List of actors who have played Inspector Lestrade

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The following is a list of actors who have played Inspector Lestrade in various media.

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Radio and audio dramas

NameTitleDateType
Arthur BushThe Boscombe Valley Mystery [1] 1943 BBC Home Service
Frederick Worlock The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes [2] 1944–1946Radio (Mutual)
Bernard Lenrow The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes [3] 1947–1948Radio (Mutual)
Horace Braham The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes [4] [5] 1948–1949Radio (Mutual)
John Cazabon The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes [6] 1954 BBC Light Programme
Felix Felton Sherlock Holmes – "The Bruce-Partington Plans" [7] BBC Home Service
Paul Lorraine Sherlock Holmes – The Hound of the Baskervilles Part 6 [8] 1958BBC Light Programme
Frederick Treves Sherlock Holmes – "The Noble Bachelor" [9] 1959BBC Light Programme
David Bird Sherlock Holmes – "The Cardboard Box" [9] 1960BBC Light Programme
Humphrey Morton Sherlock Holmes (10 stories) [10] 1961–1967BBC Light Programme
Godfrey Kenton Sherlock Holmes – "A Study in Scarlet" [11] 1962BBC Home Service
Alan DudleySherlock Holmes – "Charles Augustus Milverton", "The Norwood Builder" [12] 1970–1971 LP record series
John Hollis A Study in Scarlet [13] 1974 BBC Radio 4
Sherlock Holmes – "Charles Augustus Milverton", "The Six Napoleons" [14] [15] 1978BBC Radio 4
Ian Martin CBS Radio Mystery Theater – "A Study in Scarlet", "The Boscombe Valley Mystery" [16] 1977 CBS Radio
William Griffis CBS Radio Mystery Theater – "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle" [16] CBS Radio
Nicholas Courtney Sherlock Holmes vs. Dracula [17] 1981BBC radio dramatisation of the novel
Donald Gee BBC Radio Sherlock Holmes (7 stories) [18] 1989–1993BBC Radio 4
Stephen Thorne BBC Radio Sherlock Holmes (4 stories) [19] 1994–1995BBC Radio 4
The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (British series)2004–2009BBC Radio 4
Rick May The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (American series)1998–2020Radio series ( Imagination Theatre )
The Classic Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 2005–2016Radio series (Imagination Theatre)
Jeffrey Holland The Newly Discovered Casebook of Sherlock Holmes 1999 BBC Radio 2
John BanksSherlock Holmes [20] 2011–2014Audio dramas (Big Finish Productions)
James Fleet The Rivals [21] 2011, 2015–2016BBC Radio 4
Tim Pigott-Smith The Rivals [21] 2013BBC Radio 4
Bob CryerMrs Hudson's Radio Show [22] 2018BBC Radio 4
Josh Robert Thompson Moriarty: The Devil's Game [23] 2022Audio drama (Audible Original)

Stage plays

NameTitleDateType
Paul Gill The Return of Sherlock Holmes 1923Stage (Princes Theatre)
Daniel Keyes Baker Street 1965Stage musical (Broadway)
Edward Zang The Crucifer of Blood 1978Stage (Broadway)
John Cater The Crucifer of Blood 1979Stage (London)
Ian Abercrombie The Crucifer of Blood 1981Stage (Los Angeles)
Roger Llewellyn Sherlock Holmes: The Musical 1988 Northcott Theatre (Exeter, England)
Michael Glenn Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery [24] 2015 Arena Stage in Southwest, Washington, D.C.

Television and DTV films

NameTitleDateType
Eustace Wyatt The Three Garridebs 1937Television play (American)
Alan Caillou The Hound of the Baskervilles 1972Television film (American)
Hubert Rees The Hound of the Baskervilles 1982Television serial (British)
Ronald Lacey The Hound of the Baskervilles 1983Television film (British)
Terence Lodge Hands of a Murderer 1990Television film (British)
Simon Callow The Crucifer of Blood 1991Television film adaptation of the play (American)
Kenneth Baker Incident at Victoria Falls 1992Television film
Colin Skinner The Hound of London 1993Television film (Luxembourg/Canada)
Neil Dudgeon Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking 2004Television film (British)
William Huw Sherlock Holmes 2010DTV (American)

Television series

NameTitleDateType
Bill Owen Sherlock Holmes 1951TV series (British)
Archie Duncan Sherlock Holmes 1954–1955TV series (American)
Peter Madden Sherlock Holmes 1965TV series (British)
Hans Schellbach Sherlock Holmes 1967–1968TV series (Germany)
William Lucas Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes 1968TV series (British)
Patrick Newell Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson 1979–1980TV series (Polish-American)
Boryslav Brondukov The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson 1979–1986TV film series (USSR)
Stanley Lebor The Baker Street Boys 1983TV series (British)
Shōzō Iizuka Sherlock Hound 1984–1985TV animated series (Italian-Japanese) (Japanese version)
Lewis Arquette Sherlock Hound 1984–1985TV animated series (Italian-Japanese) (English dub)
Enzo Consoli Sherlock Hound 1984–1985TV animated series (Italian-Japanese) (Italian dub)
Colin Jeavons Sherlock Holmes 1985–1992TV series (British)
John Colicos Alfred Hitchcock Presents – "My Dear Watson"1989TV episode (American)
Mike Myers Saturday Night Live – "Sherlock Holmes' Birthday Party"1991TV sketch (American)
Rupert Graves Sherlock 2010–2017TV series (British)
Sean Pertwee Elementary 2013–2014TV series (American)
Mikhail Boyarsky Sherlock Holmes 2013TV series (Russian)
Daisuke Kishio Sherlock Holmes 2014–2015TV series (Japanese)
Kenichi Takitō Miss Sherlock 2018TV series (Japanese)
Kuranosuke Sasaki Sherlock: Untold Stories 2019TV series (Japanese)
Fuminori Komatsu Moriarty the Patriot [25] 2020–2021TV anime series (Japanese)
Aidan McArdle The Irregulars 2021TV series (British-American)

Theatrical films

NameTitleDateType
Arthur BellThe Tiger of San Pedro [26] 1921 Stoll series short films (British)
The Resident Patient [26]
The Noble Bachelor [26]
The Empty House [26]
Tom BeaumontThe Cardboard Box [27] 1923
Philip Hewland The Sleeping Cardinal 1931 1931–1937 film series (British)
The Missing Rembrandt 1932
Alan Mowbray A Study in Scarlet 1933American film
Charles Mortimer The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes 1935 1931–1937 film series (British)
John Turnbull Silver Blaze 1937
Dennis Hoey Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon 1942 1939–1946 film series (USA)
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death 1943
The Spider Woman 1944
The Pearl of Death
The House of Fear 1945
Terror by Night 1946
Frank Finlay A Study in Terror 1965British film
Murder by Decree 1979British-Canadian film
Roger Ashton-Griffiths Young Sherlock Holmes 1985American film
Jeffrey Jones Without a Clue 1988American film
Eddie Marsan Sherlock Holmes 2009British-American films
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows 2011
Rob Brydon Holmes & Watson 2018American film
Adeel Akhtar Enola Holmes 2020American-British film

Video games

NameTitleDateType
Colin Mace Sherlock Holmes: Crimes & Punishments [28] 2014 Sherlock Holmes series; voice role
Harry Myers Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter [29] 2016

Inspector Lestrade is played by unknown actors in multiple video games including the Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective series (1991–1993), The Case of the Serrated Scalpel (1994), The Case of the Rose Tattoo (1996), Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Silver Earring (2004), Sherlock Holmes Versus Arsène Lupin (2007), and The Testament of Sherlock Holmes (2012).

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