Arthur Wontner

Arthur Wontner

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

21/01/1875

Day of Death

10/07/1960
(85) years old

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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' ... Read More

Filmography

Cast

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

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

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 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