List of actors who have played Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes is the most portrayed literary character in film and television history, having appeared on screen 254 times as of 2012.[1] The list of actors who have played Sherlock Holmes in film, television, stage, or radio includes:
| Name | Title | Date | Type | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Caven | Houdini & Doyle s1ep10 The Pall of LaPier | 2016 | TV series (ITV, Global, Fox) | |||
| Paul Andrew Goldsmith | Sherlock Holmes & the Case of the Christmas Carol | 2015-2016 | UK theatre tour | |||
| Chuck Huber /Yoshimitsu Takasugi | The Empire of Corpses | 2015 | Animated Film (English Dub and Japanese, respectively) | |||
| Ian McKellen | Mr. Holmes | 2015 | Film | |||
| Kōichi Yamadera | Sherlock Holmes | 2014–present | TV series (puppetry, Japan) | |||
| Stefan Avramoski | Battle of the Titans | 2014 | TV series (MTV) | |||
| Louis Oliver Moffat | Sherlock – Flashbacks of Holmes as a child | 2013 | TV series (BBC) | |||
| Simon Michael Morgan | Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Christmas Carol | 2013 | Stage (Britain) | |||
| Julien Masdoua | Le Cabaret Sherlock Holmes | 2013 | Stage (France) | |||
| Benjamin Lawlor | The Hound of the Baskervilles | 2013 | Stage (UK) | |||
| Benedict Cumberbatch | Sherlock | 2010–present | TV series (BBC) | |||
| Jonny Lee Miller | Elementary | 2012–present | TV series (American) | |||
| Igor Petrenko | Sherlock Holmes | 2013 | TV series (Russian) | |||
| Robert Downey, Jr. | Sherlock Holmes | 2009 | Film | |||
| Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | 2011 | Film | ||||
| Alexander Armstrong | The Armstrong and Miller Show | 2010 | TV skit | |||
| Ben Syder | Sherlock Holmes | 2010 | Film | |||
| David Mitchell | That Mitchell and Webb Look – "Old Sherlock Holmes" | 2010 | TV skit | |||
| Nicholas Briggs | Sherlock Holmes – Holmes and the Ripper[2] | 2010 | Audio drama (Big Finish Productions) | |||
| Roger Llewellyn | Sherlock Holmes – The Death and Life,[3] Sherlock Holmes – The Last Act[4] | 2009 | Audio dramas (Big Finish Productions) | |||
| Paul Singleton | The Blue Carbuncle | 2007–2008 | Stage (Off Broadway, Los Angeles) | |||
| Grit in a Sensitive Instrument | 1980, 1982 | Stage (regional theatre, Off-Broadway), cable TV | ||||
| Jonathan Pryce | Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars | 2007 | Film | |||
| Robert Webb | That Mitchell and Webb Look – "Holmes and Watson" | 2007 | TV skit | |||
| Nis Bank-Mikkelsen | The Blue Carbuncle | 2007 | Children's audio drama (Danish) | |||
| Clive Merrison | The entire canon – the only actor to do so[5] | 1989–2004 | Radio series (BBC) | |||
| Rupert Everett | Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking | 2004 | TV film | |||
| James D'Arcy | Sherlock: Case of Evil | 2002 | TV film | |||
| Matt Frewer | The Case of the Whitechapel Vampire | 2002 | TV film | |||
| The Sign of Four | 2001 | TV film | ||||
| The Royal Scandal | 2001 | TV film | ||||
| The Hound of the Baskervilles | 2000 | TV film | ||||
| Richard Roxburgh | The Hound of the Baskervilles | 2002 | TV film | |||
| Joaquim de Almeida | The Xango from Baker Street (O Xangô de Baker Street) | 2001 | Film | |||
| Roy Hudd | The Newly Discovered Casebook of Sherlock Holmes | 1999 | Radio series (BBC) | |||
| Jason Gray-Stanford | Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century | 1996 | TV series (animated) | |||
| Jeremy Brett | The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes | 1994 | TV series | |||
| The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes | 1991–1993 | TV series | ||||
| The Secret of Sherlock Holmes | 1988–89 | Stage (touring, British) | ||||
| The Return of Sherlock Holmes | 1986–1988 | TV series | ||||
| The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | 1984–1985 | TV series | ||||
| Anthony Higgins | Sherlock Holmes Returns | 1993 | TV film | |||
| Brent Spiner | "Ship in a Bottle" | 1993 | TV episode | |||
| "Elementary, Dear Data" | 1988 | TV episode | ||||
| Star Trek: The Next Generation – "Lonely Among Us" | 1987 | TV episode | ||||
| Patrick Macnee | The Hound of London | 1993 | TV film | |||
| Christopher Lee | Incident at Victoria Falls | 1991 | TV film | |||
| Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady | 1992 | TV film | ||||
| Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace (Sherlock Holmes und das Halsband des Todes) | 1962 | Film | ||||
| Charlton Heston | The Crucifer of Blood | 1991 | TV film | |||
| The Crucifer of Blood | 1981 | Stage (Los Angeles) | ||||
| Edward Woodward | Hands of a Murderer | 1990 | TV film | |||
| Frank Langella | Sherlock's Last Case | 1990 | Stage (Broadway) | |||
| Sherlock Holmes | 1981 | TV film | ||||
| Ron Moody | Sherlock Holmes: The Musical | 1989 | Stage | |||
| Ross Bagdasarian, Jr. | Alvin and the Chipmunks – "Elementary, My Dear Simon" | 1988 | TV episode | |||
| Michael Caine | Without a Clue | 1988 | Film | |||
| Time Winters | Sherlock Holmes and the Hands of Othello | 1987 | Stage (Off-Off Broadway, NY) | |||
| Michael Pennington | The Return of Sherlock Holmes | 1987 | TV film | |||
| Vasily Livanov | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson | 1979–1986 | TV series | |||
| Nicholas Rowe | Young Sherlock Holmes | 1985 | Film | |||
| Larry Moss (English version) Elio Pandolfi (Italian version) Taichirō Hirokawa (Japanese version) |
Sherlock Hound | 1984–1985 | TV anime | |||
| Peter Cushing | The Masks of Death | 1984 | TV film | |||
| Sherlock Holmes | 1965–1968 | TV series | ||||
| The Hound of the Baskervilles | 1959 | Film | ||||
| Keith Baxter | Murder, My Dear Watson | 1983 | Stage | |||
| The Penultimate Problem of Sherlock Holmes | 1980 | Stage (Off-Broadway) | ||||
| Ian Richardson | The Sign of Four, The Hound of the Baskervilles | 1983 | TV films | |||
| Peter O'Toole | Sherlock Holmes and the Valley of Fear, Sherlock Holmes and the Sign of Four, Sherlock Holmes and a Study in Scarlet, Sherlock Holmes and the Baskerville Curse | 1983 | Animated films | |||
| Guy Henry | Young Sherlock: The Mystery of the Manor House | 1982 | TV series | |||
| Peter Lawford | Fantasy Island – "The Case Against Mr. Roarke/Save Sherlock Holmes" | 1982 | TV episode | |||
| Tom Baker | The Hound of the Baskervilles (1982 TV serial) | 1982 | TV serial | |||
| Geoffrey Whitehead | Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson (TV series) | 1979-1980 | TV series | |||
| Algimantas Masiulis | Blue Carbuncle | 1979 | Film (Belarusfilm) | |||
| Keith Michell | The Crucifer of Blood | 1979 | Stage (London) | |||
| Paxton Whitehead | The Crucifer of Blood | 1978 | Stage (Broadway) | |||
| Peter Cook | The Hound of the Baskervilles | 1978 | Film | |||
| Christopher Plummer | Murder by Decree | 1979 | Film | |||
| Silver Blaze | 1977 | Film | ||||
| John Cleese | The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It | 1977 | Film | |||
| Elementary, My Dear Watson (Comedy Playhouse series 13, episode 3) | 1973 | TV film | ||||
| Larry Hagman | The Return of the World's Greatest Detective | 1976 | TV film | |||
| John Wood | Sherlock Holmes | 1974–1976 | Stage (Broadway) | |||
| Leonard Nimoy | Sherlock Holmes | 1976 | Stage (Royal Shakespeare Company) | |||
| Nicol Williamson | The Seven-Per-Cent Solution | 1976 | Film | |||
| Roger Moore | Sherlock Holmes in New York | 1976 | TV film | |||
| Douglas Wilmer | The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother | 1975 | Film | |||
| Sherlock Holmes | 1965 | TV series | ||||
| John Neville | Sherlock Holmes | 1973 (~) | Stage (Royal Shakespeare Company) | |||
| A Study in Terror | 1965 | Film | ||||
| Stewart Granger | The Hound of the Baskervilles | 1972 | TV film | |||
| George C. Scott | They Might Be Giants | 1971 | Film | |||
| Robert Stephens | The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes | 1970 | Film | |||
| Carleton Hobbs | 56 stories from the Sherlock Holmes canon[6] | 1952–1969 | Radio (BBC series) | |||
| Erich Schellow | Sherlock Holmes | 1967–1968 | TV series (Germany) | |||
| Fritz Weaver | Baker Street | 1965 | Stage musical (Broadway Theatre, NYC) | |||
| Ronald Howard | Sherlock Holmes | 1954–1955 | TV series | |||
| Basil Rathbone | The Great Mouse Detective | 1986 | Animated Film (Voice Only) | |||
| "Sherlock Holmes" by Ouida Rathbone | 1953 | Stage Play | ||||
| Suspense – "The Adventure of the Black Baronet" | 1953 | TV episode | ||||
| Dressed to Kill | 1946 | Film | ||||
| Terror by Night | 1946 | Film | ||||
| The House of Fear | 1945 | Film | ||||
| Pursuit to Algiers | 1945 | Film | ||||
| The Woman in Green | 1945 | Film | ||||
| The Pearl of Death | 1944 | Film | ||||
| The Scarlet Claw | 1944 | Film | ||||
| The Spider Woman | 1944 | Film | ||||
| Sherlock Holmes in Washington | 1943 | Film | ||||
| Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon | 1943 | Film | ||||
| Sherlock Holmes Faces Death | 1943 | Film | ||||
| Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror | 1942 | Film | ||||
| The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | 1939-1946 | Radio (Blue Network & Mutual) | ||||
| The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | 1939 | Film | ||||
| The Hound of the Baskervilles | 1939 | Film | ||||
| Alan Wheatley | Sherlock Holmes | 1951 | TV series (BBC) | |||
| John Longden | "The Man Who Disappeared" | 1951 | TV episode | |||
| Alan Napier | Your Show Time – "The Speckled Band" | 1949 | TV episode | |||
| John Gielgud | The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes[7] | 1939–1947 | Radio | |||
| Cedric Hardwicke | The Speckled Band | 1945 | Radio (BBC) | |||
| Orson Welles | The Mercury Theater on the Air - "The Immortal Sherlock Holmes" | 1938 | Radio (CBS) | |||
| Hans Albers | The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes (Der Mann, der Sherlock Holmes war) | 1937 | Film | |||
| Arthur Wontner | Silver Blaze | 1937 | Film | |||
| The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes | 1935 | Film | ||||
| The Sign of Four | 1932 | Film | ||||
| The Missing Rembrandt | 1932 | Film | ||||
| The Sleeping Cardinal | 1931 | Film | ||||
| Reginald Owen | A Study in Scarlet | 1933 | Film | |||
| Richard Gordon | Sherlock Holmes | 1930-1933 | Radio (NBC) | |||
| Clive Brook | Sherlock Holmes | 1932 | Film | |||
| Sherlock Holmes: "Scandal In Bohemia & The Red-Headed League" | 1930 | Radio (NBC) | ||||
| Paramount on Parade: "Murder Will Out" | 1930 | 4th Film Sequence | ||||
| The Return of Sherlock Holmes | 1929 | Film | ||||
| Robert Rendel | The Hound of the Baskervilles | 1932 | Film | |||
| Raymond Massey | The Speckled Band | 1931 | Film | |||
| Tod Slaughter | Sherlock Holmes | 1930 (~) | Stage | |||
| Carlyle Blackwell | Der Hund von Baskerville | 1929 | Film | |||
| Eille Norwood | 45 shorts | 1921–1923 | Film | |||
| The Sign of the Four | 1923 | Film | ||||
| The Hound of the Baskervilles | 1921 | Film | ||||
| The Return of Sherlock Holmes[8] | 1923 | Stage (UK) | ||||
| John Barrymore | Sherlock Holmes | 1922 | Film | |||
| Hugo Flink | Der Erdstrommotor, Der Schlangenring, Die Kassette | 1917 | Film (German) | |||
| Harry Arthur Saintsbury | Sherlock Holmes | 1903–1910 | Stage (London) | |||
| William Gillette | Lux Radio Theater - "Sherlock Holmes" | 1935 | Radio (NBC) | |||
| Sherlock Holmes: "The Adventure Of The Speckled Band" | 1930 | Radio (NBC) | ||||
| Sherlock Holmes | 1916 | Film | ||||
| Sherlock Holmes | 1899 | Stage (Broadway) | ||||
| Georges Tréville | The Mystery of Boscombe Vale | 1912 | Film | |||
| The Beryl Coronet | 1912 | Film | ||||
| Mack Sennett | The $500 Reward[9] | 1911 | Film | |||
| Otto Lagoni | Den sorte Haand | 1911 | Film | |||
| Alwin Neuß | Sherlock Holmes | 1908 | Film | |||
| Den stjaalne millionobligation | 1911 | Film | ||||
| Detektiv Braun | 1914 | Film | ||||
| Der Hund von Baskerville | 1914 | Film | ||||
| Károly Baumann | Sherlock Holmes – Sherlock Hochmec [10] | 1905 | Stage and film (Hungary) | |||
| Nando Gazzolo | Sherlock Holmes | 1968 | TV series (Italy) |
References
- ↑ "Sherlock Holmes awarded title for most portrayed literary human character in film & TV". Guinness World Records. 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
- ↑ Big Finish – 1.03 Sherlock Holmes – Holmes and the Ripper
- ↑ Big Finish – 1.02 Sherlock Holmes – The Death and Life
- ↑ Big Finish – 1.01 Sherlock Holmes – The Last Act
- ↑ http://www.amazon.co.uk/Complete-Sherlock-Holmes-Radio-Collection/dp/0563525207
- ↑
- ↑
- ↑ "The Return of Sherlock Holmes (play 1923-1924)". www.arthur-conan-doyle.com. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
- ↑ The $500 Reward at the Internet Movie Database
- ↑ http://sherlockian-sherlock.com/sherlock-holmes-actors.php
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