Sherlock Holmes early 1900s, H. A. Saintsbury took over the role from Gillette for a tour of the play. Between this play and Conan Doyle's own stage adaptation of "The Adventure of the Speckled Band", Saintsbury portrayed Holmes over 1,000 times. Basil Rathbone played Holmes and Nigel Bruce played Watson in fourteen U.S. films (two for 20th Century Fox and a dozen for Universal Pictures) from 1939 to 1946, and in "The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" on the Mutual radio network from 1939 to 1946 (before the role of Holmes passed to Tom Conway). While the Fox films were period pieces,
John Le Mesurier on stage, radio, screen and record John Le Mesurier on stage, radio, screen and record John Le Mesurier (born John Elton Le Mesurier Halliley; 5 April 191215 November 1983) was an English actor who performed in many mediums of light entertainment, including film, radio and theatre. Le Mesurier's career spanned from 1934 until his death in 1983. He is best remembered for his role as Sergeant Arthur Wilson in the BBC situation comedy "Dad's Army", between 1968 and 1977. Le Mesurier made his professional stage debut in September 1934 in "Dangerous Corner" at the Palladium Theatre in Edinburgh under his birth name, and appeared on television