1875-01-21 London, England, UK
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 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Arthur Wontner,licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes | Sherlock Holmes (archive footage) | 1985-01-01 |
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Genevieve | Old Gentleman | 1953-05-28 |
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Sea Devils | Baron de Baudrec | 1953-04-12 |
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Brandy for the Parson | Major Glockleigh | 1952-05-02 |
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The Elusive Pimpernel | Lord Grenville | 1950-11-07 |
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Ten Little Indians | General Mackenzie | 1949-08-20 |
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Pygmalion | Colonel Pickering | 1948-02-08 |
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Blanche Fury | Lord Rudford | 1948-02-19 |
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The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp | Embassy Counsellor | 1943-07-26 |
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The Terror | Colonel Redmayne | 1938-05-02 |
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Kate Plus Ten | Colonel Westhanger | 1938-03-17 |
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Storm in a Teacup | Fiscal | 1937-02-25 |
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Thunder in the City | Sir Peter | 1937-04-22 |
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Silver Blaze | Sherlock Holmes | 1937-07-01 |
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Dishonour Bright | Judge | 1936-09-21 |
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The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes | Sherlock Holmes | 1935-03-24 |
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Condemned to Death | Sir Charles Wallington | 1932-01-21 |
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The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case | Sherlock Holmes | 1932-05-12 |
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The Missing Rembrandt | Sherlock Holmes | 1932-02-12 |
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A Gentleman of Paris | Judge Le Fevre | 1931-12-04 |
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The Sleeping Cardinal | Sherlock Holmes | 1931-02-15 |
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The Diamond Man | Lady Marshalt | 1924-09-30 |
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Eugene Aram | Eugene Aram | 1924-02-28 |
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Bonnie Prince Charlie | Lord Kingsburgh | 1923-11-01 |
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Lady Windermere's Fan | Lord Darlington | 1916-07-01 |
