Arthur Wontner

Known for ActingBorn 1875-01-21Died 1960-07-10London, England, UK

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Bonnie Prince Charlie

The Bigamist

Ten Little Indians

The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes

Eugene Aram

Kate Plus Ten

The Live Wire

The Diamond Man

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

Storm in a Teacup

Lady Windermere's Fan

Pygmalion

Condemned to Death

The Missing Rembrandt

Genevieve

Brandy for the Parson

The Terror

Dishonour Bright

Blanche Fury

The Elusive Pimpernel

Sea Devils

Thunder in the City

Silver Blaze

The Sleeping Cardinal

The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes

The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case

A Gentleman of Paris

Temptation's Hour