George Zucco of Sherlock Holmes" (1939), opposite Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson. Zucco earned a reputation as a bespectacled, nefarious character in films such as "After the Thin Man", "Fast Company", "Arrest Bulldog Drummond", "Charlie Chan in Honolulu", "The Cat and the Canary", and "My Favorite Blonde". During the 1940s, he took every role he was offered, landing himself in B-films and Universal horror films, including "The Mummy's Hand" (1940), "The Mummy's Tomb" (1942), "The Mad Monster" (1942), "The Mad Ghoul" (1943), "Dead Men Walk" (1943), "The Mummy's Ghost" (1944), "House of Frankenstein" (1944), and "Tarzan
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson () is a series of Soviet television films portraying Arthur Conan Doyle's fictional English detective, starting in 1979. They were directed by Igor Maslennikov. In 2006, Vasily Livanov became an Honorary MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) for his portrayal of Sherlock Holmes. Between 1979 and 1986, Soviet television produced a series of five films at the Lenfilm movie studio, split into eleven episodes, starring Vasily Livanov as Sherlock Holmes and Vitaly Solomin as Dr. Watson. Later, a cinematic adaptation was