List of actors who have played Dr. Watson

List of actors who have played Dr. Watson in various media.

Radio and audio dramas

NameTitleDateType
Richard Gordon The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes[1] 1930-1931 (American)
Leigh Lovell The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes[1] 1931-1935 (American)
Harry West Sherlock Holmes[1] 1936 (American)
Ray Collins Sherlock Holmes[2] 1938 (American)
Nigel Bruce The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 1940-1947 (American)
Carleton Hobbs The Boscombe Valley Mystery[3] 1943 BBC Home Service
Ralph Truman My Dear Watson[3] 1943 BBC Home Service
Alfred Shirley The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 1947-1948 (American)
Ian Martin The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 1948 (American)
Eric Snowden The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 1949-1950 (American)
Norman Shelley Sherlock Holmes 1953- (British)
The Hound of the Baskervilles 1958 (British)
The Valley of Fear 1960 (British)
A Study in Scarlet 1962 (British)
The Sign of the Four 1963 (British)
Sherlock Holmes Returns 1964 (British)
Sherlock Holmes Again 1966-1967 (British)
Ralph Richardson The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 1954 (British)
Dinsdale Landon A Study in Scarlet[4] 1974 (British)
Court Benson CBS Radio Mystery Theater - "A Scandal in Bohemia"[5] 1977 (American)
Andrew Sachs The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 2002-2010 BBC Radio 4 (British)
Richard Earl Sherlock Holmes[6] 2010–2018 Audio dramas (Big Finish Productions)

Stage plays

NameTitleDateType
Seymour Hicks Under The Clock[7] 1893 Stage (Royal Court Theatre)
St. John Hamund Sherlock Holmes[8] 1894 Stage (Royalty Theatre, Glasgow)
Bruce McRae Sherlock Holmes 1899 Broadway (American)
Claude King The Speckled Band[9] 1910 (British)
R.V. Taylour The Crown Diamond[10] 1921 (British)
H. G. Stoker The Return of Sherlock Holmes 1923 (British)
Jack Raine Sherlock Holmes 1953 (American)
Peter Sallis Baker Street 1965 Musical (American)
Tim Pigott-Smith Sherlock Holmes 1974 Stage revival (British)
Dennis Cooney Sherlock Holmes 1974 Stage revival (American)
Timothy Landfield The Crucifer of Blood 1978 Broadway (American)
Denis Lill The Crucifer of Blood 1979 (British)
Richard Woods Sherlock Holmes[11] 1981 (filmed for HBO) Stage revival (Williamstown Theater Festival)
Jeremy Brett The Crucifer of Blood 1981 Stage (Los Angeles)
Alan Stanford The Mask of Moriarty[12] 1985 Stage (Dublin)
Donal Donnelly Sherlock's Last Case[13] 1987 Stage (Nederlander Theatre)
John Nicholson The Hound of the Baskervilles[14] 2007 Stage (West Yorkshire Playhouse)
Lucas Hall Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery[15] 2015 Arena Stage in Southwest, Washington, D.C.
Usman Ally Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery[16] 2015 Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, California
Patrick Robinson Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery[17] 2017-2018 Liverpool Playhouse

Television and DTV films

NameTitleDateType
William Podmore The Three Garridebs[18] 1937 Television play on NBC (American)
Campbell Singer The Man with the Twisted Lip[19] 1951 Potential series pilot (British)
Philip King The Mazarin Stone[20] 1951 Television film for BBC (British)
Bernard Fox The Hound of the Baskervilles 1972 (American)
Edward Fox Doctor Watson and the Darkwater Hall Mystery[4] 1974 (British)
Patrick Macnee Sherlock Holmes in New York 1976 (American)
Thorley Walters Silver Blaze 1977 (Canadian)
Terence Rigby The Hound of the Baskervilles 1982 Television serial (British)
Erle Cross Sherlock Holmes and the Valley of Fear 1983 Animated television film. Voice only. (Australian)
Sherlock Holmes and the Sign of Four 1983 Animated television film. Voice only. (Australian)
Sherlock Holmes and the Baskerville Curse 1983 Animated television film. Voice only. (Australian)
Sherlock Holmes and a Study in Scarlet 1983 Animated television film. Voice only. (Australian)
David Healy The Sign of Four 1983 (British-American)
Donald Churchill The Hound of the Baskervilles 1983 (British-American)
John Mills The Masks of Death 1984 (British)
John Hillerman Hands of a Murderer 1990 (British)
Richard Johnson The Crucifer of Blood 1991 Television film adaptation of the play (American)
Patrick Macnee Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady 1991 Television film
Incident at Victoria Falls 1992 Television film
John Scott-Paget The Hound of London 1993 (Canadian-Luxembourgian)
Kenneth Welsh The Hound of the Baskervilles 2000 (Canadian)
The Sign of Four 2001 (Canadian)
The Royal Scandal 2001 (Canadian)
The Case of the Whitechapel Vampire 2002 (Canadian)
Ian Hart The Hound of the Baskervilles 2002 (British)
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking 2004 (British)
Roger Morlidge Sherlock: Case of Evil 2002 (American)
Bill Paterson Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars 2007 BBC television film (British)
John Rhys-Davies Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes 2010 Animated DTV film. Voice only. (American)

Television series

NameTitleDateType
Melville Cooper Your Show Time - "The Speckled Band" 1949 (American)
Raymond Francis Sherlock Holmes 1951 (British)
Jack Raine Suspense - "The Adventure of the Black Baronet" 1953 (American)
H. Marion-Crawford Sherlock Holmes 1954-1955 (American-French)
Nigel Stock Sherlock Holmes 1965-1968 (British)
Paul Edwin Roth Sherlock Holmes 1967–1968 TV series (Germany)
Gianni Bonagura Sherlock Holmes 1968 TV series (Italy)
Donald Pickering Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson 1979 (American-Polish)
Vitaly Solomin The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson 1979-1986 (Russian)
David Burke The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 1984-1985 Television series (British)
Edward Hardwicke The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 1986-1994 Television series (British)
Patrick Monckton Alfred Hitchcock Presents - "My Dear Watson" 1989 (American)
Martin Freeman Sherlock 2010 - Present Television series (British)
Lucy Liu Elementary 2012 - Present Television series (American)

Theatrical films

NameTitleDateType
Mr. Moyse Silver Blaze[9] 1912 Short film (British-French)
The Beryl Coronet[9] 1912 Short film (British-French)
The Musgrave Ritual[9] 1912 Short film (British-French)
The Reigate Squares[9] 1912 Short film (British-French)
The Stolen Papers[9] 1912 Short film (British-French)
The Mystery of Boscombe Valley[9] 1912 Short film (British-French)
The Copper Beeches[9] 1912 Short film (British-French)
Jack Francis A Study in Scarlet[21] 1914 (American)
Edward Fielding Sherlock Holmes 1916 First silent film adaptation of the stage play (American)
Arthur M. Cullin The Valley of Fear 1916 Silent film (British)
Hubert Willis Sherlock Holmes Stoll film series 1921 to 1923 Series of silent films (British)
Roland Young Sherlock Holmes 1922 Silent film adaptation of the stage play (American)
George Seroff The Hound of the Baskervilles 1929 Silent film (German)
H. Reeves-Smith The Return of Sherlock Holmes 1929 (American)
Ian Fleming The Sleeping Cardinal 1931 (British)
The Missing Rembrandt 1932 Considered lost (British)
The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes 1935 (British)
Silver Blaze 1937 (British)
Athole Stewart The Speckled Band 1931 (British)
Ian Hunter The Sign of Four 1932 (British)
Reginald Owen Sherlock Holmes 1932 First sound adaptation of the stage play (American)
Frederick Lloyd The Hound of the Baskervilles 1932 (British)
Warburton Gamble A Study in Scarlet 1933 (American)
Fritz Odemar The Hound of the Baskervilles 1937 (German)
Nigel Bruce Sherlock Holmes (1939 film series) 1939-1946 (American)
The Hound of the Baskervilles 1939 (American)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 1939 (American)
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror 1942 (American)
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon 1943 (American)
Sherlock Holmes in Washington 1943 (American)
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death 1943 (American)
Crazy House 1943 Cameo (American)
The Spider Woman 1944 (American)
The Scarlet Claw 1944 (American)
The Pearl of Death 1944 (American)
The House of Fear 1945 (American)
The Woman in Green 1945 (American)
Pursuit to Algiers 1945 (American)
Terror by Night 1946 (American)
Dressed to Kill 1946 (American)
André Morell The Hound of the Baskervilles 1959 (British)
Thorley Walters Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace 1962 (West German-French-Italian)
The Best House in London 1969 (British)
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother 1975 (American)
Donald Houston A Study in Terror 1965 (British)
Colin Blakely The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes 1970 (American)
Robert Duvall The Seven-Per-Cent Solution 1976 (American)
Dudley Moore The Hound of the Baskervilles 1978 (British)
James Mason Murder by Decree 1979 (British-Canadian)
Alan Cox Young Sherlock Holmes 1985 (American)
Laurie Main The Great Mouse Detective 1986 Animated film. Voice only. (American)
Ben Kingsley Without a Clue 1988 (American)
Jude Law Sherlock Holmes 2009 (British-American)
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows 2011 (British-American)
Colin Starkey Mr. Holmes 2015 (British-American)

See also

References

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  2. ↑ Eyles, Alan (1986). Sherlock Holmes: A Centenary Celebration. Harper & Row. p. 134. ISBN 0-06-015620-1.
  3. 1 2 Pointer, Michael (1975). The Public Life of Sherlock Holmes. Drake. p. 176. ISBN 0-87749-725-7.
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  5. ↑ Payton, Gordon; Grams Jr., Martin (2012). The CBS Radio Mystery Theater: An Episode Guide and Handbook to Nine Years of Broadcasting, 1974–1982. McFarland & Company. p. 216. ISBN 9780786492282.
  6. ↑ Big Finish – Sherlock Holmes
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  13. ↑ Rich, Frank (August 21, 1987). "Stage: Langella In 'Sherlock's Last'". The New York Times. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
  14. ↑ Hickling, Alfred (January 27, 2007). "The Hound of the Baskervilles". The Guardian. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
  15. ↑ Wren, Celia (January 18, 2015). "'Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery' charges into Arena Stage". The Washington Post. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
  16. ↑ Verini, Bob (August 3, 2015). "Regional Theater Review: 'Baskerville,' Ken Ludwig's Sherlock Tale". Variety. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
  17. ↑ "Baskerville - A Sherlock Holmes Mystery". Liverpool Playhouse. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
  18. ↑ Haining, Peter (1994). The Television Sherlock Holmes. Virgin Books. pp. 44–47. ISBN 0-86369-793-3. }
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  20. ↑ Haining, Peter (1994). The Television Sherlock Holmes. Virgin Books. p. 51. ISBN 0-86369-793-3. }
  21. ↑ Barnes, Alan (2002). Sherlock Holmes on Screen. Reynolds & Hearn Ltd. p. 206. ISBN 1-903111-04-8.
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