ARTHUR WONTNER
ACTING
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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.
- The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp 1943
- The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case 1932
- Genevieve 1953
- Silver Blaze 1937
- The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes 1935
- The Terror 1938
- The Sleeping Cardinal 1931
- Lady Windermere's Fan 1916
- Condemned to Death 1932
- Sea Devils 1953
- The Missing Rembrandt 1932
- Storm in a Teacup 1937
- Blanche Fury 1948
- Thunder in the City 1937
- Brandy for the Parson 1952
- The Elusive Pimpernel 1950