The gifted actor BASIL RATHBONE portrayed Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's famous sleuth in fourteen features released between 1939 and 1946.
NIGEL BRUCE and MARY GORDON, as Dr. Watson and housekeeper Mrs. Hudson respectively, appeared with RATHBONE in all fourteen films.
The first two entries were produced by 20th Century Fox and set in the proper Victorian era, just like the Doyle novels.
After a three-year hiatus, the series moved to Universal Pictures and was set in then-contemporary 1940s settings.
Rathbone and Bruce also made numerous radio recordings as Holmes and Watson.
By 1946, Rathbone had tired of the role and, in spite of Bruce's urging, refused to continue, and the film series was concluded.
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| THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES 1939 |
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| THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES 1939 |
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| SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE VOICE OF TERROR 1942 |
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| SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE SECRET WEAPON 1943 |
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| SHERLOCK HOLMES IN WASHINGTON 1943 |
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| SHERLOCK HOLMES FACES DEATH 1943 |
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| THE SPIDER WOMAN 1944 |
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| THE SCARLET CLAW 1944 |
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| THE PEARL OF DEATH 1944 |
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| THE HOUSE OF FEAR 1945 |
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| THE WOMAN IN GREEN 1945 |
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| PURSUIT TO ALGIERS 1945 |
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| TERROR BY NIGHT 1946 |
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| DRESSED TO KILL 1946 |
