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Douglas Norman Wilmer (8 January 1920 – 31 March 2016) was an English actor, best known for playing Sherlock Holmes in the 1965 TV series Sherlock Holmes.
Douglas Wilmer was born on 8 January 1920 in London, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Octopussy (1983), Jason and the Argonauts (1963) and El Cid (1961). He was married to Anne Harding and Elizabeth Joan Melville. He died on 31 March 2016 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK.
Giles Cooper wrote the adaptation and Douglas Wilmer was cast as Holmes and Nigel Stock as Watson, with Felix Felton as Dr. Grimesby Roylott. [3] The hour-long pilot was aired as an episode of the BBC anthology series Detective [2] [14] on 18 May [3] and was popular enough to re-air on 25 September [3] this time under the banner of ...
Apr 1, 2016 · Sherlock Holmes actor Douglas Wilmer has died at the age of 96. He donned the famous deerstalker in the mid-1960s to play Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's character in a BBC series.
Douglas Wilmer, who played Sherlock Holmes and appeared in The Saint and Octopussy alongside Sir Roger Moore, has died at the age of 96. The “Sherlock for all seasons”, who made a cameo in the Benedict Cumberbatch iteration in 2012, at the very end of his career.
Apr 1, 2016 · Sherlock Holmes actor Douglas Wilmer has died at the age of 96. The actor, who donned the famous deerstalker and picked up the clay pipe in the 1960s, died in hospital in Ipswich on Thursday...
Douglas Wilmer was born on 8 January 1920 in London, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Octopussy (1983), Jason and the Argonauts (1963) and El Cid (1961). He was previously married to Anne Harding and Elizabeth Joan Melville.
