Mystery film Holmes has been portrayed by a multitude of actors in over 200 films. Perhaps the earliest detective comedy is Buster Keaton's "Sherlock Jr." (1924). Until recently, the only American-made series starred Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce as Holmes and Dr. Watson. Together they made 14 films between 1939 and 1946. The first two, at 20th Century Fox, were period piece mysteries set in the late-Victorian era of the original stories. By the third film, "Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror" (1942), now taken up by Universal Studios, Holmes was updated to the present day. Several films dealt with World
Sherlock Holmes pastiches (Jonny Lee Miller) who lives in the United States, where he is assisted by Dr. Joan Watson (Lucy Liu). The 2014 NHK puppetry "Sherlock Holmes" is set in a fictional boarding school "Beeton School" and Holmes and Watson are pupils who live in 221B of Baker House. There's no murder and same characters appear many times. HBO Asia's 2018 series "Miss Sherlock" is set in modern-day Japan, starring Yuko Takeuchi as the titular character, with Shihori Kanjiya as 'Wato'. Bert Coules penned "The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" starring Clive Merrison as Holmes and Michael Williams/Andrew Sachs as Watson. The