Monthly Archives: March 2011

The Many Watsons – Andre Morell

Posted on March 30, 2011 by Kieran

The first time that Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson were ever filmed in color was in 1959 by Hammer films. The story was “The Hound of the Baskervilles”, the most frequently filmed story of the canon. So far I … Continue reading →

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The Many Watsons – Ian Fleming

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Kieran

Ian Fleming stared as Watson in four films with Arthur Wontner playing Sherlock Holmes. They started in 1931 with The Sleeping Cardinal (In the US it was called Sherlock Holmes’ Fatal Hour), The Missing Rembrandt (1932), The Triumph of Sherlock … Continue reading →

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The Many Watsons – Patrick Macnee

Posted on March 16, 2011 by Kieran

Patrick Macnee is certainly best known to the world as John Steed, that pillar of the English Secret Service in the long running Avengers TV show. He does however, appear in three made for TV movies as our hero, Dr. … Continue reading →

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The Many Watsons – Debrah Farentino

Posted on March 11, 2011 by Kieran

Debrah Farentino may not technically be a Watson but the character is the same. She plays Dr. Amy Winslow who happens to awaken Sherlock Holmes from his self imposed cryogenic sleep in the 1993 made for TV movie “Sherlock Holmes … Continue reading →

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“It’s exciting, and full of authentic military detail” – the Sherlock Holmes Society of London

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Kieran

Fewer people have considered the early life of John H Watson in any depth. Kieran McMullen, author of Watson’s Afghan Adventure (MX Publishing, 335 Princess Park Manor, Royal Drive, London N11 3GX; http://www.mxpublishing.co.uk and http://www.mxpublishing.com; £9.99 / €12.99 /$16.95) is … Continue reading →

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The Many Watsons – James Mason

Posted on March 4, 2011 by Kieran

James Mason has always been one of my favorite actors and as Watson in “Murder by Decree” he does not disappoint. The movie is another matching of the great detective vs Jack the Ripper. It is the dramatization of the … Continue reading →

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The Many Watsons – Robert Duvall

Posted on March 2, 2011 by Kieran

I know that when I think of Robert Duvall I think first of great cowboy movies, gangsters and napalm in the morning. But the casting director made an excellent choice in the picking of Duvall as Dr. Watson in “The … Continue reading →

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