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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 (1920-2016) was a British actor and writer, known for his roles in Octopussy, Jason and the Argonauts, and El Cid. He also wrote an autobiography series about Sherlock Holmes and painted from his home in Suffolk, England.
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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 · Douglas Wilmer, who played Sherlock Holmes in a BBC series in the mid-1960s, has died in hospital after suffering from pneumonia. He also appeared in films such as Octopussy, Jason And The Argonauts, and The Golden Voyage Of Sinbad.
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 · Douglas Wilmer, who played Sherlock Holmes in the 1960s, passed away in hospital after pneumonia. He was a great actor and a gentleman, according to the Sherlock Holmes Society of London.
Douglas Wilmer was a British actor and writer who played Sherlock Holmes, Fu Manchu and other roles. He was born in 1920, served in World War II and died in 2016.
