Arthur Wontner
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday21 January 1875
Died10 July 1960 (age 85)
Place of birthLondon, England, UK
Known credits30
Biography
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 Sherl…
The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes
1985 · Sherlock Holmes (archive footage)
Genevieve
1953 · Old Gentleman
Sea Devils
1953 · Baron de Baudrec
Brandy for the Parson
1952 · Major Glockleigh
The Warden
1951 · Bishop of Barchester
The Elusive Pimpernel
1950 · Lord Grenville
Ten Little Indians
1949 · General Mackenzie
Blanche Fury
1948 · Lord Rudford
Pygmalion
1948 · Colonel Pickering
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
1943 · Embassy Counsellor
Old Iron
1938 · Judge
The Live Wire
1938 · Montell
The Terror
1938 · Colonel Redmayne
Kate Plus Ten
1938 · Colonel Westhanger
Silver Blaze
1937 · Sherlock Holmes
Thunder in the City
1937 · Sir Peter
Storm in a Teacup
1937 · Fiscal
Dishonour Bright
1936 · Judge
The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes
1935 · Sherlock Holmes
The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case
1932 · Sherlock Holmes
The Missing Rembrandt
1932 · Sherlock Holmes
Condemned to Death
1932 · Sir Charles Wallington
A Gentleman of Paris
1931 · Judge Le Fevre
The Sleeping Cardinal
1931 · Sherlock Holmes
The Diamond Man
1924 · Lady Marshalt
Eugene Aram
1924 · Eugene Aram
Bonnie Prince Charlie
1923 · Lord Kingsburgh
The Bigamist
1916 · Tony Henderson
Lady Windermere's Fan
1916 · Lord Darlington
Temptation's Hour
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