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Arthur Wontner
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Arthur Wontner
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1875-01-21,London, England, UK
Gender
Male
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 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.

Filmography

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

7.453

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
1943-07-26

The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case

4.8

The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case
1932-05-12

6.696

Genevieve
1953-05-28

5.711

Silver Blaze
1937-07-01

The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes

5.385

The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes
1935-03-24

6.5

The Terror
1938-05-02

The Sleeping Cardinal

5.5

The Sleeping Cardinal
1931-02-15

Lady Windermere's Fan

7.5

Lady Windermere's Fan
1916-07-01

8.333

Kate Plus Ten
1938-03-17

7

Pygmalion
1948-02-08

Dishonour Bright

6.5

Dishonour Bright
1936-09-21

Condemned to Death

7

Condemned to Death
1932-01-21

Ten Little Indians

9

Ten Little Indians
1949-08-20

5.9

Sea Devils
1953-04-12

Bonnie Prince Charlie

10

Bonnie Prince Charlie
1923-11-01

The Diamond Man

8

The Diamond Man
1924-09-30

9

Eugene Aram
1924-02-28

A Gentleman of Paris

4.25

A Gentleman of Paris
1931-12-04

The Missing Rembrandt

7

The Missing Rembrandt
1932-02-12

The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes

8.5

The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes
1985-01-01

Storm in a Teacup

7.4

Storm in a Teacup
1937-02-25

6.2

Blanche Fury
1948-02-19

Thunder in the City

6

Thunder in the City
1937-04-22

Brandy for the Parson

6.5

Brandy for the Parson
1952-05-02

The Elusive Pimpernel

6

The Elusive Pimpernel
1950-11-07

10

The Bigamist
1916-11-01

Temptation's Hour

10

Temptation's Hour

8

The Live Wire
1938-06-13