- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- January 21, 1875
- Place of Birth
- London, England, UK
- Died
- July 10, 1960
Arthur Wontner
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 Wo…
Filmography
movieThe Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes
1985 · Sherlock Holmes (archive footage)
movieGenevieve
1953 · Old Gentleman
movieSea Devils
1953 · Baron de Baudrec
movieBrandy for the Parson
1952 · Major Glockleigh
movieThe Elusive Pimpernel
1950 · Lord Grenville
Ten Little Indians
1949 · General Mackenzie
movieBlanche Fury
1948 · Lord Rudford
moviePygmalion
1948 · Colonel Pickering
movieThe Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
1943 · Embassy Counsellor
Old Iron
1938 · Judge
The Live Wire
1938 · Montell
The Terror
1938 · Colonel Redmayne
movieKate Plus Ten
1938 · Colonel Westhanger
movieSilver Blaze
1937 · Sherlock Holmes
movieThunder in the City
1937 · Sir Peter
movieStorm in a Teacup
1937 · Fiscal
movieDishonour Bright
1936 · Judge
movieThe Triumph of Sherlock Holmes
1935 · Sherlock Holmes
movieThe Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case
1932 · Sherlock Holmes
movieThe Missing Rembrandt
1932 · Sherlock Holmes
movieCondemned to Death
1932 · Sir Charles Wallington
movieA Gentleman of Paris
1931 · Judge Le Fevre
movieThe Sleeping Cardinal
1931 · Sherlock Holmes
The Diamond Man
1924 · Lady Marshalt
Eugene Aram
1924 · Eugene Aram
movieBonnie Prince Charlie
1923 · Lord Kingsburgh
The Bigamist
1916 · Tony Henderson
movieLady Windermere's Fan
1916 · Lord Darlington
Temptation's Hour
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