Sherlock Holmes - Dr. Watson Actors Ranked
by j66616814k00 | created - 13 Dec 2021 | updated - 1 week ago | PublicMy personal ranking of every actor who has played John Watson more than once. Includes Film, Radio & TV.
A selection of actors who played Watson once:
Ben Kingsley - Without a Clue (1988)
Ian Hart - The Hound of the Baskervilles (2002 TV Movie)
Roger Morlidge - Sherlock (2002 TV Movie)
Alan Cox - Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)
Colin Blakely - The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)
Donald Houston - A Study in Terror (1965)
James Mason - Murder by Decree (1979)
Robert Duvall - The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976)
John Rhys-Davies - Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes (2010)
Additional: As well as many appearances as Watson to Christopher Lee's Sherlock, Patrick Macnee also played the doctor opposite Roger Moore in Sherlock Holmes in New York (1976).
1. Nigel Bruce
Actor | Rebecca
Nigel was, from the beginning, typecast as bumbling English aristocrats, military types or drawing room society snobs and, within the narrow parameters of his range, he was very, very good at playing these parts. Nigel Bruce was born in Mexico, where his father, Sir William W. Bruce, worked as an ...
Known from: 1930's film series
2. Michael Williams
Actor | Henry V
Michael Williams was born on July 9, 1935 in Liverpool, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Henry V (1989), Eagle in a Cage (1972) and A Fine Romance (1981). He was married to Judi Dench. He died on January 11, 2001 in Hampstead, London, England, UK.
Known from: BBC radio series (1989)
3. Nigel Stock
Actor | The Great Escape
A veteran of stage, screen, radio and TV, character actor Nigel Stock was born in Malta in 1919, the son of Captain W.H. Stock, RE, and his wife Margaret Marion Munro. In British India from childhood, he and his sister Angela returned to the UK in his early teens for schooling. Nigel was educated ...
Known from: 1965 TV series
4. Lucy Liu
Actress | Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Born to immigrants in New York City, Lucy Liu has always tried to balance an interest in her cultural heritage with a desire to move beyond a strictly Asian-American experience. Her mother, Cecilia, a biochemist, is from Beijing & her father, Tom Liu, a civil engineer, is from Shanghai. Once ...
Known from: US TV series Elementary (2012) as Joan Watson
5. Martin Freeman
Actor | Black Panther
Martin Freeman is an English actor, known for portraying Bilbo Baggins in Peter Jackson's The Hobbit film trilogy, Tim Canterbury in the original UK version of sitcom mockumentary The Office (2001), Dr. John Watson in the British crime drama Sherlock (2010) and Lester Nygaard in the dark ...
nown from: BBC TV adaptation Sherlock (2010)
6. Jude Law
Actor | The Talented Mr. Ripley
Jude Law is an English actor. Law has been nominated for two Academy Awards and continues to build a prolific body of work that spans from early successes such as Gattaca (1997) and The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) to more recent turns as Dr. John Watson in Sherlock Holmes (2009) and Sherlock Holmes:...
Known for: Robert Downey Jr. modern film and sequel
7. Edward Hardwicke
Actor | Elizabeth
Edward Hardwicke was born on August 7, 1932 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Elizabeth (1998), Oliver Twist (2005) and Oppenheimer (1980). He was married to Prim Cotton and Anne Iddon. He died on May 16, 2011 in Chichester, England, UK.
Known from: ITV television series (1984)
8. Kenneth Welsh
Actor | The Day After Tomorrow
This latterly white-haired Canadian character actor had a natural predilection for portraying historical figures. Kenneth Welsh was born in Edmonton, Alberta. After college he studied drama at the National Theatre School in Montreal. He then acted on the Shakespearean stage in Ontario for several ...
Known from: Hallmark TV adaptations (2000-2002)
9. Patrick Macnee
Actor | The Avengers
British actor Patrick Macnee was born on February 6, 1922 in London, England into a wealthy and eccentric family. His father, Daniel Macnee, was a race horse trainer, who drank and gambled away the family fortune, leaving young Patrick to be raised by his lesbian mother, Dorothea Mary, and her ...
Known for: Christopher Lee-starring TV movies
10. Andrew Sachs
Actor | Fawlty Towers
Andrew Sachs born Andreas Siegfried Sachs was born in Berlin, Germany, he and his family emigrated to London in 1938, to escape persecution under the Nazis. He made his name on British television and rose to fame in the 1970s for his portrayals of the comical Spanish waiter Manuel in Fawlty Towers ...
Known from: BBC radio series (1989), replacing Michael Williams
11. Earle Cross
Actor | Home and Away
Earle Cross is known for Home and Away (1988), Patrol Boat (1979) and Cop Shop (1977).
Known from: Australian animated films
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