List of actors who have played Mycroft Holmes
The following is a list of actors who have played Mycroft Holmes in various media.
Radio and audio dramas
[edit]| Name | Title | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rex Evans | The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – "The Great Gandolfo", "The Tell-Tale Pigeon Feathers"[1] | 1945, 1946 | Radio (Mutual) |
| Val Gielgud | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – "The Bruce-Partington Plans"[2] | 1954 | BBC Light Programme |
| Malcolm Graeme | Sherlock Holmes – "The Bruce-Partington Plans", "The Final Problem"[3] | 1954, 1955 | BBC Home Service |
| Keith Williams | Sherlock Holmes – "The Greek Interpreter"[4] | 1960 | BBC Light Programme |
| Felix Felton | Sherlock Holmes – "The Bruce-Partington Plans"[5] | 1964 | BBC Light Programme |
| John Hartley | BBC Radio Sherlock Holmes (3 stories)[6] | 1992–1995 | BBC Radio 4 |
| Philip Voss | The Seven-Per-Cent Solution | 1993 | BBC radio dramatisation of the novel |
| Frank Buxton | The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (American series) – "The Secret of the Fives"[7] | 1998 | Radio (Imagination Theatre) |
| Ted D'Arms | The 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, 2015 | Audio dramas (Big Finish) |
| Terry Edward Moore | The Classic Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – "The Greek Interpreter", "The Bruce-Partington Plans"[11] | 2010 | Radio (Imagination Theatre) |
| The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (American series) | 2011–present | ||
| James Laurenson | The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (British series) – "The Marlbourne Point Mystery" Parts 1–2 | 2010 | BBC Radio 4 |
| Timothy Bentinck | Sherlock Holmes[12][13] | 2014, 2018 | Audio dramas (Big Finish) |
| Greg Page | Sherlock Holmes: The Voice of Treason[14] | 2020 | Audio drama (Audible Original) |
Television and DTV films
[edit]| Name | Title | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boris Klyuyev | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson | 1980 | Television films (USSR) |
| The Twentieth Century Approaches | 1986 | ||
| Peter Jeffrey | Hands of a Murderer | 1990 | Television film (British) |
| Jerome Willis | Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady | 1991 | Television films |
| Incident at Victoria Falls | 1992 | ||
| R. H. Thomson | The Royal Scandal | 2001 | Television film (Canadian) |
| Richard E. Grant | Sherlock: Case of Evil | 2002 | Television film (American) |
Television and streaming series
[edit]| Name | Title | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Derek Francis | Sherlock Holmes – "The Bruce-Partington Plans" | 1965 | TV episode (British) |
| Hans Cossy | Sherlock Holmes – "Die Bruce-Partington-Pläne" | 1968 | TV episode (German) |
| Ronald Adam | Sherlock Holmes – "The Greek Interpreter" | 1968 | TV episode (British) |
| Charles Gray | Sherlock Holmes | 1985–1994 | TV series (British) |
| Graeme Campbell | Alfred Hitchcock Presents – "My Dear Watson" | 1989 | TV episode (American) |
| Mark Gatiss | Sherlock | 2010–2017 | TV series (British) |
| Rhys Ifans | Elementary | 2013–2014 | TV series (American) |
| Igor Petrenko | Sherlock Holmes | 2013 | TV series (Russian) |
| Kōichi Yamadera | Sherlock Holmes | 2014–2015 | TV series (Japanese) |
| Yukiyoshi Ozawa | Miss Sherlock | 2018 | TV series (Japanese) |
| Katsunori Takahashi | Sherlock: Untold Stories | 2019 | TV series (Japanese) |
| Hiroki Yasumoto | Moriarty the Patriot | 2020–2021 | TV anime series (Japanese) |
| Jonjo O'Neill | The Irregulars: "Chapter Two: The Ghosts of 221B" and "Chapter Three: Ipsissimus" | 2021–2021 | Netflix original series |
| Max Irons | Young Sherlock | 2025 | Amazon Prime Video original series |
Theatrical films
[edit]| Name | Title | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lewis Gilbert | The Bruce Partington Plans | 1922 | Stoll series silent film (British) |
| Robert Morley | A Study in Terror | 1965 | British film |
| Christopher Lee | The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes | 1970 | American film |
| Charles Gray | The Seven-Per-Cent Solution | 1976 | American film |
| Stephen Fry | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | 2011 | British–American film |
| John Sessions | Mr. Holmes | 2015 | British–American film |
| Hugh Laurie | Holmes & Watson | 2018 | American film |
| Sam Claflin | Enola Holmes | 2020 | American-British film |
Video games
[edit]| Name | Title | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roger L. Jackson | The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Rose Tattoo[15] | 1996 | Voice role; digitized sprites based on a different actor |
| Jon Severity | Sherlock Holmes: Crimes & Punishments[16] | 2014 | Sherlock Holmes series; voice role |
| Phillipe Bosher | Sherlock Holmes Chapter One | 2021 |
See also
[edit]- List of actors who have played Sherlock Holmes
- List of actors who have played Dr. Watson
- List of actors who have played Inspector Lestrade
- List of actors who have played Mrs. Hudson
- List of actors who have played Professor Moriarty
References
[edit]- ^ Dickerson, Ian (2019). Sherlock Holmes and His Adventures on American Radio. BearManor Media. pp. 181, 189. ISBN 978-1629335070.
- ^ Eyles, Alan (1986). Sherlock Holmes: A Centenary Celebration. Harper & Row. pp. 137. ISBN 0-06-015620-1.
- ^ De Waal, Ronald Burt (1974). The World Bibliography of Sherlock Holmes. Bramhall House. p. 385–386. ISBN 0-517-217597.
- ^ De Waal, Ronald Burt (1974). The World Bibliography of Sherlock Holmes. Bramhall House. p. 387. ISBN 0-517-217597.
- ^ De Waal, Ronald Burt (1974). The World Bibliography of Sherlock Holmes. Bramhall House. p. 390. ISBN 0-517-217597.
- ^ "The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes: The Greek Interpreter". BBC Genome: Radio Times. Retrieved 25 March 2020. See also "The Bruce-Partington Plans" (1994) and "The Retired Colourman" (1995).
- ^ "The Secret of the Fives". Imagination Theatre. 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2020. (End credits.)
- ^ "An Affair of State". Imagination Theatre. 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2020. (End credits.)
- ^ "9.3. Bernice Summerfield: The Adventure of the Diogenes Damsel". Big Finish. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
- ^ "The Worlds of Big Finish". Goodreads. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
- ^ According to the closing credits of "The Greek Interpreter" and "The Bruce-Partington Plans".
- ^ "4. Sherlock Holmes: The Judgement of Sherlock Holmes". Big Finish. 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
- ^ "6. Sherlock Holmes: The Master of Blackstone Grange". Big Finish. 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ^ "Sherlock Holmes: The Voice of Treason: An Audible Original Drama". Amazon. 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2020. (End credits.)
- ^ "The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Rose Tattoo". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- ^ "Jon Severity". Mandy. 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2020.