From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaArthur Wontner (21 January 1875 – 10 July 1960) was a British actor best known for playing Sir Arthur Conan Doyles 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 Doyles 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 titleMurder at the Baskervilles, release 1941) based on Silver BlazeReportedly, Wontner landed the role of Sherlock Holmes thanks to his performance of Holmes imitation Sexton Blake in a 1930 stage production.Of all Wontners 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 Rathbones version of The Hound of the Baskervilles. In many respects Wontners film can be seen as a sequel as it is set twenty years after the events of the more famous story.Wontners 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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The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

Embassy Counsellor

Movie 1943

The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case

Sherlock Holmes

Movie 1932

Genevieve

Old Gentleman

Movie 1953

Silver Blaze

Sherlock Holmes

Movie 1937

The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes

Movie 1935

The Terror

Colonel Redmayne

Movie 1938

The Sleeping Cardinal

Sherlock Holmes

Movie 1931

Lady Windermere's Fan

Lord Darlington

Movie 1916

Pygmalion

Colonel Pickering

Movie 1948

Dishonour Bright

Judge

Movie 1936

Condemned to Death

Sir Charles Wallington

Movie 1932

Ten Little Indians

General Mackenzie

Movie 1949

Bonnie Prince Charlie

Lord Kingsburgh

Movie 1923

The Diamond Man

Lady Marshalt

Movie 1924

Eugene Aram

Eugene Aram

Movie 1924

A Gentleman of Paris

Judge Le Fevre

Movie 1931

The Missing Rembrandt

Sherlock Holmes

Movie 1932

The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes (archive footage)

Movie 1985

Blanche Fury

Lord Rudford

Movie 1948

Thunder in the City

Sir Peter

Movie 1937

Brandy for the Parson

Major Glockleigh

Movie 1952

The Elusive Pimpernel

Lord Grenville

Movie 1950

The Bigamist

Tony Henderson

Movie 1916

Temptation's Hour

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The Live Wire

Montell

Movie 1938