"The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes is a 1935 British mystery film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and starring Arthur Wontner. It was based on ""The Valley of Fear"" by Arthur Conan Doyle. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson come out of retirement to investigate a mysterious murder. They find that an American criminal organisation called The Scowrers has asked evil mastermind Professor Moriarty to wreak vengeance on John Douglas, the informant who sent them to prison. Holmes outsmarts Moriarty, solves the murder and brings Moriarty to justice. Like all the films featuring Wontner as Holmes, this"
"finally, in ""La Comtesse de Cagliostro"", Lupin's arch-enemy and lover is none other than Joséphine Balsamo, the alleged granddaughter of Cagliostro himself. Leblanc introduced Sherlock Holmes to Lupin in the short story ""Sherlock Holmes Arrives Too Late"" in ""Je sais tout"" No. 17, 15 June 1906. In it, an aged Holmes meets a young Lupin for the first time. After legal objections from Doyle, the name was changed to ""Herlock Sholmes"" when the story was collected in book form in Volume 1. Sholmes returned in two more stories collected in Volume 2, ""Arsène Lupin contre Herlock Sholmes"", and then in"
"Lord Voldemort Lord Voldemort (, in the films; born Tom Marvolo Riddle) is a fictional character and the main antagonist in J. K. Rowling's series of ""Harry Potter"" novels. Voldemort first appeared in ""Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"", which was released in 1997. Voldemort appears either in person or in flashbacks in each book and its film adaptation in the series, except the third, ""Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban"", where he is only mentioned. Voldemort is the archenemy of Harry Potter, who according to a prophecy has ""the power to vanquish the Dark Lord"". Nearly every witch"
"The Final Problem ""The Final Problem"" is a short story by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle featuring his detective character Sherlock Holmes. It was first published in ""Strand Magazine"" under the title ""The Adventure of the Final Problem"" in December 1893. It appears in book form as part of the collection ""The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes"". This story, set in 1891, introduced Holmes's greatest opponent, the criminal mastermind Professor James Moriarty. Conan Doyle later ranked ""The Final Problem"" fourth on his personal list of the twelve best Holmes stories. Holmes arrives at Dr. John Watson's residence one evening in a"
"won ""GameSpot""'s Best Use of a License Award. The fourth game in the series, ""Sherlock Holmes Versus Arsène Lupin"" (also known as ""Sherlock Holmes: Nemesis""), was released in the third quarter of 2007. The game's antagonist is Arsène Lupin, a fictional gentleman thief created by French writer Maurice Leblanc. It begins at Holmes' residence at 221B Baker Street in London, where Holmes and Dr. Watson find a letter from Lupin. The thief states in the letter he will steal five items of great value to England. In late 2008, a fifth installment was announced; ""Sherlock Holmes Versus Jack the Ripper"""
"Holmes' enemy Professor Moriarty, in two different decades of his career. He was the villain Rathe (not yet going by the name Moriarty) in ""Young Sherlock Holmes"" (1985), and played Sherlock Holmes himself in ""Sherlock Holmes Returns"" (1993). In 1993 he played a lead part in the film ""Sweet Killing"". In 2005 he appeared in ""Chromophobia"". He played General Jacques Francois Dugommier in 2007 in """". In 2009 he appeared in ""Lewis"", """", and ""Agatha Christie's Marple (""The Secret of Chimneys""). Anthony Higgins (actor) Anthony Higgins (born 9 May 1947) is an English stage, film and television actor. Higgins started"
"Sherlock Holmes Versus Arsène Lupin Sherlock Holmes Versus Arsène Lupin (released in North America, the United Kingdom and Australia as Sherlock Holmes: Nemesis) is an adventure game, developed by Frogwares. The fourth game in the ""Sherlock Holmes"" series, it was released in October 2007 and is published by Focus Home Interactive. It was preceded in 2002 by """", in 2004 by """" and in 2007 by """". Retaining the first-person interface and gameplay of ""The Awakened"", the game follows Holmes and Watson as Holmes is challenged by the legendary gentleman thief Arsène Lupin, who threatens to steal England's most prized"
"These foes are commonly referred to as Batman's ""rogues gallery"". Batman's ""most implacable foe"" is the Joker, a homicidal maniac with a clown-like appearance. The Joker is considered by critics to be his perfect adversary, since he is the antithesis of Batman in personality and appearance; the Joker has a maniacal demeanor with a colorful appearance, while Batman has a serious and resolute demeanor with a dark appearance. As a ""personification of the irrational"", the Joker represents ""everything Batman [opposes]"". Other long time recurring foes that are part of Batman's rogues gallery include Catwoman (a cat burglar antiheroine who is"
"the story strongly mirrors the opening chapters of the original Holmes novel, ""A Study in Scarlet"", from which it takes its name. Whilst almost none of the characters are explicitly identified in the text, it is strongly hinted by the twist ending that 'Rache' is Holmes, and the detective and his veteran friend are Professor James Moriarty and Colonel Sebastian Moran (who, in Doyle's original stories, are the criminal mastermind enemy of Sherlock Holmes and his right-hand man and accomplice respectively). The 'Limping Doctor', meanwhile, is identified explicitly as ""John (or perhaps James) Watson"". In particular: Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes"
"major and minor, from the Holmes stories. There, they take part in a reenactment of the events of ""The Final Problem"" organised by The Sherlock Holmes Society of London. The Final Problem ""The Final Problem"" is a short story by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle featuring his detective character Sherlock Holmes. It was first published in ""Strand Magazine"" under the title ""The Adventure of the Final Problem"" in December 1893. It appears in book form as part of the collection ""The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes"". This story, set in 1891, introduced Holmes's greatest opponent, the criminal mastermind Professor James Moriarty."
"Sherlock Holmes and the stereotypical detective. He wears a similar hat and cloak and looks at everything through a magnifying glass. However, his name also seems to be a reference to hemlock, the poisonous plant used to kill the philosopher Socrates. He appears to have been originally made from a green Anything Muppet. Then, in 2010 for the show's 40th season, Sherlock reappeared on Sesame Street in a brief speaking cameo at Hooper's Store. Sherlock Hemlock is known for his humorous skits in which he tries to solve a mystery, only to discover that he is the culprit. A well-known"
"Moriarty's prisoner in a dilapidated house. After rescuing Irene, Holmes is confronted with a final plot twist in ""The Woman"" and ""Heroine"": Irene Adler is his nemesis, Jamie Moriarty (gender-swapped from her literary counterpart). Moriarty created the Irene identity to seduce Holmes, and subsequently faked her own death to distract him from possibly uncovering her criminal activities. Natalie Dormer played Adler/Moriarty in the final three episodes of the season. In the 2013 Russian drama ""Sherlock Holmes"", Irene Adler takes a major role in the series and is portrayed by Lyanka Gryu. In the 2014 Japanese puppetry television show, ""Sherlock Holmes"","
"Sherlock Hemlock Sherlock Hemlock (who calls himself ""the world's greatest detective"") is a Muppet character on the PBS series ""Sesame Street"". His catchphrase is ""Egad!"" which he exclaims whenever he makes a discovery. Sherlock Hemlock was performed by Jerry Nelson. While Sherlock Hemlock made frequent appearances on the show in the 1970s and 1980s, in recent years he has been phased out in favor of newer characters. However, like Lefty the Salesman, Guy Smiley, and The Amazing Mumford, he is still a popular main character on ""Sesamstrasse"", the German version of the show. Sherlock Hemlock is an obvious parody of"
"have no other choice than to reluctantly obey the irritable Margaret's constant commands. Margaret viciously domineers the Secret Club in various plots formulated against Henry's corresponding Purple Hang Gang, and the two opposing sides share a mutual animosity. She is used to having her own way and is capable of releasing violent, piercing screeches when her demands remain unfulfilled. Moody Margaret Moody Margaret is a main character in the ""Horrid Henry"" series created by British author Francesca Simon and British illustrator Tony Ross. As the primary antagonist of the series, she is the most prominent arch-enemy of the series' protagonist,"
"modern day Sherlock Holmes"", only ""nuts"". In the introductory scene of the episode, he is examining the scene of Nicole Vasques' murder, and picks up several important clues, but frequently interrupts himself to wonder aloud whether he left his stove on when he left the house that morning. In the season 6 episode ""Mr. Monk and the Daredevil"", Monk mentions that he has 312 phobias. The strongest of these phobias are: germs, dentists, sharp or pointed objects, vomiting, death and dead things, snakes, crowds, heights, fear, mushrooms, and small spaces, as Monk also mentions in the season 2 episode ""Mr."
"the end of the film. Sebastian Moran Colonel Sebastian Moran is a character in the stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. An enemy of Sherlock Holmes, he first appears in the short story ""The Adventure of the Empty House"". Holmes once described him as ""the second most dangerous man in London,"" the most dangerous being Professor Moriarty, Moran's employer. According to Sherlock Holmes's index of criminal biographies, Sebastian Moran was born in London in 1840, the son of Sir Augustus Moran, CB, sometime Minister to Persia. He was educated at Eton College and the University of Oxford before embarking"
"Anne née Harding to whom he had been married for over 30 years. Douglas Wilmer Douglas Wilmer (8 January 1920 – 31 March 2016) was an English actor, best known for playing Sherlock Holmes in the 1965 TV series ""Sherlock Holmes"". Wilmer was born in Brentford, Middlesex, and received his education at King's School, Canterbury, and Stonyhurst College. Whilst in training as an actor at Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, he was conscripted into the British Army for military service with the Royal Artillery in the Second World War. After training, he was posted to an anti-tank battery,"
"Moody Margaret Moody Margaret is a main character in the ""Horrid Henry"" series created by British author Francesca Simon and British illustrator Tony Ross. As the primary antagonist of the series, she is the most prominent arch-enemy of the series' protagonist, Horrid Henry. When Francesca Simon was in the process of creating this character, she suggested a boy called Moody Martin. However, her husband did not approve of the idea as it would be too much like Horrid Henry the main character. Thus, Martin became a female called Margaret. Margaret is depicted as being a self-absorbed, grumpy, spiteful, and cantankerous"
"Sebastian Moran Colonel Sebastian Moran is a character in the stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. An enemy of Sherlock Holmes, he first appears in the short story ""The Adventure of the Empty House"". Holmes once described him as ""the second most dangerous man in London,"" the most dangerous being Professor Moriarty, Moran's employer. According to Sherlock Holmes's index of criminal biographies, Sebastian Moran was born in London in 1840, the son of Sir Augustus Moran, CB, sometime Minister to Persia. He was educated at Eton College and the University of Oxford before embarking upon a military career. Formerly"
"player looks away. Sherlock Holmes Versus Arsène Lupin Sherlock Holmes Versus Arsène Lupin (released in North America, the United Kingdom and Australia as Sherlock Holmes: Nemesis) is an adventure game, developed by Frogwares. The fourth game in the ""Sherlock Holmes"" series, it was released in October 2007 and is published by Focus Home Interactive. It was preceded in 2002 by """", in 2004 by """" and in 2007 by """". Retaining the first-person interface and gameplay of ""The Awakened"", the game follows Holmes and Watson as Holmes is challenged by the legendary gentleman thief Arsène Lupin, who threatens to steal"
"the ""sympathetic vampire"", who loathes his condition but is a slave to it. Bram Stoker, yet another Irish writer, was the author of seminal horror work ""Dracula"" and featured as its primary antagonist the vampire Count Dracula, with the vampire hunter Abraham Van Helsing his arch-enemy. ""Dracula"" has been attributed to a number of literary genres including vampire literature, horror fiction, gothic novel and invasion literature. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes is a brilliant London-based ""consulting detective"", famous for his intellectual prowess, skilful use of astute observation, deductive reasoning and forensic skills to solve difficult cases. Holmes' archenemy Professor"
"A. J. Raffles (character) Arthur J. Raffles is a character created in the 1890s by E. W. Hornung, brother-in-law to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes. Raffles is, in many ways, a deliberate inversion of Holmeshe is a ""gentleman thief"", living at the Albany, a prestigious address in London, playing cricket for the Gentlemen of England and supporting himself by carrying out ingenious burglaries. He is called the ""Amateur Cracksman"", and often, at first, differentiates between himself and the ""professors""professional criminals from the lower classes. As Holmes has Dr. Watson to chronicle his adventures, Raffles has Harry"
"Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes ( or ) is a fictional private detective created by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Referring to himself as a ""consulting detective"" in the stories, Holmes is known for his proficiency with observation, forensic science, and logical reasoning that borders on the fantastic, which he employs when investigating cases for a wide variety of clients, including Scotland Yard. First appearing in print in 1887's ""A Study in Scarlet"", the character's popularity became widespread with the first series of short stories in ""The Strand Magazine"", beginning with ""A Scandal in Bohemia"" in 1891; additional tales appeared"
"Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes ( or ) is a fictional private detective created by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Referring to himself as a ""consulting detective"" in the stories, Holmes is known for his proficiency with observation, forensic science, and logical reasoning that borders on the fantastic, which he employs when investigating cases for a wide variety of clients, including Scotland Yard. First appearing in print in 1887's ""A Study in Scarlet"", the character's popularity became widespread with the first series of short stories in ""The Strand Magazine"", beginning with ""A Scandal in Bohemia"" in 1891; additional tales appeared"
"the Cambridge Apostles (Moore, Hardy, Keynes...) Virginia Woolf, Lytton Strachey, Annie Besant and of course, Aleisteir Crowley as a perfect villain. Michael Dibdin's novel ""The Last Sherlock Holmes Story"" (1979) confronts a somewhat psychopathic Sherlock Holmes with the crimes of Jack the Ripper, whom Holmes suspects to be none other than James Moriarty. Raymond Smullyan wrote ""The Chess Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes"" (1979), in which Holmes (with Watson) applies retrograde analysis to solve chess problems. The detective novelist Loren D. Estleman wrote several short stories and two novels featuring Holmes; the novels pit the detective against Count Dracula and Dr."
"coincides with Sherlock Holmes' adversary, Professor James Moriarty; likewise, in the fifth season, Wilson uses Irene Adler as the name for an imaginary love interest of House, the same name as the only female adversary Holmes ever encountered. Throughout the series' run, the character received positive reviews. Tom Shales of ""The Washington Post"" called House ""the most electrifying character to hit television in years"". House was featured on several best lists. In 2008, House was voted by BuddyTV second sexiest TV doctor ever, behind Dr. Doug Ross (George Clooney) from ""ER"". TV Overmind named House the best TV character of"
"Young Sherlock Holmes Young Sherlock Holmes (also known with the title card name of ""Pyramid of Fear"") is a 1985 American mystery adventure film directed by Barry Levinson and written by Chris Columbus, based on the characters created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The film depicts a young Sherlock Holmes and John Watson meeting and solving a mystery together at a boarding school. Teenagers Sherlock Holmes and John Watson meet and become good friends as students at Brompton Academy, a school in London. Watson is introduced to Elizabeth Hardy, who is Holmes' love interest. He is also introduced to Rupert"
"from then until 1927, eventually totalling four novels and 56 short stories. All but one are set in the Victorian or Edwardian eras, between about 1880 and 1914. Most are narrated by the character of Holmes's friend and biographer Dr. Watson, who usually accompanies Holmes during his investigations and often shares quarters with him at the address of 221B Baker Street, London, where many of the stories begin. Though not the first fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes is arguably the best known, with ""Guinness World Records"" listing him as the ""most portrayed movie character"" in history. Holmes's popularity and fame are"
"over the next eight years. For Nottinghamshire he took 360 wickets at an average of 18.74 and a best performance of 8 for 32. After 1889 Shacklock played for the MCC against the universities and also for sides selected by Nottinghamshire wicketkeeper Mordecai Sherwin. In 1903 Shacklock moved to New Zealand where coached in Dunedin and played for Otago. He remained in New Zealand and moved to Christchurch, where he was the principal coach to the Canterbury Cricket Association in the early 1920s. He died in Christchurch in 1937. The name of Arthur Conan Doyle's most famous character, Sherlock Holmes,"
"killed. The third season of the BBC adaptation ""Sherlock"" features 'Charles Augustus Magnussen', portrayed by Lars Mikkelsen, as a primary antagonist. The episode ""His Last Vow"" aired 12 January 2014. In it, it is revealed that Charles Magnussen keeps the information with which he blackmails his victims in his own mind palace (inside his head), only occasionally acquiring hard copies when he has to. Despite Mycroft warning Sherlock to leave Magnussen alone as he is occasionally useful to the government, he is shot dead by Sherlock in order to free John from his power and guarantee Mary's safety, as Sherlock"
"break free and set out to rejoin his master. The Dark Lord will rise again with his servant's aid, greater and more terrible than ever before. Tonight... before midnight... the servant... will set out... to rejoin... his master..."" Though it is initially implied that the prophecy refers to Sirius Black, the book's ostensible antagonist, the servant is eventually revealed to be Peter Pettigrew, who, for the 12 years since Voldemort's fall, has been disguised as Ron's pet rat, Scabbers. In the fourth instalment of the series, ""Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire"", Voldemort appears at the start and the"
"distant descendant of Sherlock Holmes himself and has inherited his intellect in solving crimes. In 2007, the BBC released ""Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars"", a children's series focusing on the Baker Street Irregulars and starring Jonathan Pryce as Holmes. In 2009, the BBC began making ""Sherlock"", created by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss. Three seasons of three 90-minute episodes each were broadcast in 2010, 2012, 2014 and 2016, starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock and Martin Freeman as John. Moriarty appears as a recurring villain. A special episode, ""The Abominable Bride"", was broadcast in January 2016, with a limited"
"Mycroft Holmes Mycroft Holmes is a fictional character appearing in stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. He is the elder brother (by seven years) of detective Sherlock Holmes. He is described as having abilities of deduction and knowledge exceeding even those of his brother, though their practical use is limited by his poor physique and dislike of fieldwork. The character has been adapted in various pieces of literature and media, including television series, movies, radio, and comics. He is also popular in culture, being mentioned by many works, which mostly reference his job, personality, or his relationship with Sherlock"