Adaptations of Sherlock Holmes faithful adherence to the original characterization. One famous radio appearance starred Orson Welles as Sherlock Holmes in an adaptation of one of William Gillette's plays. This was broadcast in September 1938 as part of "The Mercury Theater on the Air" series on CBS Radio. Throughout the early 1940s on American Radio, Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce performed as Holmes and Watson, respectively, in several series of canonical and original Sherlock Holmes stories on "The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" radio show. These broadcasts were loosely based on Doyle's cases. When Rathbone finally departed the role before the 1947 season, Tom
Anthony Higgins (actor) Holmes' enemy Professor Moriarty, in two different decades of his career. He was the villain Rathe (not yet going by the name Moriarty) in "Young Sherlock Holmes" (1985), and played Sherlock Holmes himself in "Sherlock Holmes Returns" (1993). In 1993 he played a lead part in the film "Sweet Killing". In 2005 he appeared in "Chromophobia". He played General Jacques Francois Dugommier in 2007 in "". In 2009 he appeared in "Lewis", "", and "Agatha Christie's Marple ("The Secret of Chimneys"). Anthony Higgins (actor) Anthony Higgins (born 9 May 1947) is an English stage, film and television actor. Higgins started