1875-01-21 ( 150 years old ) in London, England, UK
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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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Movies
The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes
1985-01-01
Genevieve
1953-05-28
Sea Devils
1953-04-12
Brandy for the Parson
1952-05-02
The Elusive Pimpernel
1950-11-07
Ten Little Indians
1949-08-20
Blanche Fury
1948-02-19
Pygmalion
1948-02-08
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
1943-07-26
The Live Wire
1938-06-13
The Terror
1938-05-02
Kate Plus Ten
1938-03-17
Silver Blaze
1937-07-01
Thunder in the City
1937-04-22
Storm in a Teacup
1937-02-25
Dishonour Bright
1936-09-21
The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes
1935-03-24
The Missing Rembrandt
1932-02-12
Condemned to Death
1932-01-21
A Gentleman of Paris
1931-12-04
The Sleeping Cardinal
1931-02-15
The Diamond Man
1924-09-30
Eugene Aram
1924-02-28
Bonnie Prince Charlie
1923-11-01
The Bigamist
1916-11-01
Lady Windermere's Fan
1916-07-01
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