Arthur Wontner

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Arthur Wontner (January 21, 1875 - July 10, 1960) was a British actor best known for playing Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's master detective Sherlock Holmes in five films from 1931-1937. These films are:

• The Sleeping Cardinal (1931) (US title: Sherlock Holmes' Fatal Hour)
• The Missing Rembrandt (1932)
• The Sign of Four (1932)
• The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (1935)
• Silver Blaze (1937) (US title: Murder at the Baskervilles, release 1941)

Ironically, Wontner landed the role of Sherlock Holmes thanks to his performance of Holmes imitation Sexton Blake in a 1930 stage production.