Arthur Wontner

January 21, 1875 · London, England, UK

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"

Often works with

Ian Fleming
3 titles together
The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes, Silver Blaze, The Sleeping Cardinal
Minnie Rayner
3 titles together
The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes, Silver Blaze, The Sleeping Cardinal
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Edward Lexy
3 titles together
Blanche Fury, The Terror, Kate Plus Ten
David Hutcheson
2 titles together
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, The Elusive Pimpernel
Ursula Jeans
2 titles together
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, Storm in a Teacup
Kenneth More
2 titles together
Genevieve, Brandy for the Parson

Full filmography · 28

Temptation's Hour
cast
Upcoming
The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes
as Sherlock Holmes (archive footage)
1985
Genevieve
as Old Gentleman
19536.7
Sea Devils
as Baron de Baudrec
19535.8
Brandy for the Parson
as Major Glockleigh
1952
The Elusive Pimpernel
as Lord Grenville
1950
Ten Little Indians
as General Mackenzie
1949
Blanche Fury
as Lord Rudford
19486.2
Pygmalion
as Colonel Pickering
1948
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
as Embassy Counsellor
19437.5
The Live Wire
as Montell
1938
The Terror
as Colonel Redmayne
1938