Arthur Wontner
29 movies · 1 TV show
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jan 21, 1875
- Died
- Jul 10, 1960 (age 85)
- Place of birth
- London, England, UK
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:
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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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Arthur Wontner: movies and TV shows
Acting (30)
- Upcoming
- 1985 The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes
as Sherlock Holmes (archive footage)
- 1953 Genevieve
as Old Gentleman
- 1953 Sea Devils
as Baron de Baudrec
- 1952 Brandy for the Parson
as Major Glockleigh
- 1951
- 1950 The Elusive Pimpernel
as Lord Grenville
- 1949 Ten Little Indians
as General Mackenzie
- 1948 Blanche Fury
as Lord Rudford
- 1948 Pygmalion
as Colonel Pickering
- 1943 The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
as Embassy Counsellor
- 1938 Old Iron
as Judge
- 1938 The Live Wire
as Montell
- 1938 The Terror
as Colonel Redmayne
- 1938 Kate Plus Ten
as Colonel Westhanger
- 1937 Silver Blaze
as Sherlock Holmes
- 1937 Thunder in the City
as Sir Peter
- 1937 Storm in a Teacup
as Fiscal
- 1936 Dishonour Bright
as Judge
- 1935 The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes
as Sherlock Holmes
- 1932 The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case
as Sherlock Holmes
- 1932 The Missing Rembrandt
as Sherlock Holmes
- 1932 Condemned to Death
as Sir Charles Wallington
- 1931 A Gentleman of Paris
as Judge Le Fevre
- 1931 The Sleeping Cardinal
as Sherlock Holmes
- 1924 The Diamond Man
as Lady Marshalt
- 1924 Eugene Aram
as Eugene Aram
- 1923 Bonnie Prince Charlie
as Lord Kingsburgh
- 1916 The Bigamist
as Tony Henderson
- 1916 Lady Windermere's Fan
as Lord Darlington