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person_profile-Arthur Wontner

Arthur Wontner Died at age: 85

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Arthur Wontner

Date of Birth:

Jan 21, 1875

Country of birth:

UK

Died:

Jul 10, 1960

Biography of

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.

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Filmography of

Arthur Wontner

Found 22 Movies in total

The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1985

Genevieve

Old Gentleman ( Actor )

... 1953

Sea Devils

Baron de Baudrec ( Actor )

... 1953

Brandy for the Parson

Major Glockleigh ( Actor )

... 1952

The Elusive Pimpernel

Lord Grenville ( Actor )

... 1950

Blanche Fury

Lord Rudford ( Actor )

... 1948

Pygmalion

Colonel Pickering ( Actor )

... 1948

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

Embassy Counsellor ( Actor )

... 1943

The Terror

col. ( Actor )

... 1938

Kate Plus Ten

Colonel Westhanger ( Actor )

... 1938

Silver Blaze

Sherlock Holmes ( Actor )

... 1937

Thunder in the City

Sir Peter ( Actor )

... 1937

Storm in a Teacup

Fiscal ( Actor )

... 1937

Dishonour Bright

Judge ( Actor )

... 1936

The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes ( Actor )

... 1935

... 1932

The Missing Rembrandt

Sherlock Holmes ( Actor )

... 1932

Condemned to Death

Sir Charles Wallington ( Actor )

... 1932

A Gentleman of Paris

Judge Le Fevre ( Actor )

... 1931

The Sleeping Cardinal

Sherlock Holmes ( Actor )

... 1931

Bonnie Prince Charlie

Lord Kingsburgh ( Actor )

... 1923

Lady Windermere's Fan

Lord Darlington ( Actor )

... 1916