Sherlock Holmes

Richard Roxburgh – Australian actor who starred in a no-
holds-barred adaptation of The Hound of the Baskervilles by Tiger
Aspect Productions for the BBC, transmitted on 26 December
2002. Ian Hart played Watson.
Julian Royce – English stage actor who appeared in the
South Company’s touring production of Sherlock Holmes from
March 1902 to May 1904 (see William Gillette). He later
toured with Doyle’s The Speckled Band from July 1910 (see HA
Saintsbury).
HA Saintsbury – Dignified actor who took part in the UK
tour of William Gillette’s  Sherlock Holmes play from March
1902 to June 1905, and went on to star in Doyle’s own play The
Speckled Band, first performed at the Adelphi Theatre, London,
on 4 June 1910 (followed by numerous tours). He appeared on
film in GB Samuelson’s 1916 production of The Valley of Fear,
later reviving the Gillette role for a 1926 theatre run.