LONDON — Their clue was that he looked like Ross from “Friends.”

A month after starting their search for a man accused of stealing a case of beer, the British police said on Tuesday that they had arrested in London a man on suspicion of theft.

It was a routine case save for one detail: The suspect bore an uncanny resemblance to the actor David Schwimmer, known for playing the socially awkward scientist Ross Geller in the hit TV series.

That was enough make a police appeal to the public to help find the suspect go viral.

The authorities in the seaside town of Blackpool, England, posted an image on Facebook of a man clutching the beers and staring into a security camera.

Image Ross? Is that you? The police photo of the suspect. Credit... Blackpool Police, via Associated Press

Fans of the series, which ran for 10 years, were quick to point out that the blurry image of a man with black hair, strong jawline and wearing black could easily be mistaken for one of Mr. Schwimmer.