The following is a list of actors who have played Dr. Watson in various media.
Radio and audio dramas
editName | Title | Date | Type |
---|---|---|---|
F. H. Oliver | The Sign of the Four[1] | 1922 | Radio (WGY) |
Leigh Lovell | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes[2] | 1930–1935 | Radio (NBC Blue Network) |
Reginald Mason | Lux Radio Theatre – "Sherlock Holmes"[3] | 1935 | Radio adaptation of the play (NBC) |
Harry West | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes[2] | 1936 | Radio (Mutual, NBC) |
Ray Collins | The Mercury Theatre on the Air – "Sherlock Holmes" | 1938 | Radio adaptation of the play (CBS) |
Nigel Bruce | The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | 1940–1947 | Radio (Mutual, ABC) |
Carleton Hobbs | The Boscombe Valley Mystery[4] | 1943 | BBC Home Service |
Ralph Truman | My Dear Watson[4] | 1943 | |
Finlay Currie | The Adventure of the Speckled Band (two productions)[5] | 1945, 1948 | |
Norman Shelley | Silver Blaze[5] | 1945 | |
Sherlock Holmes[6] | 1952–1969 | Radio series (BBC) | |
Alfred Shirley | The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | 1947–1948 | Radio (Mutual) |
Ian Martin | 1948 | ||
Wendell Holmes | 1948–1949 | ||
Eric Snowden | 1949–1950 | Radio (ABC) | |
Ralph Richardson | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | 1954 | Radio series (BBC Light Programme) |
Bryan Coleman | The Sign of Four[7] | 1959 | BBC Light Programme |
Kenneth Baker | Sherlock Holmes | 1967 | South African Broadcasting Corporation |
Nigel Stock | Sherlock Holmes[8] | 1970–1971 | LP record series |
Dinsdale Landon | A Study in Scarlet[9] | 1974 | BBC Radio 4 |
Lloyd Battista | CBS Radio Mystery Theater – "The Hound of the Baskervilles"[10] | 1977 | Radio (CBS) |
Court Benson | CBS Radio Mystery Theater'[10] | 1977–1981 | |
David Buck | Sherlock Holmes[11] | 1978 | Radio series (BBC Radio 4) |
Kerry Jordan | The Stories of Sherlock Holmes | 1979–1985 | Radio series (Springbok Radio) |
Timothy West | Sherlock Holmes vs. Dracula[12] | 1981 | BBC radio dramatisation of the novel |
Bernard Grant | CBS Radio Mystery Theater – "The Naval Treaty"[10] | 1982 | Radio (CBS) |
William Griffis | CBS Radio Mystery Theater – "The Reigate Mystery"[10] | 1982 | |
Andrew Hilton | The Mystery of the Reluctant Storyteller and The Valley of Fear[13] | 1986 | BBC Radio 4 |
Crawford Logan | The Hound of the Baskervilles[14] | 1988 | |
Michael Williams | BBC Radio Sherlock Holmes (the entire canon) | 1989–1998 | |
Ian Hogg | The Seven-Per-Cent Solution | 1993 | BBC radio dramatisation of the novel |
Nicky Henson | The Unopened Casebook of Sherlock Holmes[15] | 1993 | Radio series (BBC Radio 5) |
Lawrence Albert | The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (American series) | 1998–present | Radio series (Imagination Theatre) |
The Classic Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (the entire canon) | 2005–2016 | ||
Chris Emmett | The Newly Discovered Casebook of Sherlock Holmes | 1999 | BBC Radio 2 |
Andrew Sachs | The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (British series) | 2002–2010 | BBC Radio 4 |
Richard Earl | Sherlock Holmes[16] | 2010–2022 | Audio dramas (Big Finish Productions) |
Geoffrey Arend | The Hound of the Baskervilles[17] | 2014 | Audio drama (L.A. Theatre Works) |
Anthony D.P. Mann | The Hound of the Baskervilles[18] | 2017 | Audio play (Bleak December Inc.) |
Stephen Critchlow | Mrs Hudson's Radio Show[19] | 2018 | BBC Radio 4 |
Kobna Holdbrook-Smith | Sherlock Holmes: The Voice of Treason[20] | 2020 | Audio drama (Audible Original) |
Stephen Fry | The Hound of the Baskervilles[21] | 2021 | |
Adam Godley | Moriarty: The Devil's Game[22] | 2022 | |
Sanjeev Bhaskar | The Hound of the Baskervilles: A Concert Drama[23] | 2023 | Radio play (BBC Radio 3) |
Paul Waggott | Sherlock & Co[24] | 2023-present | Scripted podcast (Goalhanger Podcasts) |
Stage plays
editName | Title | Date | Type |
---|---|---|---|
Seymour Hicks | Under The Clock[25] | 1893 | Stage (Royal Court Theatre) |
St. John Hamund | Sherlock Holmes[26] | 1894 | Stage (Royalty Theatre, Glasgow) |
Bruce McRae | Sherlock Holmes | 1899 | Broadway (American) |
Kenneth Rivington | Sherlock Holmes[27] | 1905 | Stage (British) |
The Speckled Band[27] | 1921–1922 | ||
H. Lawrence Leyton | Sherlock Holmes[27] | 1905 | |
The Speckled Band[28] | 1910 | ||
Claude King | The Speckled Band[29] | 1910 | |
R.V. Taylour | The Crown Diamond[30] | 1921 | |
H. G. Stoker | The Return of Sherlock Holmes | 1923 | |
Jack Raine | Sherlock Holmes | 1953 | Stage (American) |
Peter Sallis | Baker Street | 1965 | Musical (American) |
Tim Pigott-Smith | Sherlock Holmes | 1974 | Stage revival (British) |
Dennis Cooney | Sherlock Holmes | 1974 | Stage revival (American) |
Timothy Landfield | The Crucifer of Blood | 1978 | Broadway (American) |
Denis Lill | The Crucifer of Blood | 1979 | Stage (London) |
Richard Woods | Sherlock Holmes[31] | 1981 | Stage revival (Williamstown Theater Festival), filmed for TV |
Jeremy Brett | The Crucifer of Blood | 1981 | Stage (Los Angeles) |
Edward Woodward | Murder Dear Watson[32] | 1983 | Stage (British) |
Alan Stanford | The Mask of Moriarty[33] | 1985 | Stage (Dublin) |
Donal Donnelly | Sherlock's Last Case[34] | 1987 | Stage (Nederlander Theatre) |
John Nicholson | The Hound of the Baskervilles[35] | 2007 | Stage (West Yorkshire Playhouse) |
Lucas Hall | Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery[36] | 2015 | Arena Stage in Southwest, Washington, D.C. |
Usman Ally | Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery[37] | 2015 | Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, California |
Patrick Robinson | Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery[38] | 2017–2018 | Liverpool Playhouse |
Joseph Derrington | Sherlock Holmes – The Sign of Four[39] | 2018–2019 | UK theatre tour[40] |
Roland Kalweit | Sherlock Holmes und der Hund der Baskervilles[41] | 2023–2025 | European theatre tour[42] |
Television and DTV films
editName | Title | Date | Type |
---|---|---|---|
William Podmore | The Three Garridebs[43] | 1937 | Television play for NBC (American) |
Campbell Singer | The Man with the Twisted Lip[44] | 1951 | Potential series pilot (British) |
Raymond Francis | We Present Alan Wheatley as Mr. Sherlock Holmes in... | 1951 | Television series (British)[45] |
Philip King | The Mazarin Stone[46] | 1951 | Television film for BBC (British) |
Bernard Fox | The Hound of the Baskervilles | 1972 | Television film (American) |
Edward Fox | Doctor Watson and the Darkwater Hall Mystery[9] | 1974 | Television film (British) |
Patrick Macnee | Sherlock Holmes in New York | 1976 | Television film (American) |
Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady | 1991 | Television film | |
Incident at Victoria Falls | 1992 | ||
Thorley Walters | Silver Blaze | 1977 | Television film (Canadian) |
Richard Woods | Standing Room Only – Sherlock Holmes[47] | 1981 | Television play for HBO (American) |
Terence Rigby | The Hound of the Baskervilles | 1982 | Television serial (British) |
Earle Cross | Sherlock Holmes and the Valley of Fear | 1983 | Animated television films; voice only (Australian) |
Sherlock Holmes and the Sign of Four | 1983 | ||
Sherlock Holmes and the Baskerville Curse | 1983 | ||
Sherlock Holmes and a Study in Scarlet | 1983 | ||
David Healy | The Sign of Four | 1983 | Television film (British-American) |
Donald Churchill | The Hound of the Baskervilles | 1983 | |
John Mills | The Masks of Death | 1984 | Television film (British) |
John Hillerman | Hands of a Murderer | 1990 | |
Richard Johnson | The Crucifer of Blood | 1991 | TV film adaptation of the play (American) |
John Scott-Paget | The Hound of London | 1993 | Television film (Canadian-Luxembourgian) |
Kenneth Welsh | The Hound of the Baskervilles | 2000 | Television films (Canadian) |
The Sign of Four | 2001 | ||
The Royal Scandal | 2001 | ||
The Case of the Whitechapel Vampire | 2002 | ||
Ian Hart | The Hound of the Baskervilles | 2002 | Television film (British) |
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking | 2004 | ||
Roger Morlidge | Sherlock: Case of Evil | 2002 | Television film (American) |
Bill Paterson | Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars | 2007 | BBC television film (British) |
Gareth David-Lloyd | Sherlock Holmes | 2010 | DTV film (American) |
John Rhys-Davies | Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes | 2010 | Animated DTV film; voice only (American) |
Terry Wade | Sherlock Holmes and the Shadow Watchers | 2011 | DTV film (Canadian) |
Television series
editName | Title | Date | Type |
---|---|---|---|
Victor Moore | Texaco Star Theatre – "Sherlock Holmes in the Mystery of the Sen Sen Murder"[48] | 1949 | TV episode (American) |
Melville Cooper | Your Show Time – "The Speckled Band" | 1949 | |
Raymond Francis | Sherlock Holmes | 1951 | TV series (British) |
Jack Raine | Suspense – "The Adventure of the Black Baronet" | 1953 | TV episode (American) |
H. Marion-Crawford | Sherlock Holmes | 1954–1955 | TV series (American-French) |
Nigel Stock | Sherlock Holmes | 1965–1968 | TV series (British) |
Paul Edwin Roth | Sherlock Holmes | 1967–1968 | TV series (Germany) |
Gianni Bonagura | Sherlock Holmes | 1968 | TV series (Italy) |
Donald Pickering | Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson | 1979 | TV series (American-Polish) |
Vitaly Solomin | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson | 1979–1986 | TV film series (USSR) |
Hubert Rees | The Baker Street Boys | 1983 | TV series (British) |
David Burke | Sherlock Holmes | 1984–1985 | |
Kōsei Tomita | Sherlock Hound | 1984–1985 | TV animated series (Italian-Japanese) (Japanese version) |
Lewis Arquette | 1984–1985 | TV animated series (Italian-Japanese) (English dub) | |
Riccardo Garrone | 1984–1985 | TV animated series (Italian-Japanese) (Italian dub) | |
Edward Hardwicke | Sherlock Holmes | 1986–1994 | TV series (British) |
Patrick Monckton | Alfred Hitchcock Presents – "My Dear Watson" | 1989 | TV episode (American) |
Phil Hartman | Saturday Night Live – "Sherlock Holmes' Birthday Party" | 1991 | TV sketch (American) |
John Payne | Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century | 1999–2001 | Animated TV series (British-American) |
Jim Piddock | Batman: The Brave and the Bold – "Trials of the Demon!"[49] | 2009 | Animated TV series (American) |
Martin Freeman | Sherlock | 2010–2017 | TV series (British) |
Lucy Liu | Elementary | 2012–2019 | TV series (American) |
Kyle Mooney | Epic Rap Battles of History – "Batman vs. Sherlock Holmes" | 2012 | Online series episode (American) |
Andrei Panin | Sherlock Holmes | 2013 | TV series (Russian) |
Wataru Takagi | Sherlock Holmes | 2014–2015 | TV series (Japanese) |
Tao Tsuchiya | IQ246: The Cases of a Royal Genius | 2016 | |
Shihori Kanjiya | Miss Sherlock | 2018 | |
Takanori Iwata | Sherlock: Untold Stories | 2019 | |
Yuichi Nakamura | Case File nº221: Kabukicho | 2019–2020 | TV anime series (Japanese) (Japanese version) |
Josh Grelle | Case File nº221: Kabukicho | 2019–2020 | TV anime series (Japanese) (English dub) |
Yūki Ono | Moriarty the Patriot | 2020–2021 | TV anime series (Japanese) |
Ryan Colt Levy | 2021 | TV anime series (English dub) | |
Andrey Feskov | Sherlock in Russia | 2020 | TV series (Russian) |
Royce Pierreson | The Irregulars | 2021 | TV series (British-American) |
Sanjeev Bhaskar | Inside Classical - "The Hound of the Baskervilles"[50] | 2023 | Televised concert (British) |
Morris Chestnut | Watson | 2025 | TV series (American) |
Seán Duggan | Sherlock & Daughter | 2025 | TV series (American) |
Theatrical films
editVideo games
editActors who have played both Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson
editA small number of actors have played both Holmes and Watson, including Reginald Owen who played Watson in Sherlock Holmes (1932) and Holmes in A Study in Scarlet (1933);[57][58] Jeremy Brett, who played Watson on stage in the United States prior to adopting the mantle of Holmes on British television;[59] Howard Marion-Crawford, who played Holmes on British radio and Watson on American television; Carleton Hobbs, who played both roles in British radio adaptations;[60] Patrick Macnee, who played both roles in US television movies.[61]; and Anthony D.P. Mann who played Holmes in Sherlock Holmes and the Shadow Watchers (2011) and Watson in the 2017 Bleak December audio adaptation of The Hound of the Baskervilles.
See also
editReferences
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