List of actors who have played Mycroft Holmes

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

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Radio and audio dramas

NameTitleDateType
Rex Evans The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – "The Great Gandolfo", "The Tell-Tale Pigeon Feathers" [1] 1945, 1946Radio (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] 1960BBC Light Programme
Felix Felton Sherlock Holmes – "The Bruce-Partington Plans" [5] 1964BBC Light Programme
John Hartley BBC Radio Sherlock Holmes (3 stories) [6] 1992–1995 BBC Radio 4
Philip Voss The Seven-Per-Cent Solution1993BBC radio dramatisation of the novel
Frank Buxton The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (American series) – "The Secret of the Fives" [7] 1998Radio ( 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, 2015Audio dramas (Big Finish)
Terry Edward Moore The 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 Laurenson The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (British series) – "The Marlbourne Point Mystery" Parts 1–22010BBC Radio 4
Timothy Bentinck Sherlock Holmes [12] [13] 2014, 2018Audio dramas (Big Finish)
Greg PageSherlock Holmes: The Voice of Treason [14] 2020Audio drama (Audible Original)

Television and DTV films

NameTitleDateType
Boris Klyuyev The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson 1980Television films (USSR)
The Twentieth Century Approaches 1986
Peter Jeffrey Hands of a Murderer 1990Television film (British)
Jerome Willis Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady 1992Television film
R. H. Thomson The Royal Scandal 2001Television film (Canadian)
Richard E. Grant Sherlock: Case of Evil 2002Television film (American)

Television and streaming series

NameTitleDateType
Derek Francis Sherlock Holmes – "The Bruce-Partington Plans"1965TV episode (British)
Hans Cossy Sherlock Holmes – "Die Bruce-Partington-Pläne"1968TV episode (German)
Ronald Adam Sherlock Holmes – "The Greek Interpreter"1968TV episode (British)
Charles Gray Sherlock Holmes 1985–1994TV series (British)
Graeme Campbell Alfred Hitchcock Presents – "My Dear Watson"1989TV episode (American)
Mark Gatiss Sherlock 2010–2017TV series (British)
Rhys Ifans Elementary 2013–2014TV series (American)
Igor Petrenko Sherlock Holmes 2013TV series (Russian)
Kōichi Yamadera Sherlock Holmes 2014–2015TV series (Japanese)
Yukiyoshi Ozawa Miss Sherlock 2018TV series (Japanese)
Katsunori Takahashi Sherlock: Untold Stories 2019TV series (Japanese)
Hiroki Yasumoto Moriarty the Patriot 2020–2021TV anime series (Japanese)
Jonjo O'Neill The Irregulars : "Chapter Two: The Ghosts of 221B" and "Chapter Three: Ipsissimus"2021–2021Netflix original series

Theatrical films

NameTitleDateType
Lewis Gilbert The Bruce Partington Plans1922 Stoll series silent film (British)
Robert Morley A Study in Terror 1965British film
Christopher Lee The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes 1970American film
Charles Gray The Seven-Per-Cent Solution 1976American film
Stephen Fry Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows 2011British–American film
John Sessions Mr. Holmes 2015British–American film
Hugh Laurie Holmes & Watson 2018American film
Sam Claflin Enola Holmes 2020American-British film

Video games

NameTitleDateType
Roger L. Jackson The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Rose Tattoo [15] 1996Voice 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

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