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Arthur Wontner
London, England, UK
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Arthur Wontner (21 January 1875 – 10 July 1960) was a British actor best known for playing Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's master detective Sherloc…
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Arthur Wontner (21 January 1875 – 10 July 1960) was a British actor best known for playing Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's master detective Sherlock Holmes in five films from 1931 to 1937. These films are: The Sleeping Cardinal (1931) (US title: Sherlock Holmes' Fatal Hour) based on Doyle's two stories, "The Adventure of the Empty House" and "The Final Problem" The Missing Rembrandt (1932) (still considered lost) based on "The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton" The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case (1932) The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (1935) based on The Valley of Fear Silver Blaze (1937) (US title:Murder at the Baskervilles, release 1941) based on "Silver Blaze" Reportedly, Wontner landed the role of Sherlock Holmes thanks to his performance of Holmes imitation Sexton Blake in a 1930 stage production. Of all Wontner's films as Sherlock Holmes, The Missing Rembrandt is no longer available. It is officially a lost film. It is possible to obtain all of the others. Silver Blaze was renamed Murder at the Baskervilles on its US release in order to make the most of the publicity which had been generated by Basil Rathbone's version of The Hound of the Baskervilles. In many respects Wontner's film can be seen as a sequel as it is set twenty years after the events of the more famous story. Wontner's son became the well-known hotelier and Lord Mayor of London Sir Hugh Wontner. Description above from the Wikipedia article Arthur Wontner,licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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1985
The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes
Movie Sherlock Holmes (archive footage)
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1953
Genevieve
Movie Old Gentleman
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1953
Sea Devils
Movie Baron de Baudrec
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1952
Brandy for the Parson
Movie Major Glockleigh
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1951
The Warden
TV show Bishop of Barchester
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1950
The Elusive Pimpernel
Movie Lord Grenville
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1949
Ten Little Indians
Movie General Mackenzie
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1948
Blanche Fury
Movie Lord Rudford
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1948
Pygmalion
Movie Colonel Pickering
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1943
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
Movie Embassy Counsellor
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1938
Old Iron
Movie Judge
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1938
The Live Wire
Movie Montell
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1938
The Terror
Movie Colonel Redmayne
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1938
Kate Plus Ten
Movie Colonel Westhanger
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1937
Silver Blaze
Movie Sherlock Holmes
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1937
Thunder in the City
Movie Sir Peter
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1937
Storm in a Teacup
Movie Fiscal
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1936
Dishonour Bright
Movie Judge
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1935
The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes
Movie Sherlock Holmes
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1932
The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case
Movie Sherlock Holmes
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1932
The Missing Rembrandt
Movie Sherlock Holmes
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1932
Condemned to Death
Movie Sir Charles Wallington
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1931
A Gentleman of Paris
Movie Judge Le Fevre
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1931
The Sleeping Cardinal
Movie Sherlock Holmes
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1924
The Diamond Man
Movie Lady Marshalt
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1924
Eugene Aram
Movie Eugene Aram
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1923
Bonnie Prince Charlie
Movie Lord Kingsburgh
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1916
The Bigamist
Movie Tony Henderson
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1916
Lady Windermere's Fan
Movie Lord Darlington
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Temptation's Hour
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