Arthur Wontner

Actor

Born: January 21, 1875
Died: July 10, 1960 (age 85)
From: London, England, UK

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' Fatal Hour) based on Doyle's two stories, "The Adventure of the Empty House" and "The Final…

Filmography (29)

The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes (1985)
Sherlock Holmes (archive footage)
Genevieve (1953)
Old Gentleman
Sea Devils (1953)
Baron de Baudrec
Brandy for the Parson (1952)
Major Glockleigh
The Elusive Pimpernel (1950)
Lord Grenville
Ten Little Indians
Ten Little Indians (1949)
General Mackenzie
Blanche Fury (1948)
Lord Rudford
Pygmalion (1948)
Colonel Pickering
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
Embassy Counsellor
Old Iron
Old Iron (1938)
Judge
The Live Wire
The Live Wire (1938)
Montell
The Terror
The Terror (1938)
Colonel Redmayne
Kate Plus Ten (1938)
Colonel Westhanger
Silver Blaze (1937)
Sherlock Holmes
Thunder in the City (1937)
Sir Peter
Storm in a Teacup (1937)
Fiscal
Dishonour Bright (1936)
Judge
The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (1935)
Sherlock Holmes
The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case (1932)
Sherlock Holmes
The Missing Rembrandt (1932)
Sherlock Holmes
Condemned to Death (1932)
Sir Charles Wallington
A Gentleman of Paris (1931)
Judge Le Fevre
The Sleeping Cardinal (1931)
Sherlock Holmes
The Diamond Man
The Diamond Man (1924)
Lady Marshalt
Eugene Aram
Eugene Aram (1924)
Eugene Aram
Bonnie Prince Charlie (1923)
Lord Kingsburgh
The Bigamist
The Bigamist (1916)
Tony Henderson
Lady Windermere's Fan (1916)
Lord Darlington
Temptation's Hour
Temptation's Hour