Biography
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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.
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Filmography
all 28
Movies 28
![The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/32101-the-many-faces-of-sherlock-holmes.webp)
The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes (1985)
![Genevieve](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/104959-genevieve.webp)
Genevieve (1953)
![Sea Devils](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/54484-sea-devils.webp)
Sea Devils (1953)
![Brandy for the Parson](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/88689-brandy-for-the-parson.webp)
Brandy for the Parson (1952)
![The Elusive Pimpernel](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/79980-the-elusive-pimpernel.webp)
The Elusive Pimpernel (1950)
![Ten Little Indians](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/b.webp)
Ten Little Indians (1949)
![Blanche Fury](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/91505-blanche-fury.webp)
Blanche Fury (1948)
![Pygmalion](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/1044005-pygmalion.webp)
Pygmalion (1948)
![The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/8700-the-life-and-death-of-colonel-blimp.webp)
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
![The Live Wire](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/b.webp)
The Live Wire (1938)
![The Terror](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/34955-the-terror.webp)
The Terror (1938)
![Kate Plus Ten](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/135101-kate-plus-ten.webp)
Kate Plus Ten (1938)
![Silver Blaze](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/134950-murder-at-the-baskervilles.webp)
Silver Blaze (1937)
![Thunder in the City](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/64905-thunder-in-the-city.webp)
Thunder in the City (1937)
![The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/103823-the-triumph-of-sherlock-holmes.webp)
The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (1935)
![The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/103802-the-sign-of-four-sherlock-holmes-greatest-case.webp)
The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case (1932)
![The Missing Rembrandt](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/399909-the-missing-rembrandt.webp)
The Missing Rembrandt (1932)
![Condemned to Death](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/622398-condemned-to-death.webp)
Condemned to Death (1932)
![A Gentleman of Paris](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/575824-a-gentleman-of-paris.webp)
A Gentleman of Paris (1931)
![The Sleeping Cardinal](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/103825-the-sleeping-cardinal.webp)
The Sleeping Cardinal (1931)
![The Diamond Man](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/b.webp)
The Diamond Man (1924)
![Eugene Aram](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/b.webp)
Eugene Aram (1924)
![Bonnie Prince Charlie](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/114888-bonnie-prince-charlie.webp)
Bonnie Prince Charlie (1923)
![The Bigamist](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/b.webp)
The Bigamist (1916)
![Lady Windermere's Fan](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/184413-lady-windermere-s-fan.webp)
Lady Windermere's Fan (1916)
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GenderMale
Birthday1875-01-21
Deathday1960-07-10 (85 years old)
Birth PlaceLondon, United Kingdom
Height
SpouseRosecleer Alice Amelia Blanche Kingwell
ChildrenHugh Wontner
FatherThomas Arthur Smith
MotherEmily Mary Smith
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom
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