Arthur Wontner
Birthday
1875/01/21
Day of death
1960/07/10 (85 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
Also know as
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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 August...Read more
Acting
(1943) The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
as Embassy Counsellor
(1932) The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case
as Sherlock Holmes
(1953) Genevieve
as Old Gentleman
(1937) Silver Blaze
as Sherlock Holmes
(1935) The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes
as Sherlock Holmes
(1938) The Terror
as Colonel Redmayne
(1931) The Sleeping Cardinal
as Sherlock Holmes
(1916) Lady Windermere's Fan
as Lord Darlington
(1938) Kate Plus Ten
as Colonel Westhanger
(1948) Pygmalion
as Colonel Pickering
(1936) Dishonour Bright
as Judge
(1932) Condemned to Death
as Sir Charles Wallington
(1949) Ten Little Indians
as General Mackenzie
(1953) Sea Devils
as Baron de Baudrec
(1923) Bonnie Prince Charlie
as Lord Kingsburgh
(1924) The Diamond Man
as Lady Marshalt
(1924) Eugene Aram
as Eugene Aram
(1931) A Gentleman of Paris
as Judge Le Fevre
(1932) The Missing Rembrandt
as Sherlock Holmes
(1985) The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes
as Sherlock Holmes (archive footage)
(1937) Storm in a Teacup
as Fiscal
(1948) Blanche Fury
as Lord Rudford
(1937) Thunder in the City
as Sir Peter
(1952) Brandy for the Parson
as Major Glockleigh
(1950) The Elusive Pimpernel
as Lord Grenville
(1916) The Bigamist
as Tony Henderson
Temptation's Hour
as ---
(1938) The Live Wire
as Montell