Sherlock Holmes (play) Ray Collins as Dr. Watson, Mary Taylor as Alice Faulkner, Brenda Forbes as Madge Larrabee, Edgar Barrier as James Larrabee, Morgan Farley as Inspector Forman, Richard Wilson as Craigin, Alfred Shirley as Bassick, William Alland as Leary, Arthur Anderson as Billy, and Eustace Wyatt as Professor Moriarty. Music was conducted by Bernard Herrmann. The 1939 film "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes", the second film to star Basil Rathbone as Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Watson, is credited as an adaptation of the play, though they bear little resemblance. In 1953, BBC Home Service dramatized the play with Carleton Hobbs as
Adaptations of Sherlock Holmes Watson". William Rushton played Watson. In 1988, the animated series "Alvin and the Chipmunks" aired an episode entitled "Elementary, My Dear Simon", which stars Simon as Holmes, Theodore as Watson, Alvin as Professor Moriarty, and Dave as Inspector Seville. Also in 1988, in the animated series "BraveStarr", the two-part episode ""Sherlock Holmes in the 23rd Century"" had Holmes transported from Reichenbach Falls in 1893, to London in 2249. Holmes is joined by an alien, Dr. W't'sn (the 23rd century counterpart of Watson) & Inpsector Mycroft Holmes of Scotland Yard (a direct descendant & namesake of Holmes' brother Mycroft); the trio