Jeremy Brett

Jeremy Brett
Brett in Hamlet (1960)
Born
Peter Jeremy William Huggins

(1933-11-03)3 November 1933[1][2]
Berkswell, Warwickshire, England
Died12 September 1995(1995-09-12) (aged 61)
Clapham, London, England
EducationEton College
Alma materCentral School of Speech and Drama
Years active1954–1995
Spouses
(m. 1958; div. 1962)
Joan Wilson
(m. 1976; died 1985)
Partner(s)Gary Bond (1969–1976)[3][4]
Paul Shenar (late 1970s)[5]
Children3[6]

Peter Jeremy William Huggins (3 November 1933 – 12 September 1995), known professionally as Jeremy Brett, was an English actor. He played fictional detective Sherlock Holmes in four Granada TV series from 1984 to 1994 in all 41 episodes. His career spanned from stage, to television and film, to Shakespeare and musical theatre. He also played the smitten Freddy Eynsford-Hill in the 1964 Warner Bros. production of My Fair Lady.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Birth was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Jeremy Brett, an Unnerving Holmes, Is Dead at 59". The New York Times. 14 September 1995. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  3. ^ Manners, Terry (1997). The Man Who Became Sherlock Holmes: The Tortured Mind of Jeremy Brett. Virgin Books. ISBN 978-1852276164.
  4. ^ Mann, William J. (2005). Edge of Midnight: The Life of John Schlesinger. Random House. p. 92. ISBN 978-0099451884.
  5. ^ "Livres sur Jeremy Brett". jeremy-brett.forumactif.com (in French). Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  6. ^ "Jeremy Brett in St. Louis". 5 September 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2024 – via YouTube.