an experienced American detective who began as a police investigator in New York. He solves his cases with a lot of legwork, instead of superhuman intellect. He does, however, have good intuition. He is only a mediocre shot with a gun, he cannot swim, his attempts at disguise are pretty much useless and he gets nervous when he's cornered. Still his persistence and experience bring success in every case he takes, and he is respected as one of the greatest detectives in the country. He is a tall, lean man with large, unattractive features. He is of Irish descent and Roman Catholic faith. He wears plain, ill-fitting and sometimes old fashioned clothes. He is described thus: