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Arthur Wontner was a British actor and sometime actor-manager, familiar on stage in a wide range of roles, from comedy to melodrama, and classics to musical shows. He also acted in films from 1915 to 1955 and was particularly known for playing Arthur Conan Doyle's master detective Sherlock Holmes in five films from 1931 to 1937.
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Filmography9 titles
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
1943as Embassy Counsellor
1943as Embassy Counsellor
Storm in a Teacup
1937as Fiscal
1937as Fiscal
Genevieve
1953as Old Gentleman
1953as Old Gentleman
Blanche Fury
1948as Lord Rudford
1948as Lord Rudford
Sea Devils
1953as Baron de Baudrec
1953as Baron de Baudrec
Silver Blaze
1937as Sherlock Holmes
1937as Sherlock Holmes
The Sleeping Cardinal
1931as Sherlock Holmes
1931as Sherlock Holmes
The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes
1935as Sherlock Holmes
1935as Sherlock Holmes
The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case
1932as Sherlock Holmes
1932as Sherlock Holmes