Sherlock Holmes (1954 TV series) in Scarlet". Ronald Howard, then 36, was chosen to portray Sherlock Holmes. Howard shared Reynolds's view of Holmes and his portrayal was much more laid back than the more famous version portrayed by Basil Rathbone. Howard Marion Crawford, credited as H. Marion Crawford, was cast as Watson and it was a role Crawford had long wanted to play. Crawford desired to play Watson as something other than the buffoon as typified by Nigel Bruce's portrayal. Scottish actor Archie Duncan was cast as Inspector Lestrade. Much akin to Dennis Hoey in the Rathbone/Bruce series of films, Duncan's Lestrade was used as
Sherlock Holmes (video game series) Sherlock Holmes (video game series) Sherlock Holmes is a series of adventure games developed by Frogwares. The game is based on Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes", featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes and his companion Dr. John H. Watson. While the franchise is based on "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes", each game has an original plot and storyline. Each game in the series lets the player control Holmes or Dr. Watson from either a first-person or third-person perspective. This adventure game series mainly consists of puzzles to solve during the course of the game, both by the use