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Douglas Norman Wilmer (8 January 1920 – 31 March 2016) [1] 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.
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 4, 2016 · Douglas Wilmer, who died on 31 March 2016 at the age of 96, was a veteran of British film and television. Most famously, he was the face of Sherlock Holmes for the generation who watched the BBC ’s 1960s serialisation of the Conan Doyle detective stories.
Douglas Wilmer was born on January 8, 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 March 31, 2016 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK.
Apr 4, 2016 · BBC. Douglas Wilmer as Sherlock Holmes Credit: PA. Douglas Wilmer, who has died aged 96, was a character actor who worked with, among others, Sir Donald Wolfit, Tyrone Guthrie, Laurence Olivier...
Douglas Norman Wilmer was an English actor, best known for playing Sherlock Holmes in the 1965 TV series Sherlock Holmes.
Mar 31, 2016 · Stage and screen actor Douglas Wilmer, best known for portraying Sherlock Holmes in the 1960s BBC series, died today at Ipswich Hospital in Suffolk, England following a short illness. He...
Douglas Wilmer. Actor. 8 January 1920 to 31 March 2016. A British actor best known for his lead role in the first series of the BBC’s Sherlock Holmes (1964-1965), Wilmer’s arrogant and sardonic performance proved a defining take on Arthur Conan Doyle’s super sleuth.
