What was the name of House’s cane-bearing character in House M.D.?

The cane-bearing central character in House M.D. is Gregory House.

Dr. Gregory House is a fictional physician and the head of diagnostic medicine at Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital. He walks with a cane because of chronic pain and impaired movement in his right leg, consequences of an infarction in the quadriceps muscle that occurred before the series begins.

House’s physical disability is connected to his long-term use of Vicodin, a prescription pain medication. The show uses his pain, addiction, and resistance to conventional authority as major elements of his character, while his diagnostic brilliance drives the weekly medical investigations.

The name “Gregory House” also reinforces the show’s connection to Sherlock Holmes. “House” resembles “Holmes,” and House’s investigative methods, substance use, musical interests, and relationship with Wilson parallel aspects of Holmes’s characterization. Hugh Laurie played Gregory House throughout all eight seasons.