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SHERLOCK HOLMES

TO HAVE PLAYED

10 ACTORS

Basil Rathbone

He starred as the detective in 12 films between 1939 and 1941 as well as a radio series

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Jeremy Brett

He was the most famous TV Sherlock until the advent of Benedict Cumberbatch

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Benedict Cumberbatch

A modern-day Sherlock Holmes, played with unique vim by Benedict in his star-making performance

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Robert Downey Jr

Purists scoffed when he was cast in Guy Ritchie's film but was such a hit that a sequel followed

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Jonny Lee Miller

On TV show 'Elementary,' modern day Sherlock goes to New York and is assisted by Lucy Liu's Joan Watson

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Ian McKellen

In 'Mr Holmes,' an elderly Sherlock must piece together past events and his fragmented memory to solve a mystery

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Henry Cavill

'Enola Homes' features a younger, more playful Sherlock as the eponymous heroine's celebrated brother

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Roger Moore

In between James Bond duty, he found time to solve a mystery in TV film 'Sherlock Holmes In New York'

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Roger Moore

'The Sound Of Music' had made him a superstar for nearly a decade before he played Sherlock in TV film 'Silver Blaze'

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Christopher Lee

He first played Sherlock Holmes in a 1962 film, reprising the role decades later in two TV films

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