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Arthur Wontner
Acting
Biography
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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 Sherl…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes
as Sherlock Holmes (archive footage)
Genevieve
as Old Gentleman
Sea Devils
as Baron de Baudrec
Brandy for the Parson
as Major Glockleigh
The Elusive Pimpernel
as Lord Grenville
Ten Little Indians
as General Mackenzie
Blanche Fury
as Lord Rudford
Pygmalion
as Colonel Pickering
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
as Embassy Counsellor
The Terror
as Colonel Redmayne