Arthur Wontner
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 Silver Blaze (1937) (US title:Murder at the Baskervilles, release 1941) based on "Silver Blaze" Reportedly, Wontner landed the role of Sherlock Holmes thanks to his performance of Holmes imitation Sexton Blake in a 1930 stage production. Of all Wontner's films as Sherlock Holmes, The Missing Rembrandt is no longer available. It is officially a lost film. It is possible to obtain all of the others. Silver Blaze was renamed Murder at the Baskervilles on its US release in order to make the most of the publicity which had been generated by Basil Rathbone's version of The Hound of the Baskervilles. In many respects Wontner's film can be seen as a sequel as it is set twenty years after the events of the more famous story. Wontner's son became the well-known hotelier and Lord Mayor of London Sir Hugh Wontner. Description above from the Wikipedia article Arthur Wontner,licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 1985 · The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes as Sherlock Holmes (archive footage)
- 1953 · Genevieve as Old Gentleman
- 1953 · Sea Devils as Baron de Baudrec
- 1952 · Brandy for the Parson as Major Glockleigh
- 1950 · The Elusive Pimpernel as Lord Grenville
- 1949 · Ten Little Indians as General Mackenzie
- 1948 · Blanche Fury as Lord Rudford
- 1948 · Pygmalion as Colonel Pickering
- 1943 · The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp as Embassy Counsellor
- 1938 · The Terror as Colonel Redmayne
- 1938 · Kate Plus Ten as Colonel Westhanger
- 1937 · Silver Blaze as Sherlock Holmes
- 1937 · Thunder in the City as Sir Peter
- 1937 · Storm in a Teacup as Fiscal
- 1936 · Dishonour Bright as Judge
- 1935 · The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes as Sherlock Holmes
- 1932 · The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case as Sherlock Holmes
- 1932 · The Missing Rembrandt as Sherlock Holmes
- 1932 · Condemned to Death as Sir Charles Wallington
- 1931 · A Gentleman of Paris as Judge Le Fevre
- 1931 · The Sleeping Cardinal as Sherlock Holmes
- 1924 · The Diamond Man as Lady Marshalt
- 1924 · Eugene Aram as Eugene Aram
- 1923 · Bonnie Prince Charlie as Lord Kingsburgh
- 1916 · Lady Windermere's Fan as Lord Darlington