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SHERLOCK HOLMES
TO HAVE PLAYED
10 ACTORS
Basil Rathbone
He starred as the detective in 12 films between 1939 and 1941 as well as a radio series
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Jeremy Brett
He was the most famous TV Sherlock until the advent of Benedict Cumberbatch
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Benedict Cumberbatch
A modern-day Sherlock Holmes, played with unique vim by Benedict in his star-making performance
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Robert Downey Jr
Purists scoffed when he was cast in Guy Ritchie's film but was such a hit that a sequel followed
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Jonny Lee Miller
On TV show 'Elementary,' modern day Sherlock goes to New York and is assisted by Lucy Liu's Joan Watson
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Ian McKellen
In 'Mr Holmes,' an elderly Sherlock must piece together past events and his fragmented memory to solve a mystery
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Henry Cavill
'Enola Homes' features a younger, more playful Sherlock as the eponymous heroine's celebrated brother
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Roger Moore
In between James Bond duty, he found time to solve a mystery in TV film 'Sherlock Holmes In New York'
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Roger Moore
'The Sound Of Music' had made him a superstar for nearly a decade before he played Sherlock in TV film 'Silver Blaze'
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Christopher Lee
He first played Sherlock Holmes in a 1962 film, reprising the role decades later in two TV films
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