Jeremy Brett

...writer, spiritualist and crusader for social justice. From 1984 to 1994, the detective was memorably portrayed by British actor Jeremy Brett in a 41-episode television series produced by Granada TV in the U.K., causing yet another global...

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...and the actors who have played him on screen or stage include Basil Rathbone, John Barrymore, Raymond Massey, Ian Richardson, Jeremy Brett, George C. Scott, Stewart Granger, Charlton Heston, Roger Moore and, improbably, Larry Hagman and...

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...200 film or TV versions of Holmes, and the actors who have played him on screen or stage include John Barrymore, Ian Richardson, Jeremy Brett, Stewart Granger, Charlton Heston and Roger Moore. The most influential is Basil Rathbone, a movie...

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...of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's short stories -- the Granada and PBS Sherlock Holmes series of the 80s. To most Holmes fans, Jeremy Brett (right) was the perfect actor playing the role he was born to fill. He had the look, the voice and...

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...on the trail of Jack the Ripper. It won five awards, including best actor for Plummer The definitive Sherlock of his era, Jeremy Brett's study was a portrait of Holmes' obsessive mannerisms Nicholas Rowe played the main role in Steven...

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...a movie. If you want to see a more accurate, albeit more dryly British version, check out the Granada Television version with Jeremy Brett. As a final note, it is rumored Professor Moriarty will make his on-screen debut in the sequel.

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...of Holmes, and the actors who have played him on screen or stage include John Barrymore, Raymond Massey, Ian Richardson, Jeremy Brett, George C. Scott, Stewart Granger, Charlton Heston, Roger Moore and, improbably, Larry Hagman and...

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...a fan of this user 22 fans permalink - + alicetilden I'm a Fan of alicetilden I'm a fan of this user 4 fans permalink I watched Jeremy Brett's Holmes last night. Nobody does it better. I have also read many of the original stories and...

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The discs have been selling best at Costco, Sam's Club, Best Buy and Barnes & Noble, with the classic British series starring Jeremy Brett a particularly hot seller. But a collection of Basil Rathbone-toplined "Holmes" films have been...

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...stories, however, most of the smackdowns occur off-screen, as it were, and are recounted after the fact. Brett may not have been young when he played Holmes, or terribly athletic, but he captured a side of Holmes that's invisible in the...

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