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Arthur Wontner
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Film & TV
London, 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…
Known for
- The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes — Sherlock Holmes (archive footage)1985
- Genevieve — Old Gentleman1953
- Sea Devils — Baron de Baudrec1953
- Brandy for the Parson — Major Glockleigh1952
- The Warden — Bishop of Barchester1951
- The Elusive Pimpernel — Lord Grenville1950
- Ten Little Indians — General Mackenzie1949
- Pygmalion — Colonel Pickering1948
- Blanche Fury — Lord Rudford1948
- The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp — Embassy Counsellor1943
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1875-01-21
- Active to
- 1960-07-10
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Arthur
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- London
- Place of death
- London
- Occupation
- film actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Arthur Wontner as Sherlock Holmes in The Sleeping Cardinal.png
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- Arthur Wontner
- date of birth
- 1875-01-21
- date of death
- 1960-07-10
- start of work period
- 1916-00-00
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