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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 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.
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Filmography (Movies)
The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes
Character:Sherlock Holmes (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1985
Genevieve
Character:Old Gentleman
Release Date:28/05/1953
Sea Devils
Character:Baron de Baudrec
Release Date:12/04/1953
Brandy for the Parson
Character:Major Glockleigh
Release Date:02/05/1952
The Elusive Pimpernel
Character:Lord Grenville
Release Date:07/11/1950
Ten Little Indians
Character:General Mackenzie
Release Date:20/08/1949
Blanche Fury
Character:Lord Rudford
Release Date:19/02/1948
Pygmalion
Character:Colonel Pickering
Release Date:08/02/1948
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
Character:Embassy Counsellor
Release Date:26/07/1943
The Live Wire
Character:Montell
Release Date:13/06/1938
The Terror
Character:Colonel Redmayne
Release Date:02/05/1938
Kate Plus Ten
Character:Colonel Westhanger
Release Date:17/03/1938
Silver Blaze
Character:Sherlock Holmes
Release Date:01/07/1937
Thunder in the City
Character:Sir Peter
Release Date:22/04/1937
Storm in a Teacup
Character:Fiscal
Release Date:25/02/1937
Dishonour Bright
Character:Judge
Release Date:21/09/1936
The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes
Character:Sherlock Holmes
Release Date:24/03/1935
The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case
Character:Sherlock Holmes
Release Date:12/05/1932
The Missing Rembrandt
Character:Sherlock Holmes
Release Date:12/02/1932
Condemned to Death
Character:Sir Charles Wallington
Release Date:21/01/1932
A Gentleman of Paris
Character:Judge Le Fevre
Release Date:04/12/1931
The Sleeping Cardinal
Character:Sherlock Holmes
Release Date:15/02/1931
The Diamond Man
Character:Lady Marshalt
Release Date:30/09/1924
Eugene Aram
Character:Eugene Aram
Release Date:28/02/1924
Bonnie Prince Charlie
Character:Lord Kingsburgh
Release Date:01/11/1923
The Bigamist
Character:Tony Henderson
Release Date:01/11/1916
Lady Windermere's Fan
Character:Lord Darlington
Release Date:01/07/1916
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