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Jun 21, 2003 · Jun 25, 2003 #3. Lately, however, Burke has confessed to David Stuart Davies that he probably would not have accepted the offer from the RSC, had not Jeremy Brett, in one of his darker moods, said that he would not continue to play Holmes. It was, incidentally, Burke who recommended his long time friend Hardwicke to Michael Cox and June Wyndham ...
May 9, 1993 · Hardwicke did as Burke suggested and won the role. He knew Brett from the National Theatre Company, where both were members in the late 1960s and early '70s, but the two had never appeared in a ...
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Anna Calder-Marshall. Children. Tom Burke. David Burke (born 25 May 1934) [1] is an English actor, known for playing Dr. John Watson in the initial series of Granada Television 's 1980s The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, which starred Jeremy Brett in the title role. [2] He also starred as Joseph Stalin in the last two episodes of Reilly, Ace of ...
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- David Burke - His intelligent, analytical Watson appeared opposite Jeremy Brett's Baker Street sleuth in 13 episodes of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes TV series in the 1980s.
- Andre Morell - Alas, Morell only portrayed John Watson once, alongside Peter Cushing's Holmes in Hammer's The Hound of the Baskervilles. Following in the footsteps of Nigel Bruce, Morell presented a very different Watson--an articulate man of action with a bright mind.
- Nigel Bruce - While this interpretation has little to do with the literary Dr. Watson, I've always enjoyed it very much. Nigel Bruce makes Watson a bumbler and provides the films' de facto comedy relief, but he's a charming, sincere character.
- Edward Hardwicke - When David Burke left the Jeremy Brett Sherlock Holmes TV series, he suggested that Edward Hardwicke (Cedric's son) replace him as Watson.
Sep 20, 2022 · Much as I love Edward Hardwicke, it is intriguing to imagine a parallel universe in which David Burke carried on as Watson in all the stories we know so well. I’m picturing him in place of Hardwicke looking concerned at Holmes’s drug use in “The Musgrave Ritual” or applauding with Lastrade after Holmes’s conjuring trick at end of ...
David Burke acted Watson for those 13 episodes, then announced he was leaving to spend more time with his wife and young son. Hardwicke was cast in the role, which was a far cry from that of the ...
