Arthur Conan Doyle

Personal Info

Know For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1859-05-22 (71 years old)

Deathday

1930-07-07

Place of Birth

Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Arthur Conan Doyle

Biography

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a British writer and physician. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for A Study in Scarlet, the first of four novels and fifty-six short stories about Holmes and Dr. Watson. The Sherlock Holmes stories are milestones in the field of crime fiction. Doyle was a prolific writer. In addition to the Holmes stories, his works include fantasy and science fiction stories about Professor Challenger, humorous stories about the Napoleonic soldier Brigadier Gerard, plays, romances, poetry, nonfiction, and historical novels. One of Doyle's early short stories, "J. Habakuk Jephso...

Acting

1925

The Lost World

as Himself

1914

Our Mutual Girl

as Self (episode 21)

1929

1995

Sherlock Holmes: The Great Detective

as Self (archive footage)

1986

Hollywood Ghost Stories

as Himself (archive footage)

2013

The Psychology of Scary Movies

as Self (archive footage)

2007

Elementary My Dear Viewer

as Self(archive footage)(as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Production

1925

1998

2009

Sherlock Holmes

as Characters

1946

1985

1944

The Scarlet Claw

as Characters

1979

Murder by Decree

as Characters

1984

The Masks of Death

as Characters

1945

Pursuit to Algiers

as Characters

2001

1922

1960

1927

1909

The Grey Dame

as Characters

1932

1983

1965

A Study in Terror

as Characters

2001

2015

Mr. Holmes

as Characters

1951

Jighangsa

as Story

1912

1914

1937

Silver Blaze

as Story

2025

1999

1923

1944

The Pearl of Death

as Original Story

1982

1923

1923

1923

His Last Bow

as Story

1923

1922

2018

Holmes & Watson

as Characters

2024

Sherlock Hound: The Movie

as Original Concept

1977

Silver Blaze

as Novel

1916

1946

1932

1931

2022

Enola Holmes 2

as Characters

2020

Enola Holmes

as Characters

1993

The Last Vampyre

as Short Story

1970

2018

Sherlock Gnomes

as Characters

2015

The Parasite

as Writer

1943

2002

1933

2023

In the Moscow Slums

as Adaptation

1987

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Enola Holmes 3

as Characters

1971

2012

1932

2011

1900

1993

2001

1993

The Hound of London

as Characters

1923

1921

1916

Sherlock Holmes

as Characters

1945

1945

1921

A Scandal in Bohemia

as Original Story

1922

The Golden Pince-Nez

as Original Story

1923

The Final Problem

as Original Story

1922

1923

1923

1923

1923

Silver Blaze

as Novel

1922

1922

Black Peter

as Novel

1922

1922

1922

1921

1921

1921

1921

1921

1921

1921

1998

1994

1992

2020

1924

1933

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