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Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce in Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon. A series of fourteen films based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories was released between 1939 and 1946; British actors Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce portrayed Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson, respectively.
Jan 14, 2019 · Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1943) | Starring Basil Rathbone & Nigel Bruce | HD. 275K views 5 years ago. The fourth in a series of fourteen films to star Basil Rathbone and...
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- Clive Brook. Clive Brook is the earliest actor to portray Sherlock Holmes in a speaking role on film. He played Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous detective three times, starring as Sherlock Holmes in The Return Of Sherlock Holmes (1929), in the “Murder Will Out” segment of Paramount On Parade (1930), and Sherlock Holmes (1932).
- Arthur Wontner. Arthur Wontner was the next most prolific actor to portray Sherlock Holmes on the silver screen. Wontner played Sherlock Holmes in five movies: The Sleeping Cardinal (1931), The Missing Rembrandt (1932), The Sign Of Four: Sherlock Holmes’ Greatest Case (1932), The Triumph Of Sherlock Holmes (1935), and Silver Blaze (1937).
- Basil Rathbone. Basil Rathbone has the distinction of the most portrayals of Sherlock Holmes, playing the detective a whopping 17 times. While Rathbone primarily played Sherlock Holmes on film, with his first portrayal being in 1939’s The Hound Of The Baskervilles, he also played him on television as well.
- Peter Cushing. Peter Cushing played Sherlock Holmes twice, both on film and television. Cushing first played the famous detective in a 1959 movie adaptation of The Hound Of The Baskervilles, one of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s most famous Sherlock Holmes stories.
- The Hound of the Baskervilles. March 24, 1939. On his uncle's death Sir Henry Baskerville returns from Canada to take charge of his ancestral hall on the desolate moors of Devonshire, and finds that Sherlock Holmes is there to investigate the local belief that his uncle was killed by a monster hound that has roamed the moors since 1650, and is likely to strike again at Sir Henry.
- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. September 1, 1939. Having once again avoided criminal conviction, Professor Moriarity develops a murderous plan to “finish off” his last major nemesis, Sherlock Holmes, by making him fail to prevent the perfect crime.
- Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror. September 18, 1942. England, at the start of World War Two. Mysterious wireless broadcasts, apparently from Nazi Germany are heard over the BBC.
- Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon. December 25, 1942. In the midst of World War II, Sherlock Holmes rescues the Swiss inventor of a new bomb-sight from the Gestapo and brings him to England, where he shortly falls into the clutches of Professor Moriarty.
Oct 5, 2012 · 1.4M views 11 years ago. Movie Class by PizzaFLIX: Basil Rathbone is to Sherlock Holmes as Sean Connery is to James Bond, it's “Elementary, my dear Watson.”.
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Television series. Theatrical films. Video games. Actors who have played both Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. See also. References. List of actors who have played Sherlock Holmes. Sherlock Holmes is the most portrayed literary human character in film and television history, having appeared on screen 254 times as of 2012. [1] .
