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Birthday: Jan 21, 1875
Place of Birth: London, England, UK

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.

Filmography
Movie Cast Year
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp Embassy Counsellor 1943
The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case Sherlock Holmes 1932
Genevieve Old Gentleman 1953
Silver Blaze Sherlock Holmes 1937
The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes 1935
The Terror Colonel Redmayne 1938
The Sleeping Cardinal Sherlock Holmes 1931
Lady Windermere's Fan Lord Darlington 1916
Kate Plus Ten Colonel Westhanger 1938
Pygmalion Colonel Pickering 1948
Dishonour Bright Judge 1936
Condemned to Death Sir Charles Wallington 1932
Ten Little Indians General Mackenzie 1949
Sea Devils Baron de Baudrec 1953
Bonnie Prince Charlie Lord Kingsburgh 1923
The Diamond Man Lady Marshalt 1924
Eugene Aram Eugene Aram 1924
A Gentleman of Paris Judge Le Fevre 1931
The Missing Rembrandt Sherlock Holmes 1932
The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes (archive footage) 1985
Storm in a Teacup Fiscal 1937
Blanche Fury Lord Rudford 1948
Thunder in the City Sir Peter 1937
Brandy for the Parson Major Glockleigh 1952
The Elusive Pimpernel Lord Grenville 1950
The Bigamist Tony Henderson 1916
Temptation's Hour 1970
The Live Wire Montell 1938
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