LIST OF *ALL* HOLMES ACTORS FROM SCREEN AND TELEVISION ------------------------------------------------------------------------ first complied 31 June 1997 last update 07 August 2001 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Information here as been gathered from a number of sources, enquired and researched, to large to address. If there is any film of actor unaddressed, please contact the editor, Diane N. Tran - "Brettish Sherlockian", at . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Shall add footnotes about roles in which I know. ALL CAPS are films, "" are TV shows/series. ** indicate actor to be well-proclaimed sleuths. Other titles inside the () indicite a second label though the same film. ---- seperates the actors for organizational use only. ~~ indicates a listing of cast members. In CAPS inside the footnotes is the country of studio is in CAPS. -- indicates the following as the name of the production. Please note, the phrase "Sherlock Holmes" will be shortened to "SH". ------------------------------------------------------------------------ (Walter Huston)??? SH BAFFLED (1903 or prehaps earlier as 1900) (USA -- American Mutoscope and Biograph Co., 1st known feature film, lasts 30 seconds, Mutoscope entry production, owned by Thomas Edison, primitive production, Holmes actor, possibly Walter Huston, seems unprofessional ~~ cast unknown) ---- Marice Costello THE ADVENTURES OF SH (SH: HELD OF RANSOM, SH; 1905) (USA -- Vitagraph Co.; 8-minute-long vitagraph, original been the 1st of a planned series of films, but the next vitagraph CAUGHT never included SH ~~ Kyrle Bellew as Watson) ---- Philipp Lothar Mayring ??? (1906) (GERMANY ~~ cast unknown) ---- ??? LE RIVAL DE SH (RIVAL SH, SH'S EMEMY; 1907) (ITALY -- Societa Anonima Ambroiso; silent and runs for 6 minutes and 50 seconds, unclear if Holmes actually appears in the film as a character ~~ cast unknown) ---- ??? SH IN THE GREAT MURDER MYSTERY (1908) (ORIGIN UNKNOWN -- Crescent Film Manufacturing Co.; one-reel film ~~ cast unknown) ---- ??? NORDISK SERIES (1908-11) (DENMARK ~~ cast unknown) ---- Holger Madsen THE ADVENTURES OF SH (1908) (DENMARK -- Nordisk Films Compagni Copenhagen ~~ Alwin Neuss as Watson) ---- Viggo Larsen SH I (SH I LIVESFARE; 1908) SH II (1908) SH III (SH I GASKJELDFREN; 1908) SANGERINDENS DIAMANTER (THE SINGER'S DIAMONDS; SH OPLEVELSER IV; 1908) DROKES NO. 519 (CAB NO. 519; 1909) DEN GRAA DAME (THE GRAY LADY; 1909) ARSEN LUPIN CONTRA SH 1: DER ALTA SEKRETAR (1910) ARSEN LUPIN CONTRA SH 2: DER BLAUE DIAMANT (1910) (GERMANY, ARESEN -- Nordisk Films Compagni Copenhagen/Vitascope from Germany ~~ Waston does not appear in SH I or SH II instead is replaced by Forrest Holger-Madsen as Raffles ~~ questionable Alwin Nuess as Watson appearences in SANGERINDENS, DROKES, DEN GRAA DAME ~~ Paul Otto as Lupin in both ARSEN) ---- (Viggo Larsen)??? SH IV (1909) SH V (1909) SH VI (1909) ---- Otto Lagoni LA FEMME (THE LADY; 1910) SH I BONDEFANGERKLOR (SH IN THE CLUTCHES OF THE CONFIDENCE MAN; 1910) (DENMARK; LA FAMME is arguably a Langoni/Nuess film, Holmes actor did not use a deerstalker in any films, instead used a cloth cap resembling a sterotypical Taxi cap ~~ Alwin Neuss as Watson) ---- Forrest Holger-Madsen FORKLAEDTE BARNEPIPE (1911) HOTELMYSTERIERNE (THE HOTEL MYSTERY; 1911) DEN FORKLAEDTE GUVERNANTE (THE BOGUS GOVERNESS; 1911) (DENMARK ~~ Alwin Neuss as Watson) ---- Hogler Rasmussen MORDET I BAKERSTREET (MURDER IN BAKER STREET; 1911) (ORIGIN UNKNOWN ~~ Alwin Neuss as Watson) ---- Alwin Neuss MILLIONOBILGATIONEN (THE ONE MILLION BOND; 1911) (GERMANY -- Vitascope ~~ cast included Einar Zangenberg ~~ role unknown) ---- (Burt Lytell)??? SHERLOCK BROWN (1912) (USA; silent comedy released by Metro Picture Corp. ~~ Burt Lytell as William Brown, Ora Carew as Barbara Musgrave, Theodore von Eltz as Frank Morton) ---- George Trevilles THE SPECKLED BAND (1912) SILVER BLAZE (1912) THE BERYL CORONET (1912) THE MUSGRAVE RITUAL (1912) THE REYGATE SQUIRES (1912) THE STOLEN PAPERS (1912) A MYSTERY OF BOSCOMBE VALE (1912) THE COPPER BEECHES (1912) "Eclair Series" ("Franco-British Series; 1912-13) (exact ORIGIN UNKNOWN -- all films were part of "The Franco-British Series", "Eclair Series" -- Franco-British Film Company/Eclair(Fenning); "Eclair Series" is under copyright of Societe Francais des Filmes et Cimematographes Eclair ~~ Mr Moyse as Watson) ---- Harry Benham SH SOLVES THE SIGN OF FOUR (1913) (USA -- Thanhouser) ---- James Bregington A STUDY IN SCARLET (1914) (UK -- Samuelson Film; strangely omitted Watson in entire film, Holmes was played by an unprofessional actor choosen by the director, George Pearson, due only to his Holmesian likeness ~~ Fred Paul as Jefferson Hope) ---- Francis Ford A STUDY IN SCARLET (1914) (USA -- Gold Seal-Universal Film, featured Holmes not in a deerstalker but in an oversized hat much like Lagoni ~~ Jack Francis as Watson) ---- Erich Kasier-Titz DER HUND VON BASKERVILLE (1914-1920) (GERMANY -- Vitascope GmbH, film series ~~ cast included Alwin Neuss, Eugen Burg, Friederick Zellnik ~~ roles unknown) ---- Lu Jurgens DER HUND VON BASKERVILLE (1914-1920) (GERMANY) ---- H.A. Saintbury THE VALLEY OF FEAR (1916) (UK -- Samuelsin Film ~~ Booth Conway as Prof Moriarty, Daisy Burrell as Ettie Douglas, Arthur Culin as Watson, Cecil Mannering as McMurdo) ---- **William Gillette SH (1916) (USA, SH -- Essanay Film, "Speckled" -- NBC; 1st stage actor of SH, Doyle once billed him "his SH", started and created line "Elementary, my dear Watson, started curved-pipe (calabash) sterotype due to the fact that he could not say his line with a straight pipe ~~ SH had Ernest Maupain as Prof Moriarty, Edward Maupain as Watson, Marjorie Kay as Alice Faulker) ---- n/a THE MYSTERY OF THE LEAPING FISH (1916) (ORIGIN UNKNOWN; two reel silent film spoof of Holmes, also reputed as the first cocaine film ~~ Douglas Fairbanks Sr as Coke Ennyday) ---- Hugo Flink DER ERDESTROMMOTOR (THE EARTHQUAKE MOTOR; 1917) DIE KASETTE (THE CASKET; 1917) DER SCHLAGENRING (THE SNAKE RING; 1917) DER INDISCHE SPINNE (1917) (GERMANY -- Kowo Film) ---- Ferdinand Bonn WAS ER IM SPIEGEL SAH (WHAT HE SAW IN THE MIRRIOR; 1918) DIE GIFTEPLOMBE (THE POISONED SEAL; 1918) DAS SCHICKSAL DER RENATE YONGK (1918) DIE DOSE DES KARDINALS (THE CARDINAL'S SNUFFBOX; 1918) (GERMANY -- Kowo Film) ---- Sam Robinson BLACK SH (1918) (USA -- Ebony Pictures; 1st African-origin actor to play Holmes) ---- Kurt Brenkendroff DER MORD IN SPLENDID HOTEL (THE MURDER IN THE HOTEL SPENDID; 1919) (GERMANY -- Kowo Film) ---- Willy Kaiser-Heyl DER HUND VON BASKERVILLE (1920) (GERMANY) ---- **Eille Norwood THE ADVENTURES OF SH (1921) THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF SH (1922) THE LAST ADVENTURES OF SH (1923) THE SIGN OF FOUR (1923) (UK -- Stoll Pictures Series; did 49 films total, the largest filming SH series collection, those films that survived are housed by the British Film Instiute therefor unaccessible to the public ~~ Hurert Willis as Watson, Mme d'Esterre as Mrs Hudson ~~ Arthur Cullin as Watson in LAST film episode "The Sign of Four") ---- **John Barrymore SHERLOCK HOLMES (MORIARTY; 1922) (USA; critics felt he was too young thus he fitted Holmes into University ~~ Roland Young as Watson, Gustav Von Seyffertitz as Prof Moriarty, Carol Dempster as Alice Faulker, John Willard as Inspector Gregson) ---- Buster Keaton SHERLOCK JR. (1924) (USA; one of the classic Holmes films, silent comedy with gags of a film operater wanting be a famous detective ~~ Buster Keaton as the operator (Sherlock, Jr), Ford West as Gillette) ---- Carlyle Blackwell DER HUND VON BASKERVILLE (1927) (GERMANY ~~ Georges Seroff as Watson, Fritz Rasp as Dr Stapleton) ---- Clive Brook THE RETURN OF SH (1929) PARAMOUNT ON PARADE (MURDER WILL OUT; 1930) SH (1932) (USA, RETURN/PARADE -- Paramount, SH -- Fox Film Corp.; billed as the 1st talking Holmes although THE RETURN was available in both silent and sound for not all theatres installed the equipment, critics were harsh ~~ RETURN had H. Reeves-Smith as Watson, Donald Crisp as Col Doran ~~ PARADE had H. Reeves-Smith as Watson, William Powell as Philo Vance, Warner Oland as Dr Fu Manchu ~~ SH cast was Reginand Owen as Watson, Miriam Jordon as Alice Faulker, Ernest Torrence as Prof Moriarty) ---- **Arthur Wontner THE SLEEPING CARDINAL (SH'S FATAL HOUR; 1930/31) THE MISSING REMBRANDT (1932) THE SIGN OF FOUR (1932) THE TRUIMPH OF SH (1935) SILVER BLAZE (THE MURDER AT THE BASKERVILLE; 1937) (UK -- SIGN/TRUIMPH -- Real Art Pictures Studios, all others -- Twickenham Film Studios; one of THE best, critics felt he was too old, but had an unusual physical performance, remarkable likeness to Holmes despite the ill-fitting toupee ~~ Ian Fleming as Watson, Minnie Rayner as Mrs Hudson, Philip Hewland as Lestrade) ---- Raymond Massey THE SPECKLED BAND (1931) (UK -- British and Dominions; film has taken liberities for example it sets in 107 Baker Street in a machine-filled office filled with secretaties and stenographers ~~ Athole Stewart as Waston, Lyn Harding as Dr Grimesby Rylott, Marie Ault as Mrs Hudson) ---- ??? LELFCEK VE SLUZBáCH SHERLOCKA HOLMESE (1932) (ORIGIN UNKNOWN ~~ cast included Martin Fric ~~ role unknown) ---- Robert Rendel THE HOUND OF BASKERVILLES (1932) (UK -- Gainsbrough/Ideal/Gaumont-British ~~ Fred Lloyd as Watson, John Stuart as Sir Henry Baskerville) ---- Reginald Owen A STUDY IN SCARLET (1933) (USA -- K.B.S. Production; Owen was not a very popualr Holmes, his heaviness and apperance worked against him but improve his performance by adding extra lines, Watson was played lifelessly ~~ Warburton Gamble as Watson, Alan Mowbray as Lestrade) ---- Hans Albers DER MANN, DER SH WAR (ZWEI LUSTIGE ADENTEUR; 1937) (GERMANY ~~ Hans Albers as Morris Flint/Holmes, Heinz Rnhmann as Macky McPherson/Watson, Paul Bildt as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) ---- Bruno Guttner DER HUND VON BASKERVILLE (1937) (GERMANY -- Oudra-Lamac-Film ~~ Fritz Odemar as Watson, Peter Voss as Lord Henry Baskerville) ---- Lewis Hector "The Three Garridebs" (1937) (USA -- NBC Television ~~ William Podmore as Watson, Arthur Maitland as John Garrideb, James Spottswood as Nathan Garribed, Violet Bessen as Mrs Hudson, Eustace Wyatt as Lestrade) ---- Robert Palmer "The Three Garridebs" (1937) (USA; National Broadcasting Company Television ~~ William Podmore as Watson) ---- Herman Speelmans GRAUE DAME, DIE (SH UND DIE GRAUE DAME, SH; SH, ODER GRAUE DAME; SH, OR THE GRAY LADY; 1937) (GERMANY) ---- **Basil Rathbone THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES (1939) THE ADVERTURES OF SH (1939) SH AND THE VOICE OF TERROR (SH SAVES LONDON, VOICE OF TERROR; 1942) SH AND THE SECRET WEAPON (1942) SH IN WASHINGTON (1943) SH FACES DEATH (1943) CRAZY HORSE (1943) THE SPIDER WOMAN (SH AND THE SPIDER WOMAN; 1944) THE SCARLET CLAW (SH AND THE SCARLET CLAW; 1944) THE PEARL OF DEATH (1944) THE HOUSE OF FEAR (1945) THE WOMAN IN GREEN (SH AND THE WOMAN IN GREEN; 1945) PURSUIT TO ALGIERS (1945) TERROR BY NIGHT (1946) DRESSED TO KILL (SH IN DRESSED TO KILL, SH AND THE SECRET CODE; 1946) "The Adventure of the Black Baronet" (1953) (USA -- HOUND/ADVENTURES -- 20th Century-Fox, all others -- Universal; billed as the "Archtypical Holmes", remarkable likeness to Holmes, one of THE best, most-famed to utter the misguided and infamous maxium "Elementary my dear Watson", famed deerstalker-pipe sterotype, started the infamous sterotype of a bungling obtuse Watson ~~ Nigel Bruce as Watson ~~ "Black Baronet" had Martyn Green as Watson, members of the NY Branch of the BSI) ---- n/a "Tea Time in Baker Street" (1948) (USA; neither Holmes or Watson appeared in this film, instead Mrs Hudson and her tea-guest, Mrs Wiggins, to solve the case ~~ cast unknown) ---- Milton Berle "SH in the Mystery of the Sen Sen Murder" (1949) (USA; farcial comedy film, Berle was a famous comedian, Fields was a British singer ~~ Victor Moore as Watson, Gracie Fields as Mrs Vanderpool) ---- Alan Napier "The Adventures of the Speckled Band" (1949) (UK -- Marshall-Grant-Realm Television ~~ Melville Cooper as Watson) ---- John Longden "The Man with the Twisted Lip" (1951) (UK -- Vandyke Pictures; original project for a six-part televison series though after the pilot episode was created, TV manager was not impressed and it went out on general cimenia and was never heard of again ~~ Campbell Singer as Watson, Hector Ross as Neville St Clair) ---- Andrew Osborn "The Marazin Stone" (1951) (UK -- BBC; initially believed to be a pilot episode for a series yet manager are unsatified ~~ Philip King as Watson) ---- Alan Wheatley "SH" (1951) (UK -- BBC; first full Holmesian TV series ~~ Raymond Francis as Watson, Bill Owen as Lestrade) ---- Ronald Howard "The New Adventures of SH" (1954-55) "SH" (1954) (US -- Guild Films; "New Adventures" has 39 episodes ~~ Howard Marion Crawford as Watson, Archie Duncan as Lestrade) ---- ??? LA MANIFRE DE SH (1956) (FRANCE ~~ cast unknown) ---- **Peter Cushing THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES (1959) "The Cases of SH" ("SH"; 1968) "SH and the Masks of Death" ("The Mask of Death", "Masks of Death"; 1984) (UK, HOUND -- Hammer Films; "Cases" -- BBC; "Masks" -- Tyburn Production; despite short stature, proved very able SH, slightly manic and supressly energtic performance, remakable likeness to Holmes, used proper clay pipes ~~ HOUND had André Morell as Watson, Christopher Lee as Sir Henry Baskerville ~~ "Cases" had Nigel Stock as Watson, William Lucas as Lestrade, Grace Arnold as Mrs Hudson, Ronald Adam as Mycroft ~~ "Masks" had Sir John Millis as Watson, Ann Baxter as Irene Adler, Ray Milland as Home Secretary, Anton Diffring as Graf Udo Von Felseck, Gordon Jackson as Alec MacDonald, Susan Penhaligon as Miss Derwent, Jenny Laird as Mrs Hudson) ---- Terence Fisher SH UND DAS HALSBAND DES TODES (SH AND THE NECKLACE OF DEATH; 1962) "SH and Dr. Watson" (1982) (GERMANY; HALSBAND DES TODES is one of Holmesiana's most peculiar films due to overly Germanic London and Baker Street, extraggerated SH costume and plot) ---- Doulgas Wilmer "SH" (1964-65) THE ADVENTURES OF SH' SMARTER BROTHER (SH' SMARTER BROTHER; 1975) (USA, "SH" -- BBC, SMARTER BROTHER -- 20th Century-Fox; largely comicial spoof, said to be ONLY imtermittently funny despite cast's spirited efforts, the actually Holmes appears for less then 15 minutes ~~ "SH" had Nigel Stock as Watson ~~ SMARTER BROTHER cast was Gene Wilder as Sigerson Holmes, Madeline Kahn as Bessie Bellwood, Marty Feldman as Sergeant Orville Sacket, Leo McKern as Moriarty, Thorley Walters as Watson) ---- **John Neville A STUDY IN TERROR (FOG; 1965) (UK -- Compton-Cameo Films; SH is grandly performed but is outdone in some scenes by Watson, when 1st released it earned an X rating from the British filmboard due to the fact the plot dealed with infamous Jack the Ripper ~~ Donald Huston as Watson, John Fraser as Lord Carfax, Anthony Quayle as Dr Murray) ---- **Christopher Lee SH UND DAS HALSBAND DES TODES (SH AND THE NECKLACE OF DEATH; SH LA VALLE DEL TERRORE; SH ET LE COLLIER DE LA MORT; VALLEY OF FEAR; 1968) "The Many Faces of SH" (1986) SH, INCIDENT AT VICTORIA FALLS (INCIDENT AT VICTORIA FALLS, THE STAR OF AFRICA, SH: THE STAR OF AFRICA, SH: INCIDENT AT VICTORIA FALLS, SH AND THE INCIDENT AT VICTORIA FALLS; 1991) "SH and the Leading Lady" (1990) (HALSBAND: FRANCE/ITALY/WEST GERMANY -- Constaintin Film Verlag, VICTORIA: LUXEMBOURG, both part of THE GOLDEN YEARS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES, "Leading Lady": USA ~~ HALSBAND had Thorley Walters as Watson, Senta Berger as Ellen Blackburn, Hans Sohnker as Moriarty, Edith Shultze-Westrum as Mrs Hudson ~~ VICTORIA had Patrick Macnee as Watson; ~~ "Leading Lady" had Patrick Macnee as Watson, Morgan Fairchild as Irene Adler, John Bennett as Sigmund Freud) ---- Ray Alan "High Jinks" (1969) (UK ~~ Derek Dene as Watson) ---- **Robert Stephens THE PRIVATE LIFE OF SH (1970) (UK -- Mirisch/United Artists ~~ Colin Blakeley as Waston, Irene Handl as Mrs Hudson, Christopher Lee as Mycroft, Genevieve Page as Mme Valladon) ---- ??? "The Rivals of SH" (1971) (ORIGIN UNKNOWN ~~ Peter Barkworth as Martin "Arthur" Hewitt) ---- Radovan Lukavsky TOUHA SHERLOCKA HOLMESE (SH'S DESIRE, THE LONGING OF SH; 1971) (CZECHOSLOVAKIA -- Czechoslovak Films AD ~~ Vaclav Voska as Waston, Vlasta Fialova as Lady Abraham, Josef Patocka as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) ---- George C. Scott THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS (1971) (USA; technically not a Holmes film but more a complex psychological comedy; Scott was a former judge, Justin Playfair, believes he is Holmes after his wife died; Watson was played by woman psychologist, immensely powerful detective in a touching film, was rated #196 as on of the "Best Sleepers" meaning a best relaxing before-bed film ~~ Joanne Woodward as a female Dr Mildred Watson) ---- Stewart Granger "The Hound of the Baskervilles" ("SH: The Hound of the Baskervilles"; 1972) (USA -- Universal; Granger played a well gray-haired Holmes ~~ Bernard Fox as Watson, William Shatner as Stapleton, Alan Caillou as Lestrade, Sally Ann Howes as Laura) ---- n/a "Conan Doyle" (1973?) (ORIGN UNKNOWN ~~ Nigel Davenport as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) ---- John Cleese "Elementary, My Dear Watson" (1973) "The Strange Case of the End of Civilzation as We Know It" (1977) (UK, Comical film ~~ "Elementary" had William Rushton as Watson ~~ "Strange Case" Arthur Lowe as Watson) ---- n/a "Dr. Watson and the Darkwater Hall Mystery" (1974) (UK -- Stow-on-the-Wold/BBC; Holmes never appears in this film, only Watson ~~ Edward Fox as Watson, Marguerite Young as Mrs Hudson, Elaine Taylor as Emily, Christopher Cazenove as Sir Harry) ---- Rolf Becker "Le Signe des quatre" (1974) (FRANCE -- Allemagne ~~ Roger Lumont as Watson) ---- Larry Hagman "The Return of the World's Greatest Detective" (1974) (USA -- NBC-TV ~~ Jenny O'Hara as a female Watson) ---- Larry Chandler THE AMERICAN ADVENTURES OF SURELICK HOLMS (THE AMERICAN ADVENTURES OF SURELUCK HOLMS; THE GAY ADVENTURES OF SURELUCK HOLMS; THE HOT ADVENTURES OF SURELICK HOLMS; 1975) (USA -- Hand in Hand Films ~~ Franck Massey as Watson) ---- Leonard Nimoy "Interior Motive" (1975) "In Search of...SH" (1977) (USA, "Interior Motive" -- Kentucky Educational TV; Nimoy was the host of the series "In Search of...", Nimoy play Holmes on the American stage as well ~~ "Interior Motive" had Burt Blackwell as Watson) ---- Piet Bambergen DE DWEZE LOTGEVALLEN VAN SHERLOCK JONES (SHERLOCK JONES; 1975) (NETHERLANDS; a Holmes spoof which as reportably much beloved in its country, Sherlock Jones is a private detective who turns amorous when he encounters Ms Ege ~~ cast included Leontien Ceulemans, Julie Ege, Chiem van Houweninge, Alexander Pola, Ward de Ravet, Rene Van Vooren ~~ roles unknown) Roger Moore "SH in New York" ("SH in America"; 1976) (USA -- NBC-TV; Moore's 9-year-old son played Holmes and Irene's illegitimate child, Moore would be later famed in his role as James Bond ~~ Patrick Macnee as Watson, Charlotte Rampling as Irene Adler, John Huston as Moriarty, Geoffrey Moore as Scott) ---- Nicol Williamson SEVEN-PER-CENT SOLUTION (1976) (USA -- United Artists; most-famed film based on best-selling novel, Holmes went to Sigmund Freud to cure extentive drug addiction ~~ Robert Duvall as Watson, Alan Arkin as Dr Sigmund Freud, Laurence Oliver as Moriarty, Vanessa Redgrave as Lola Devereaux) ---- n/a "The Great Houdini" ("The Great Houdinis"; 1976) (USA; not a Holmes film but includes appearance of ACD ~~ Peter Cushing as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Maureen O'Sullivan as Lady Conan Doyle) ---- Peter Cook THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES (1977) (CANADA -- Avco/Embassy ~~ Dudley Moore as Watson, Denholm Elliot as Dr Mortimer, Joan Greenwood as Beryl Stapleton) ---- Royal Dano "My Dear Uncle Sherlock" (1977) (ORIGIN UNKNOWN ~~ Robbie Rist as Watson) ---- Christopher Plummer "Silver Blaze" (1977) MURDER BY DECREE (SH: MURDER BY DECREE; 1979) (UK/CANADA, "Silver Blize" -- HTV, MURDER -- Avco/Embassy/Warner, a chunky SH but suitably played, MURDER BY DECREE angred many devotees because SH wore a deerstalker- inverness to the opera ~~ "Silver Blaze" had Thorley Watlers as Watson, Basil Henson as Col Ross, Gary Watson as Inspector Gregory ~~ MURDER had James Mason as Watson, David Hemmings as Inspector Fox, Betty Woolfe as Mrs Hudson, Frank Finlay as Lestrade, Anthony Quayle as Sir Charles Warren) ---- **Vasili Livanov "Znakomstvo" ("Acquaintance"; 1979) "Sherlock Holms i doktor Vaston" ("SH i doctor Watson", "SH and Dr. Waston; 1979) "Priklyucheniya Sherloka Kholmesa i doktora Vatsona: Krovavaya podpis" ("Priklyucheniya Sherloka Holmsa i doktors Vatsona", "Prikl'uchenija Sherloka Holmsa i doctora Watsona", "The Adventures of SH and Dr Watson", "The Adventures of SH and Dr Watson: Bloody Signature"; 1979) "Sobaka Baskervilej" ("The Hound of the Baskervilles"; 1981) "Sokrovishcha Agry" ("Sokrovischa Agry and Dvadsatyj vek nachinajets'a", "The Treasure of Arga"; 1983) SH V DVADTSATOM VEKE (20TH CENTURY BEGINS, SH IN THE 20TH CENTURY; 1986) "Korol' shantazsha" (19??) (SOVIET UNION -- Lenfilms, Livanov also did the voice of Holmes in a Soviet animated short called "SH and I" in 1986 ~~ Vitaly Soloman as Watson, Rina Zelyonaya as Mrs Hudson, Boris Klyuyev as Mycroft, Bronislav Brondukov as Lestrade, Igor Dmitriyev as Gregson) ---- ??? "Clue According to SH" (1980) (ORIGIN UNKNOWN ~~ cast unknown) ---- ??? SH (1981) (ORIGIN UNKNOWN ~~ Dwight Schultz as Basil) ---- **Frank Langella "SH" (1981) (ORIGIN UNKNOWN -- Filmways; portrayed "SH" on stage which was filmed from the theatre and aired on the American cable channel Home Box Office ~~ Richard Woods as Watson, George Morfogen as Moriarty, Laurie Kennedy as Alice Faulkner) ---- Tom Baker "The Hound of the Baskervilles" (1982) (UK -- BBC ~~ Terence Rigby as Watson, Nicholas Wodeson as Sir Henry Baskerville, Christopher Ravenscoft as Stapleton, Hubert Rees as Lestrade) ---- Guy Henry "Young Sherlock: The Mystery of the Manor House" (1982) (UK -- BBC; produced by Michael Cox who later produced and created another SH series starring Jeremy Brett, no appearences of Watson) ---- Geoffrey Whitehead "SH and Doctor Watson" (1982) (ORIGIN UNKNOWN -- Filmways; 24 episodes ~~ Donald Pickering as Watson, Patrick Newell as Lestrade, Kay Walsh as Mrs Hudson) ---- Roger Ostime "The Baker Street Boys" (1983) (ORIGIN UNKNOWN; series with 4 episodes: 'The Adventure Of The Disappearing Dispatch Case' 'The Ghost Of Julian Midwinter''The Adventure Of The Winged Scarab' 'The Case Of The Captive Clairvoyant'~~ cast unknown) ---- **Ian Richardson "The Hound of the Baskervilles" (1983) "The Sigh of Four" (1983) (UK ~~ "Sign" has David Healy as Watson, Thorley Walters as Mahor John Sholto, Cherie Lunghi as Mary Morstan, Terence Rigby as Lestrade ~~ "Hound" had Donald Churchill as Watson, Denholm Elliott as Dr Mortimer, Martin Shaw as Sir Henry Baskerville, Ronald Lacey as Lestrade, Brain Blessed as Geoffrey Lyons, Eleanor Bron as Mrs Barrymore) ---- Colin Skinner "Ups and Downs" (1983) (ORIGIN UNKNOWN ~~ cast unknown) ---- ??? THE MURDER OF SH (1984) (USA ~~ cast unknown) ---- ??? "The Valley of Fear" (1984) (ORIGIN UNKNOWN ~~ cast unknown) ---- **Jeremy Brett "The Adventures of SH" (1984-85) "The Return of SH" (1986-88) "The Sign of Four" (1987) "The Hound of the Baskervilles" ("SH: The Hound of the Baskervilles; 1988) "The Casebook of SH" (1991) "The Master Blackmailer" (1992) "The Four Oaks Mystery" (1992) "The Last Vampyre" (1993) "The Eligible Bachelor" (1993) "The Memoirs of SH" (1994) (UK -- Granada Limited; billed as the "Quintessential Holmes", one of THE best, frequently reported by critics as THE FINEST of all time even better than Rathbone, melo-dramatic and tortured performance, very authentic to Canon, at least until the end, Watson became intellgent sympathic and tolerant, halted sterotypes to present freshness ~~ David Burke as Watson in "Adventures" then was succeeded by Edward Hardwicke ~~ Colin Jeavons as Lestrade, Rosalie Williams as Mrs Hudson, Charles Gray as Mycroft, Eric Porter as Prof Moriarty) ---- Nicholas Rowe YOUNG SH (PYRAMID OF FEAR, YOUNG SH AND THE PYRAMID OF FEAR; 1985) (USA -- Paramount ~~ Alan Cox as Watson, Anthony Higgins and Rathe, Roger Ashton-Griffiths as Lestrade) ---- Brain Bedford "Alfred Hitchcock Presents: 'My Dear Watson'" (1989) (Remake of 1985 remake directed by Jorge Montesi and scripted by Susan Woollen, Holmes returns from Tibet to Baker Street, Watson is still concerned about his cocaine intake, Lestrade has recently returned from an asylum, suffering mental fatigue from his anger over Holmes constantly outsmarting him, Watson is his Lestrade's doctor and he visits Baker Street for a checkup, but Watson decides to go to his Paddington District to perform Lestrade's checkup ~~ Patrick Monckton as Watson, John Colicos as Lestrade, Bunty Webb as Mrs Hudson) ---- ??? "The Return of SH" (1986) (UK ~~ cast unknown) ---- Michael Pennington "The Return of SH" (1987) (ORIGIN UNKNOWN ~~ Margaret Colin as a female Watson) ---- ??? "SH's Last Case" (1988) (JAPAN ~~ cast unknown) ---- Brent Spiner "Star Trek: The Next Generation:" 'Elementary, My Dear Data' (1988) 'Ship in a Bottle' (1993) (USA -- Paramount ~~ LeVar Burton as Watson, Daniel Davis as Prof Moriarty) ---- Mike Horner DES PIPES POUR SH (1989) (ORIGIN UNKNOWN -- Moonlight Entertainment ~~ cast unknown) ---- Micheal Caine WITHOUT A CLUE ("SH AND ME"; 1990) (UK -- Orion; highly successful comedy where Holmes is the idoit and Watson the genius ~~ Ben Kingsley as Watson, Paul Freeman as Moriarty, Jeffery Jones as Lestrade, Pat Keen as Mrs Hudson) ---- Edward Woodward "Hands of a Murderer" ("SH and the Prince of Crime"; 1990) (UK; excellent realistic performance despite the unsuccess ~~ John Hillerman as Watson) ---- Juan Manuel Montesinos SH EN CARACAS (SH IN CARACAS; 1991) (VENEZULA ~~ cast unknown) ---- ??? SH IN SAN FRANSCO (1991) (ORIGIN UNKNOWN ~~ cast unknown) ---- Charlton Heston "The Crucifer of Blood" (1991) (UK/USA; displayed more realistic figures, based on highly successful stage play ~~ Richard Johnson as Watson) ---- Jeremy Irons "Saturday Night Live" (1991) (USA; comedy sketch, episode#16.16 on 23 March, the scene is Holmes' flat at 221B, Holmes is not present, his friends: Irene Adler, Lestrade, Sir Henry Baskerville(?), and Dr Watson are planning a surprise party for Holmes, as soon as Holmes enters the room, he deduces that he is having a surprise party, thus ruining the 'surprise', after a few lines of dialog, Holmes receives his gifts, he deduces what is inside all the boxes, thus, once again ruining the 'surprise'. (In one of the boxes is a pair of stockings, implying that Holmes is a homosexual)) ---- Anthony Higgins "SH Returns" (1993) (USA; SH is cryongenically frozen and returns to the 20th century) ---- Patrick Macnee "The Hound of London" ("SH and the Hound of London", "SH in the Hound of London"; 1993) "Sherlock Holmes: The Case Of The Temporal Nexus" (1996) (ORIGIN UNKNOWN; "Hound" filmed on location in Canada ~~ "Hound"s cast include John Scott-Paget as Watson, Colin Skinner as Lestrade, Carolyn Wilkinson as Irene Norton, Sophia Thornley as Mrs Hudson, Jack Macreath as Moriarty/Rex, Rob Vanderbrink as King of Bohemia, Colleen Bignell as Queen of Bohemia ~~ cast of "Nexus" unknown) ---- ??? "SH Returns: The Adventure of the Tiger Murders" (1994) (ORIGIN UNKNOWN ~~ cast unknown) ---- (n/a)??? SHERLOCK: UNDERCOVER DOG (1994) (USA; "The world's first talking police dog on a mission im-paws-ible!", a children's comedy starring a canine, exposing Holmes to younger audiences, direct-to-video; ~~ Benjamin Eroen as Billy) ---- "Wishbone" "Wishbone:" 'Slobbery Hound' (1994) 'A Dogged Expose' (1996) (USA; exposing Holmes to the young by dressing a cute little Jack-Russell terrier in a deerstakler-cape, a Rathbone/Bruce- like performance) ---- n/a FAIRYTALE: A TRUE STORY (FAIRY TALE, ILLUMATION; 1997) (UK; not a Holmes film but includes appearance of ACD ~~ Peter O'Toole as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) ---- n/a PHOTOGRAPHING FAIRIES (1997) (UK; not a Holmes film but includes apprearance of ACD, Hardwicke is often best known in his role as Waston in the popular Granada series co-starring with Jeremy Brett, a touching film nominated for several awards ~~ Edward Hardwicke as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) ---- n/a MARK TWAIN'S GREATEST ADVENTURES 'IT'S A MATTER OF TIME' (1999) (ORIGIN UNKNOWN; not a Holmes film but includes appearance of ACD ~~ Ken Howard as Arthur Conan Doyle) ---- Rodney Litchfield "Testimony" (1988) (ORIGIN UNKNOWN ~~ cast unknown) ---- n/a "Mentors" (1998) (USA -- Disney; a bunch of pranks and a crash a kid's mainframe, these time-traveling teenagers can't figure out who did it, Oliver's girlfriend Dee suggests they get a better detective from their time-machine, it is rather X-Files in reverse, the girl becomes a skeptic and the boy thinks it's a ghost, the girl knows about Doyle believeing in the supernatural and thinks he can help her prove her boyfriend wrong ~~ William B. Davis as Conan Doyle) ---- Matt Frewer "The Hounds of the Baskervilles" (2000) "The Sign of Four" (2001) "A Scandal in Bohemia (2001) "The Royal Scandal" (2001) (CANADA -- Odsessy; the worst SH adaptations I have ever seen ~~ Kenneth Welsh as Watson) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------Miscellanea Holmesiana------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ YOUNG SHERLOCKS (1922) (USA; silent film, no sign of Holmes nor Watson however, but detective-children) ---- SHIVERING SHERLOCKS (1948) (USA; a Three Stooges Holmes spoof ~~ Larry, Moe, Shemp) ---- "It's a Mystery, Charlie Brown" (1974) (USA, animated film, Woodstock's nest has been stolen and it is up to Snoopy, The Great Detective to solve the case) ---- "Sherlock Pink" (1976) (USA; animated, Pink Pather as SH) ---- "SH and the Baskerville Curse" (1981) "SH and a Study in Scarlet" (1989) "SH and the Valley of Fear" (19??) "SH and the Sign of Four" (19??) (AUSTRALIA; animated ~~ Holmes was voiced bt Peter O'Toole) ---- "The Amazing Adventures of SH" (1984-1985) (ORIGIN UNKNOWN; contents unknown, videos are in 8 volumes) ---- THE GREAT MOUSE DETECTIVE (BASIL: THE GREAT MOUSE DETECTIVE, THE ADVENTURES OF THE GREAT MOUSE DETECTIVE; 1986) (USA -- Disney; animated, Holmes is not actually seen, only a deerstalker-inverness shadow, his shadow appears in no more than 1 minute, yet dialogue is 25 seconds ~~ voice of Holmes was done with a radio-producution of Basil Rathbone dialouge ~~ Watson was voiced by Laurie Main) ---- SHERLOCK HOUND, THE DETECTIVE (1984) "The Famous Detective Holmes" ("The Adventures of Sherlock Hound", "Sherlock Hound: Tales of Mystery"; 1986) (JAPAN/ITALY -- TMS/RAI; animated, a young Japanese animator by the name of Hayao Miyazaki wanted to pay homage to his favourite detective, all the characters were portrayed as dogs - Holmes, a hound, Watson, a Scottish terrier, and Lestrade, a bulldog, six episodes) ---- "SH and I" (1986) (SOVIET UNION; an animated short of Holmes with Vasili Livanov as the voice of Holmes) ---- "The SH Video" (19??) (ORIGIN UNKNOWN; contents unknown) ---- "A&E Biography: 'SH: The Great Detective'" (1995) (USA -- Arts & Entertainment; documentary on how SH became one of the most beloved characherters in the world, shows extracts of Jeremy Brett's "SH" series as Holmes ~~ hosted by David Burke as Watson and members from The SH Society of London) ---- "The Adventures of Shirley Holmes" (1998-1999) (USA -- FOX; Holmes' great-great-grandniece solves mysteries, appealing to the younger audiences in a TV series) ---- "Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century" (1999) (UK; SH was cryongenically frozen, he is thawed out in the 22nd century by the descendant of Inspector Lestrade (a female) and her assistant robot called Watson, Moriarty has been cloned and SH must stop him ~~ Jason Gray-Stanford as the voice of SH) ---- "Babar: The Missing Crown Affair" (King Babar's crown is stolen and Zephyr the Monkey, who graduated from the Sherlock Holmes School of Super Sleuthing, plays detective to try and find it) ---- "Ghostbusters": 'Elementary, My Dear Winston'" (USA; Holmes, Watson and Moriarty are ghosts, Moriarty kidnaps Watson and is held prisoner inside a walking skeleton of The Hound of the Baskervilles. Winston is a big Sherlock Holmes fan and so he helps SH by fooling Moriarty into the containment unit) ---- "Clamp Campus Detectives" (JAPAN; This is an anime/manga series where one of the characters likes to dress up as SH. The series is about 3 boys that like to solve mysteries while they go to school) ---- "Darkwing Duck" (USA -- Disneyone of the guest villains is named Moliarty, plus the littlestatue he hits on the table ia Basil, The Great Mouse Detective) ---- "Animaniacs": 'Deuces Wild'" (USA -- Warner Bros) ---- "Detective Conan" (JAPAN; another anime, Detective Conan is a high school genius who is turned into a boy, names himself after Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and solves crimes)