Arthur Wontner
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1875-01-21 (85 years old)
Deathday
1960-07-10
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
Also known As
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Arthur Wontner
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 Sherlock Holmes (1935) based on The Valley of Fear ...
Acting
1943
as Embassy Counsellor
1932
as Sherlock Holmes
1953
as Old Gentleman
1937
as Sherlock Holmes
1935
as Sherlock Holmes
1938
as Colonel Redmayne
1931
as Sherlock Holmes
1916
as Lord Darlington
1938
as Colonel Westhanger
1948
as Colonel Pickering
1936
as Judge
1932
as Sir Charles Wallington
1949
as General Mackenzie
1953
as Baron de Baudrec
1923
as Lord Kingsburgh
1924
as Lady Marshalt
1924
as Eugene Aram
1931
as Judge Le Fevre
1932
as Sherlock Holmes
1985
as Sherlock Holmes (archive footage)
1937
as Fiscal
1948
as Lord Rudford
1937
as Sir Peter
1952
as Major Glockleigh
1950
as Lord Grenville
1916
as Tony Henderson
1938
as Montell
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