"faithful adherence to the original characterization. One famous radio appearance starred Orson Welles as Sherlock Holmes in an adaptation of one of William Gillette's plays. This was broadcast in September 1938 as part of ""The Mercury Theater on the Air"" series on CBS Radio. Throughout the early 1940s on American Radio, Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce performed as Holmes and Watson, respectively, in several series of canonical and original Sherlock Holmes stories on ""The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes"" radio show. These broadcasts were loosely based on Doyle's cases. When Rathbone finally departed the role before the 1947 season, Tom"
"Birthday Honours for services to drama. The Carleton Hobbs Bursary provides six-month contracts for young actors in the BBC's Radio Drama Company. Carleton Hobbs Carleton Percy Hobbs, OBE (18 June 1898 – 31 July 1978) was an English actor with many film, radio and television appearances. He portrayed Sherlock Holmes in 80 radio adaptations between 1952 and 1969, and also starred in the radio adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's ""Sword of Honour"". Hobbs was born in Farnborough, Hampshire, into a military family and himself served in the First World War. He trained at RADA and worked in London theatres through the"
"Solomin has become a part of my way of life, my conscience, so for me it will become the thing of the past only when I pass away too. Vasily Livanov Vasily Borisovich Livanov MBE, FMF, PAR (; born 19 July 1935) is a Russian actor, animation and film director, screenwriter and writer most famous for portraying Sherlock Holmes in the Soviet TV series. He was named People’s Artist of the RSFSR in 1988. Vasily Livanov was born into a famous theatrical family. His paternal grandfather Nikolai Alexandrovich Livanov (1874—1949) was a Volga Cossack from Simbirsk who moved to Moscow"
"Carleton Hobbs Carleton Percy Hobbs, OBE (18 June 1898 – 31 July 1978) was an English actor with many film, radio and television appearances. He portrayed Sherlock Holmes in 80 radio adaptations between 1952 and 1969, and also starred in the radio adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's ""Sword of Honour"". Hobbs was born in Farnborough, Hampshire, into a military family and himself served in the First World War. He trained at RADA and worked in London theatres through the 1920s, but by the next decade had become a specialist radio actor. His first broadcast was in 1925 as Hastings in ""She"
"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, and saw war service in Africa with the Royal West African Frontier Force."
"Vasily Livanov Vasily Borisovich Livanov MBE, FMF, PAR (; born 19 July 1935) is a Russian actor, animation and film director, screenwriter and writer most famous for portraying Sherlock Holmes in the Soviet TV series. He was named People’s Artist of the RSFSR in 1988. Vasily Livanov was born into a famous theatrical family. His paternal grandfather Nikolai Alexandrovich Livanov (1874—1949) was a Volga Cossack from Simbirsk who moved to Moscow in 1905 and performed at the Struysky Theatre under a pseudonym of Izvolsky; after the revolution he worked at the Mossovet and Lenkom Theatres. Vasily's father Boris Livanov (1904—1972)"
"films. For the final Holmes film, however, Hubert Willis was replaced by Arthur Cullin. Norwood played Holmes more times than any other actor in film or TV: 47 to Jeremy Brett's 41. Norwood was earlier a stage actor associated with the Brough-Boucicault company, and he wrote several comedies which were produced commercially: Eille Norwood Eille Norwood (born Anthony Edward Brett, 11 October 1861 – 24 December 1948) was an English actor who spent most of his screen career playing Sherlock Holmes. He was born in York and took his stage name from a woman he once loved named Eileen and"
"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,"
"Holmes has been portrayed by a multitude of actors in over 200 films. Perhaps the earliest detective comedy is Buster Keaton's ""Sherlock Jr."" (1924). Until recently, the only American-made series starred Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce as Holmes and Dr. Watson. Together they made 14 films between 1939 and 1946. The first two, at 20th Century Fox, were period piece mysteries set in the late-Victorian era of the original stories. By the third film, ""Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror"" (1942), now taken up by Universal Studios, Holmes was updated to the present day. Several films dealt with World"
"Sherlock Holmes (2013 TV series) Sherlock Holmes () is a Russian television crime drama series based on the Sherlock Holmes detective stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, and was aired in November 2013. Some of the stories have never been adapted before. It stars Igor Petrenko as Sherlock Holmes and Andrei Panin as Doctor John Watson. Eight episodes have been produced, while the first episode was aired in late 2013. This is the last film role of Andrei Panin, who died before he was able to complete the dubbing of his lines as Dr. Watson. However, they were able to finish"
"Eille Norwood Eille Norwood (born Anthony Edward Brett, 11 October 1861 – 24 December 1948) was an English actor who spent most of his screen career playing Sherlock Holmes. He was born in York and took his stage name from a woman he once loved named Eileen and Norwood in southeast London, where he lived. He earned fame as a stage actor before making his film debut in 1911. From 1921 to 1923 he played Holmes in forty-seven silent films (45 shorts and 2 features) directed by Maurice Elvey and George Ridgwell. Hubert Willis played Watson in nearly all these"
"subsequently cremated, with its ashes being placed in a niche at the Chapel of the Pines Crematory in Los Angeles. He wrote an autobiography entitled 'Games, Gossip and Greasepaint', which is unpublished, however excerpts have been printed in the ""Sherlock Holmes Journal"", and these have been posted online with permission. Nigel Bruce William Nigel Ernle Bruce (4 February 1895 – 8 October 1953) was a British character actor on stage and screen. He was best known for his portrayal of Dr. Watson in a series of films and in the radio series ""The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes"" (starring Basil"
"be the most dangerous British propagandist. Ronald Howard (British actor) Ronald Howard (7 April 1918 – 19 December 1996) was an English actor and writer best known in the U.S. for starring in a weekly ""Sherlock Holmes"" television series in 1954. He was the son of actor Leslie Howard. Howard was born in South Norwood, London, the son of Ruth Evelyn (née Martin) and stage and screen actor Leslie Howard. He attended Tonbridge School. After graduating from Jesus College, Cambridge, Ronald Howard became a newspaper reporter for a while but decided to become an actor. His first film role was"
"Sherlock (TV series) Sherlock is a British crime drama television series based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes detective stories. Created by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss, it stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes and Martin Freeman as Doctor John Watson. Thirteen episodes have been produced, with four three-part series airing from 2010 to 2017, and a special episode that aired on 1 January 2016. The series is set in the present day, while the one-off special features a Victorian period fantasy resembling the original Holmes stories. ""Sherlock"" is produced by the British network BBC, along with Hartswood Films,"
"Louis Hector Louis Hector (March 19, 1883 – October 1968) was an American radio, theater, film, and television actor. He is best known for his roles of Sherlock Holmes in the 1937 broadcast of ""The Three Garridebs"" (the first US televised portrayal of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's protagonist); and that of the Reverend Browne in MGM's 1950 Technicolor release of ""Northwest Passage"". Hector was born in March 1883. Hector worked regularly as a radio performer in the 1930s, often portraying Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's protagonist, Sherlock Holmes. Hector was chosen to play Holmes in an early NBC experimental television broadcast"
"Jeremy Brett Peter Jeremy William Huggins (3 November 1933 – 12 September 1995), known professionally as Jeremy Brett, was an English actor. He played fictional detective Sherlock Holmes in four Granada TV series from 1984 to 1994 in all 41 episodes. His career spanned from stage, to television and film, to Shakespeare and musical theatre. He is also remembered for playing the besotted Freddie Eynsford-Hill in the 1964 Warner Bros. production of ""My Fair Lady"". Jeremy Brett was born Peter Jeremy William Huggins at Berkswell Grange in Berkswell, then in Warwickshire. His birthdate was actually on 3 November 1933 but"
"Clive Merrison Clive Merrison (born 15 September 1945, Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales) is a Welsh actor of film, television, stage and radio. He trained at Rose Bruford College. He is best known for his long running BBC Radio portrayal of Sherlock Holmes, having played the part over 75 times (from 1989-1998 and again from 2002, 2004, 2008-10). He has made numerous television appearances. He appeared as Boris Savinkov the White Russian commander in the series """" (1983) starring Sam Neill as Reilly. He has twice appeared in supporting roles in ""Doctor Who"", in ""The Tomb of the Cybermen"" (1967) and ""Paradise"
"William Gillette, America's Sherlock Holmes William Gillette, America's Sherlock Holmes, by Henry Zecher, is the first full and in-depth biography of William Hooker Gillette (1853–1937), the American actor, playwright and stage-manager of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries who is best remembered today for portraying Sherlock Holmes. Gillette was among the first American playwrights to offer tightly-knit and well-constructed plays, Bronson Howard, Steele MacKaye and James Herne being the others, but his most significant contributions to the theater were in devising realistic stage settings and special sound and lighting effects, and, as an actor, in putting forth what he"
"Nigel Bruce William Nigel Ernle Bruce (4 February 1895 – 8 October 1953) was a British character actor on stage and screen. He was best known for his portrayal of Dr. Watson in a series of films and in the radio series ""The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes"" (starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes). Bruce is also remembered for his roles in the Alfred Hitchcock films ""Rebecca"" and ""Suspicion"". Bruce was the second son of Sir William Waller Bruce, 10th Baronet (1856–1912) and his wife Angelica Lady Bruce (died 1917), daughter of General George Selby, Royal Artillery. He was born"
"Sherlock Holmes (2010 film) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes, also known simply as Sherlock Holmes, is a British-American 2010 steampunk mystery film directed by Rachel Lee Goldenberg and produced by independent American film studio The Asylum. It features the Sherlock Holmes characters created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, though it follows an original plot. The film details an unrecorded case in which eccentric detective Holmes and his companion Dr. Watson investigate a series of unusual monster attacks and a plot to destroy London. Gareth David-Lloyd plays Dr. John Watson and Ben Syder, making his film debut, plays Sherlock Holmes."
"Edward Hardwicke Edward Cedric Hardwicke (7 August 1932 – 16 May 2011) was an English actor, who had a distinguished career on the stage, as well as being known for his portrayal of Dr. Watson in the Granada TV series ""Sherlock Holmes"". Hardwicke was born in London, England, the son of actors Sir Cedric Hardwicke and Helena Pickard. He began his film career in Hollywood at the age of 10, in Victor Fleming’s film ""A Guy Named Joe"" which starred Spencer Tracy. He returned to England, attended Stowe School, and fulfilled his national service as a pilot officer in the"
"Endnotes. William Gillette, America's Sherlock Holmes William Gillette, America's Sherlock Holmes, by Henry Zecher, is the first full and in-depth biography of William Hooker Gillette (1853–1937), the American actor, playwright and stage-manager of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries who is best remembered today for portraying Sherlock Holmes. Gillette was among the first American playwrights to offer tightly-knit and well-constructed plays, Bronson Howard, Steele MacKaye and James Herne being the others, but his most significant contributions to the theater were in devising realistic stage settings and special sound and lighting effects, and, as an actor, in putting forth what"
"who had played the part of Scrooge on the radio every Christmas for years until Barrymore broke his hip in an accident. Owen was one of only five actors to play both Sherlock Holmes and his companion Dr Watson (Jeremy Brett played Watson on stage in the United States prior to adopting the mantle of Holmes on British television, Carleton Hobbs played both roles in British radio adaptations while Patrick Macnee played both roles in US television films). Howard Marion-Crawford played Holmes in a radio adaptation of ""The Speckled Band"" and later played Watson to Ronald Howard’s Holmes in the"
"Sherlock Holmes (2009 film) Sherlock Holmes is a 2009 mystery period action film based on the character of the same name created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The film was directed by Guy Ritchie and produced by Joel Silver, Lionel Wigram, Susan Downey, and Dan Lin. The screenplay, by Michael Robert Johnson, Anthony Peckham, and Simon Kinberg, was developed from a story by Wigram and Johnson. Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law portray Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson respectively. Set in 1890, eccentric detective Holmes and his companion Watson are hired by a secret society to foil a mysticist's"
"William Gillette William Hooker Gillette (July 24, 1853 – April 29, 1937) was an American actor-manager, playwright, and stage-manager in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He is best remembered for portraying Sherlock Holmes on stage and in a 1916 silent film thought to be lost until it was rediscovered in 2014. Gillette's most significant contributions to the theater were in devising realistic stage settings and special sound and lighting effects, and as an actor in putting forth what he called the ""Illusion of the First Time"". His portrayal of Holmes helped create the modern image of the detective."
"Howard Marion-Crawford Howard Marion-Crawford (17 January 1914 – 24 November 1969), the grandson of writer F. Marion Crawford, was an English character actor, best known for his portrayal of Dr. Watson in the 1954 television adaptation of Sherlock Holmes. In 1948, Marion-Crawford had played Holmes in a radio adaptation of ""The Adventure of the Speckled Band"", making him one of the few actors to portray both Holmes and Watson. He is also known for his portrayal of Dr. Petrie in a series of low budget Fu Manchu films in the 1960s, and playing Paul Temple in the BBC Radio serialisations."
"Holmes in Barry Levinson's cinema film ""Young Sherlock Holmes"", having read for the part whilst still at school. He returned to the role of Sherlock Holmes 30 years later, in the 2015 film ""Mr. Holmes"", in which he played the part in a film that the ""real"" Mr Holmes, now a 93-year-old (played by Ian McKellen) goes to see at a theatre. Rowe was the partner of Lou Gish for six years until her death from cancer in February 2006. Nicholas Rowe (actor) Nicholas James Sebastian Rowe (born 22 November 1966) is an Scottish actor. At the commencement of his"
"– 12 September 1995), known professionally as Jeremy Brett, was an English actor. He played fictional detective Sherlock Holmes in four Granada TV series from 1984 to 1994 in all 41 episodes. His career spanned from stage, to television and film, to Shakespeare and musical theatre. He is also remembered for playing the besotted Freddie Eynsford-Hill in the Warner Bros. 1964 production of My Fair Lady. Brett visited the Huggins family home in Ballyvoy in 1952. [Jeremy Brett] actor Ballyvoy Ballyvoy ( or ""Baile Bhuí"") is a small village and townland in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is on the"
"John Patrick Lowrie John Patrick Lowrie (born June 28, 1952 in Honolulu, Hawaii) is an American voice actor, actor, musician and author best known for voicing the Sniper in ""Team Fortress 2"" and various characters in ""Dota 2"". He has played Sherlock Holmes on the radio dramas ""The Classic Adventures of Sherlock Holmes"" and ""The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes"" (Imagination Theater, Jim French Productions) longer than any other actor in history, including Basil Rathbone. Lowrie has performed roles in video games such as ""The Suffering"" and """", ""Total Annihilation"" and its expansions, """" and """". Lowrie is mostly recognized"
"scripts for this series, which was also issued on CD. Coules had previously dramatised the entire Holmes canon for BBC Radio Four. The 2009 film ""Sherlock Holmes"" earned Robert Downey Jr. a Golden Globe Award for his portrayal of Holmes and co-starred Jude Law as Watson. Downey and Law returned for a 2011 sequel, """". In May 2018 a release date of 25 December 2020 was set for the third film in the series. Benedict Cumberbatch plays a modern version of the detective (with Martin Freeman as John Watson) in the BBC One TV series ""Sherlock"", which premiered on 25"
"Richard Hurndall Richard Gibbon Hurndall (3 November 1910 – 13 April 1984) was an English actor. Hurndall was born in Darlington and he attended Claremont Preparatory School, Darlington and Scarborough College, before training as an actor at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. He then appeared in several plays at Stratford-upon-Avon. Hurndall acted with the BBC radio drama repertory company from 1949 to 1952. In 1959, he played Sherlock Holmes in a five part adaptation of ""The Sign of Four"" He continued to play roles on BBC radio until about 1980, often as the leading man. In 1958 he became"
"programs survive. During the 1940s, Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, famous for playing Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson in films, repeated their characterizations on radio on ""The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes"", which featured both original stories and episodes directly adapted from Arthur Conan Doyle's stories. None of the episodes in which Rathbone and Bruce starred on the radio program were filmed with the two actors as Holmes and Watson, so radio became the only medium in which audiences were able to experience Rathbone and Bruce appearing in some of the more famous Holmes stories, such as ""The Speckled Band""."
"Basil Rathbone Philip St. John Basil Rathbone MC (13 June 1892 – 21 July 1967) was a South African-born English actor. He rose to prominence in the United Kingdom as a Shakespearean stage actor and went on to appear in more than 70 films, primarily costume dramas, swashbucklers and, occasionally, horror films. Rathbone frequently portrayed suave villains or morally ambiguous characters, such as Mr. Murdstone in ""David Copperfield"" (1935) and Sir Guy of Gisbourne in ""The Adventures of Robin Hood"" (1938). His most famous role, however, was heroic—that of Sherlock Holmes in fourteen Hollywood films made between 1939 and 1946"