List of actors who have played Mycroft Holmes explained

The following is a list of actors who have played Mycroft Holmes in various media.

Radio and audio dramas

Name Title Date Type
Rex EvansThe New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – "The Great Gandolfo", "The Tell-Tale Pigeon Feathers"[1] 1945, 1946Radio (Mutual)
Val GielgudThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – "The Bruce-Partington Plans"[2] 1954BBC Light Programme
Malcolm GraemeSherlock Holmes – "The Bruce-Partington Plans", "The Final Problem"[3] 1954, 1955BBC Home Service
Keith WilliamsSherlock Holmes – "The Greek Interpreter"[4] 1960BBC Light Programme
Felix FeltonSherlock Holmes – "The Bruce-Partington Plans"[5] 1964BBC Light Programme
John HartleyBBC Radio Sherlock Holmes (3 stories)[6] 1992–1995BBC Radio 4
Philip VossThe Seven-Per-Cent Solution1993BBC radio dramatisation of the novel
Frank BuxtonThe Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (American series) – "The Secret of the Fives"[7] 1998Radio (Imagination Theatre)
Ted D'ArmsThe Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (American series)2000–2006
Raffles, the Gentleman Thief – "An Affair of State"[8] 2007
David Warner"The Adventure of the Diogenes Damsel",[9] "The Adventure of the Bloomsbury Bomber"[10] 2008, 2015Audio dramas (Big Finish)
Terry Edward MooreThe Classic Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – "The Greek Interpreter", "The Bruce-Partington Plans"[11] 2010Radio (Imagination Theatre)
The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (American series)2011–present
James LaurensonThe Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (British series) – "The Marlbourne Point Mystery" Parts 1–22010BBC Radio 4
Timothy BentinckSherlock Holmes[12] [13] 2014, 2018Audio dramas (Big Finish)
Greg PageSherlock Holmes: The Voice of Treason[14] 2020Audio drama (Audible Original)

Television and DTV films

Name Title Date Type
Boris KlyuyevThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson1980Television films (USSR)
The Twentieth Century Approaches1986
Peter JeffreyHands of a Murderer1990Television film (British)
Jerome WillisSherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady1992Television film
R. H. ThomsonThe Royal Scandal2001Television film (Canadian)
Richard E. Grant2002Television film (American)

Television and streaming series

Name Title Date Type
Derek FrancisSherlock Holmes – "The Bruce-Partington Plans"1965TV episode (British)
Hans CossySherlock Holmes – "Die Bruce-Partington-Pläne"1968TV episode (German)
Ronald AdamSherlock Holmes – "The Greek Interpreter"1968TV episode (British)
Charles GraySherlock Holmes1985–1994TV series (British)
Graeme CampbellAlfred Hitchcock Presents – "My Dear Watson"1989TV episode (American)
Mark GatissSherlock2010–2017TV series (British)
Rhys IfansElementary2013–2014TV series (American)
Igor PetrenkoSherlock Holmes2013TV series (Russian)
Kōichi YamaderaSherlock Holmes2014–2015TV series (Japanese)
Yukiyoshi OzawaMiss Sherlock2018TV series (Japanese)
Katsunori Takahashi 2019TV series (Japanese)
Hiroki YasumotoMoriarty the Patriot2020–2021TV anime series (Japanese)
Jonjo O'NeillThe Irregulars

"Chapter Two: The Ghosts of 221B" and "Chapter Three: Ipsissimus"

2021–2021Netflix original series

Theatrical films

Name Title Date Type
Lewis GilbertThe Bruce Partington Plans1922Stoll series silent film (British)
Robert MorleyA Study in Terror1965British film
Christopher LeeThe Private Life of Sherlock Holmes1970American film
Charles GrayThe Seven-Per-Cent Solution1976American film
Stephen Fry2011British–American film
John SessionsMr. Holmes2015British–American film
Hugh LaurieHolmes & Watson2018American film
Sam ClaflinEnola Holmes2020American-British film

Video games

Name Title Date Type
Roger L. Jackson[15] 1996Voice role; digitized sprites based on a different actor
Jon Severity[16] 2014Sherlock Holmes series; voice role
Phillipe BosherSherlock Holmes Chapter One2021

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Dickerson, Ian. Ian Dickerson

    . Ian Dickerson. Sherlock Holmes and His Adventures on American Radio. BearManor Media. 2019. 978-1629335070. 181, 189.

  2. Book: Eyles, Alan . Sherlock Holmes: A Centenary Celebration . 1986 . Harper & Row . 137 . 0-06-015620-1 . registration .
  3. Book: De Waal, Ronald Burt. The World Bibliography of Sherlock Holmes. 1974. Bramhall House. 385–386. 0-517-217597. registration.
  4. Book: De Waal, Ronald Burt. The World Bibliography of Sherlock Holmes. 1974. Bramhall House. 387. 0-517-217597. registration.
  5. Book: De Waal, Ronald Burt. The World Bibliography of Sherlock Holmes. 1974. Bramhall House. 390. 0-517-217597. registration.
  6. Web site: The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes: The Greek Interpreter. BBC Genome: Radio Times. 25 March 2020. See also "The Bruce-Partington Plans" (1994) and "The Retired Colourman" (1995).
  7. Web site: The Secret of the Fives. Imagination Theatre. 2020. 29 March 2020. (End credits.)
  8. Web site: An Affair of State. Imagination Theatre. 2020. 29 March 2020. (End credits.)
  9. Web site: 9.3. Bernice Summerfield: The Adventure of the Diogenes Damsel . Big Finish . 25 December 2020.
  10. Web site: The Worlds of Big Finish . Goodreads . 25 December 2020.
  11. According to the closing credits of "The Greek Interpreter" and "The Bruce-Partington Plans".
  12. Web site: 4. Sherlock Holmes: The Judgement of Sherlock Holmes. Big Finish. 2020. 25 March 2020.
  13. Web site: 6. Sherlock Holmes: The Master of Blackstone Grange. Big Finish. 2020. 16 June 2020.
  14. Web site: Sherlock Holmes: The Voice of Treason: An Audible Original Drama. Amazon. 2020. 25 March 2020. (End credits.)
  15. Web site: The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Rose Tattoo . Behind The Voice Actors . 22 October 2020.
  16. Web site: Jon Severity. Mandy. 2020. 14 July 2020.

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