Sherlock Holmes (1954 TV series)

Sherlock Holmes
Series titles over a street scene
Based onCharacters created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Directed bySteve Previn
Sheldon Reynolds
Jack Gage
StarringRonald Howard
H. Marion Crawford
Archie Duncan
ComposerPaul Durand
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes39
Production
ProducerSheldon Reynolds
Production locationsEpinay-sur-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis, France
Big Ben, Houses of Parliament, Westminster, London, England, UK
Victoria Embankment, Westminster
CinematographyRaymond Clunie
EditorsGeorge Gale
Françoise Javet
Production companyGuild Films
Original release
NetworkFirst-run syndication
ReleaseOctober 18, 1954 (1954-10-18) –
October 17, 1955 (1955-10-17)
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Sherlock Holmes is an American detective television series syndicated in the autumn of 1954, based on the Sherlock Holmes stories of Arthur Conan Doyle. The 39 half-hour mostly original stories were produced by Sheldon Reynolds[1] and filmed in France by Guild Films, starring Ronald Howard (son of Leslie Howard) as Holmes and H. Marion Crawford as Watson. Archie Duncan appeared in many episodes as Inspector Lestrade (and in a few as other characters). Richard Larke, billed as Kenneth Richards, played Sgt. Wilkins in about fifteen episodes. The series' associate producer, Nicole Milinaire, was one of the first women to attain a senior production role in a television series.[2]

The series was the first American television adaptation of Doyle's stories,[1] and the only such version until 2012's Elementary.

  1. ^ a b Barnes, Alan (2012). Sherlock Holmes On Screen: The Complete Film and TV History (Third ed.). Titan Books. pp. 180–185. ISBN 978-0-85768-776-0.
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