Arthur Wontner

Arthur Wontner

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 Problem"     The Missing Rembrandt (1932) (still considered lost) based on "The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton"     The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case (1932)     The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (1935) based on The Valley of Fear     Silver Blaze (1937) (US title:Murder at the Baskervilles, release 1941) based on "Silver Blaze" Reportedly, Wontner landed the role of Sherlock Holmes thanks to his performance of Holmes imitation Sexton Blake in a 1930 stage production. Of all Wontner's films as Sherlock Holmes, The Missing Rembrandt is no longer available. It is officially a lost film. It is possible to obtain all of the others. Silver Blaze was renamed Murder at the Baskervilles on its US release in order to make the most of the publicity which had been generated by Basil Rathbone's version of The Hound of the Baskervilles. In many respects Wontner's film can be seen as a sequel as it is set twenty years after the events of the more famous story. Wontner's son became the well-known hotelier and Lord Mayor of London Sir Hugh Wontner. Description above from the Wikipedia article Arthur Wontner,licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Title: Arthur Wontner
  • Popularity: 0.958
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1875-01-21
  • Place of Birth: London, England, UK
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Arthur Wontner Movies

  • 1943
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    The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

    The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

    7.5 1943 HD

    General Candy, who's overseeing an English squad in 1943, is a veteran leader who doesn't have the respect of the men he's training and is considered...

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  • 1932
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    The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case

    The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case

    4.5 1932 HD

    A young woman turns to Holmes for protection when she's menaced by an escaped killer seeking missing treasure. However, when the woman is kidnapped,...

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  • 1953
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    Genevieve

    Genevieve

    6.6 1953 HD

    Two friends driving in the London to Brighton vintage car rally bet on which of them will be the first to arrive back home.

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  • 1937
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    Silver Blaze

    Silver Blaze

    5.5 1937 HD

    Holmes takes a vacation and visits his old friend Sir Henry Baskerville. His vacation ends when he suddenly finds himself in the middle of a...

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  • 1935
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    The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes

    The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes

    5.4 1935 HD

    Holmes, retired to Sussex, is drawn into a last case when his arch enemy Moriarty arranges with an American gang to kill one John Douglas, a country...

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  • 1938
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    The Terror

    The Terror

    5.7 1938 HD

    For ten years, The Terror has laughed at both police and public. And for ten years, two of his erstwhile associates, Joe Conner and 'Soapy' Marks,...

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  • 1931
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    The Sleeping Cardinal

    The Sleeping Cardinal

    5.2 1931 HD

    A card cheat is threatened with exposure into joining a criminal enterprise that Sherlock Holmes believes is controlled by Professor Moriarity.

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  • 1916
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    Lady Windermere's Fan

    Lady Windermere's Fan

    5 1916 HD

    Early silent version of the Oscar Wilde play.

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  • 1938
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    Kate Plus Ten

    Kate Plus Ten

    1 1938 HD

    Kate is secretary to Lord Flamborough. But she is also leader of a criminal gang. Can Mike Pemberton catch her red-handed?

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  • 1948
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    Pygmalion

    Pygmalion

    1 1948 HD

    Can Professor Higgins transform flower-girl Eliza Dolittle into a great lady?

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  • 1936
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    Dishonour Bright

    Dishonour Bright

    1 1936 HD

    A man is cited as the co-respondent in a divorce case, but is cheerfully unashamed when he appears in court.

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  • 1932
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    Condemned to Death

    Condemned to Death

    1 1932 HD

    A condemned man uses hypnotism on a judge. After the man's death, the judge finds himself acting like the condemned man.

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  • 1949
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    Ten Little Indians

    Ten Little Indians

    1 1949 HD

    Ten people are invited to a summer party on an island oft the Devon coast. They are an extremely varied group from a blustering major to a frigid...

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  • 1953
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    Sea Devils

    Sea Devils

    5.8 1953 HD

    Gilliatt, a fisherman-turned-smuggler on the isle of Guernsey, agrees to transport a beautiful woman to the French coast in the year 1800. She tells...

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  • 1923
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    Bonnie Prince Charlie

    Bonnie Prince Charlie

    1 1923 HD

    In the Jacobite Rising of 1745, the Young Pretender Bonnie Prince Charlie leads an insurrection to overthrow the Protestant House of Hanover and...

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  • 1924
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    The Diamond Man

    The Diamond Man

    1 1924 HD

    Orphan, Audrey Bedford takes the blame for her half- sister's gem theft and later exposes her employer as her crooked husband.

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  • 1924
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    Eugene Aram

    Eugene Aram

    1 1924 HD

    A blackmailed ex-thief is executed for a murder he didn't commit.

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  • 1931
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    A Gentleman of Paris

    A Gentleman of Paris

    3 1931 HD

    A prominent Parisian judge is a witness to a murder while he is at a rendezvous with his mistress. A woman is arrested for the crime and brought...

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  • 1932
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    The Missing Rembrandt

    The Missing Rembrandt

    1 1932 HD

    Holmes goes on the trail of a Rembrandt painting, stolen by a drug-addicted artist.

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  • 1985
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    The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes

    The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes

    7 1985 HD

    This documentary examines the making of the Sherlock Holmes cinematic dynasty and includes interviews and archival film clips featuring the original...

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  • 1937
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    Storm in a Teacup

    Storm in a Teacup

    7.5 1937 HD

    A local politician in Scotland tries to break the reporter who wrote a negative story about him, and who is also in love with his daughter.

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  • 1948
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    Blanche Fury

    Blanche Fury

    6 1948 HD

    Penniless governess Blanche Fullerton takes a job at the estate of her rich relations, the Fury family. To better her position in life, Blanche...

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  • 1937
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    Thunder in the City

    Thunder in the City

    5.4 1937 HD

    A visiting American engages in a bold business promotion, the likes of which the British have not seen.

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  • 1952
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    Brandy for the Parson

    Brandy for the Parson

    6.286 1952 HD

    A young couple get involved with a smuggler

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  • 1950
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    The Elusive Pimpernel

    The Elusive Pimpernel

    6 1950 HD

    A British aristocrat goes in disguise to France to rescue people from The Terror of the guillotine.

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  • 1916
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    The Bigamist

    The Bigamist

    1 1916 HD

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  • 1970
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    Temptation's Hour

    Temptation's Hour

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1938
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    The Live Wire

    The Live Wire

    1 1938 HD

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