Sherlock Holmes

Miles Richardson – Son of the above; played Holmes in
Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure at Sir Arthur Sullivan’s by Tim
Heath, first performed at the Komedia Theatre, Brighton, on
11 September 1996. A British tour followed.
Kenneth Rivington – English stage actor who appeared in
the Midland Company’s touring production of Sherlock Holmes
from January 1904 to May 1905 (see William Gillette).
When not playing Holmes, he played Watson – the first actor
to play both parts (others are Reginald Owen, Carleton
Hobbs, Howard Marion-Crawford, Jeremy Brett and
Patrick Macnee).
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Sam Robinson – The only black actor to play Sherlock
Holmes in any medium, Robinson starred in the Ebony
Pictures production of Black Sherlock Holmes (1918), directed by
RW Phillips.
Nicholas Rowe – British actor who starred in Barry
Levinson’s 1986 film Young Sherlock Holmes (UK: Sherlock Holmes
and the Pyramid of Fear).Although well-made, it was a box-office
disappointment.