The following is a list of actors who have played Inspector Lestrade in various media.
Name | Title | Date | Type |
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Arthur Bush | The Boscombe Valley Mystery [1] | 1943 | BBC Home Service |
Frederick Worlock | The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes [2] | 1944–1946 | Radio (Mutual) |
Bernard Lenrow | The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes [3] | 1947–1948 | Radio (Mutual) |
Horace Braham | The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes [4] [5] | 1948–1949 | Radio (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] | 1958 | BBC Light Programme |
Frederick Treves | Sherlock Holmes – "The Noble Bachelor" [9] | 1959 | BBC Light Programme |
David Bird | Sherlock Holmes – "The Cardboard Box" [9] | 1960 | BBC Light Programme |
Humphrey Morton | Sherlock Holmes (10 stories) [10] | 1961–1967 | BBC Light Programme |
Godfrey Kenton | Sherlock Holmes – "A Study in Scarlet" [11] | 1962 | BBC Home Service |
Alan Dudley | Sherlock 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] | 1978 | BBC 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] | 1981 | BBC radio dramatisation of the novel |
Donald Gee | BBC Radio Sherlock Holmes (7 stories) [18] | 1989–1993 | BBC Radio 4 |
Stephen Thorne | BBC Radio Sherlock Holmes (4 stories) [19] | 1994–1995 | BBC Radio 4 |
The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (British series) | 2004–2009 | BBC Radio 4 | |
Rick May | The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (American series) | 1998–2020 | Radio series ( Imagination Theatre ) |
The Classic Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | 2005–2016 | Radio series (Imagination Theatre) | |
Jeffrey Holland | The Newly Discovered Casebook of Sherlock Holmes | 1999 | BBC Radio 2 |
John Banks | Sherlock Holmes [20] | 2011–2014 | Audio dramas (Big Finish Productions) |
James Fleet | The Rivals [21] | 2011, 2015–2016 | BBC Radio 4 |
Tim Pigott-Smith | The Rivals [21] | 2013 | BBC Radio 4 |
Bob Cryer | Mrs Hudson's Radio Show [22] | 2018 | BBC Radio 4 |
Josh Robert Thompson | Moriarty: The Devil's Game [23] | 2022 | Audio drama (Audible Original) |
Name | Title | Date | Type |
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Paul Gill | The Return of Sherlock Holmes | 1923 | Stage (Princes Theatre) |
Daniel Keyes | Baker Street | 1965 | Stage musical (Broadway) |
Edward Zang | The Crucifer of Blood | 1978 | Stage (Broadway) |
John Cater | The Crucifer of Blood | 1979 | Stage (London) |
Ian Abercrombie | The Crucifer of Blood | 1981 | Stage (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. |
Name | Title | Date | Type |
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Eustace Wyatt | The Three Garridebs | 1937 | Television play (American) |
Alan Caillou | The Hound of the Baskervilles | 1972 | Television film (American) |
Hubert Rees | The Hound of the Baskervilles | 1982 | Television serial (British) |
Ronald Lacey | The Hound of the Baskervilles | 1983 | Television film (British) |
Terence Lodge | Hands of a Murderer | 1990 | Television film (British) |
Simon Callow | The Crucifer of Blood | 1991 | Television film adaptation of the play (American) |
Kenneth Baker | Incident at Victoria Falls | 1992 | Television film |
Colin Skinner | The Hound of London | 1993 | Television film (Luxembourg/Canada) |
Neil Dudgeon | Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking | 2004 | Television film (British) |
William Huw | Sherlock Holmes | 2010 | DTV (American) |
Name | Title | Date | Type |
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Bill Owen | Sherlock Holmes | 1951 | TV series (British) |
Archie Duncan | Sherlock Holmes | 1954–1955 | TV series (American) |
Peter Madden | Sherlock Holmes | 1965 | TV series (British) |
Hans Schellbach | Sherlock Holmes | 1967–1968 | TV series (Germany) |
William Lucas | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes | 1968 | TV series (British) |
Patrick Newell | Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson | 1979–1980 | TV series (Polish-American) |
Boryslav Brondukov | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson | 1979–1986 | TV film series (USSR) |
Stanley Lebor | The Baker Street Boys | 1983 | TV series (British) |
Shōzō Iizuka | Sherlock Hound | 1984–1985 | TV animated series (Italian-Japanese) (Japanese version) |
Lewis Arquette | Sherlock Hound | 1984–1985 | TV animated series (Italian-Japanese) (English dub) |
Enzo Consoli | Sherlock Hound | 1984–1985 | TV animated series (Italian-Japanese) (Italian dub) |
Colin Jeavons | Sherlock Holmes | 1985–1992 | TV series (British) |
John Colicos | Alfred Hitchcock Presents – "My Dear Watson" | 1989 | TV episode (American) |
Mike Myers | Saturday Night Live – "Sherlock Holmes' Birthday Party" | 1991 | TV sketch (American) |
Rupert Graves | Sherlock | 2010–2017 | TV series (British) |
Sean Pertwee | Elementary | 2013–2014 | TV series (American) |
Mikhail Boyarsky | Sherlock Holmes | 2013 | TV series (Russian) |
Daisuke Kishio | Sherlock Holmes | 2014–2015 | TV series (Japanese) |
Kenichi Takitō | Miss Sherlock | 2018 | TV series (Japanese) |
Kuranosuke Sasaki | Sherlock: Untold Stories | 2019 | TV series (Japanese) |
Fuminori Komatsu | Moriarty the Patriot [25] | 2020–2021 | TV anime series (Japanese) |
David Matranga | 2021 | TV anime series (English dub) | |
Aidan McArdle | The Irregulars | 2021 | TV series (British-American) |
Tomoyuki Shimura | Lupin the 3rd Part 6 | 2021-2022 | TV anime series (Japanese) |
Luis Bermudez | 2022 | TV anime series (English dub) | |
Taiten Kusunoki | Undead Girl Murder Farce | 2023 | TV anime series (Japanese) |
Name | Title | Date | Type |
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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).