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,
Peter Sellers on stage, radio, screen and record Show" records. Singles Sellers released several comedy singles, many of them produced by George Martin and released on the Parlophone record label. These include: A number of other singles were released, but did not enter the UK charts. Peter Sellers on stage, radio, screen and record The British actor and comedian Peter Sellers (1925–1980) performed in many genres of light entertainment, including film, radio and theatre. He appeared in the BBC Radio comedy series "The Goon Show", recorded a number of hit comic songs and became known internationally through his many film characterisations, among them Chief Inspector Clouseau in "The