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USD POLL : Which actor is the best Sherlock Holmes?

16 Jun 2013

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29 comments:

  1. Bradley Adams16 June 2013 at 11:00

    Jonny Lee Miller!

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  2. rehabber16 June 2013 at 11:44

    Jonny Lee Miller and Benedict Cumberbatch are both great and play him very differently but believable to me.

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  3. barbara ♡16 June 2013 at 11:46

    Jeremy Brett, but also Jonny Lee Miller and Cumberbatch are great to me!

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  4. Nobody16 June 2013 at 11:54

    How could you forget, Nicholas Rowe? He was a fantastic Sherlock Holmes. Hmmm, he'd also make a great Doctor Who!

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  5. Dovilė16 June 2013 at 12:08

    No one from the list. So other - Васи́лий Бори́сович Лива́нов ( Vasily Borisovich Livanov) from soviet television series: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

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  6. Linlighthouse16 June 2013 at 13:25

    The PBS series with Jeremy Brett was closest to the Conan Doyle concept. But hey--I didn't know Matt Frewer was once Sherlock! Gotta see Max Headroom as Sherlock Holmes

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  7. Yavemiel16 June 2013 at 14:16

    My favourite is undoubtedly Benedict Cumberbatch, but how is Robert Stephens not on this list? The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes is a brilliant movie!

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  8. Paula Ireri16 June 2013 at 15:07

    My poll :)) there are like 1000 Sherlocks, I couldn't remember all! If I had to choose, it would be Benedict Cumberbatch, but all actors play a different face of Holmes, which is fantastic.

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  9. Panos Nestoras16 June 2013 at 15:30

    Easily Benedict Cumberbatch...

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  10. MrBuffySummers16 June 2013 at 15:34

    The "Cumberbatch" is as close to Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock as you can get, with Jeremy Brett a close second. RDJ is incredibly entertaining but he plays himself as usual and not Sherlock.

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  11. Lubbeelou16 June 2013 at 15:40

    I personally think that Basil Rathbone and Jeremy Brett are the best ones :)

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  12. starg8fans16 June 2013 at 15:45

    From the classic Sherlock Holmes portrayals, Basil Rathbone. He was THE Sherlock for me for a long time. Although I also really liked Ronald Howard in the role, but he wasn't on the list.
    From the modern ones, Johnny Lee Miller. His quirky way of portraying Holmes' genius is simply brilliant. I'm a big fan of Robert Downey Jr. and enjoy his movies no end, but his Sherlock is just too far from the original to make him the 'best' on my list.

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  13. sophie16 June 2013 at 16:40

    The best Sherlock Holmes is Vasily Livanov. Even the Queen thinks so. He got the Order of the British Empire for playing that role. Considering the fact that he's actually soviet and russian actor.

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  14. pheral16 June 2013 at 17:25

    I think the Watson from that series is the most fitting I have ever seen, but I'm not so keen on its Sherlock I have to say.

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  15. João Paulo16 June 2013 at 18:53

    Jonny Lee Miller and Robert Downey Jr.

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  16. laura334116 June 2013 at 20:28

    Johnny Lee Miller! Is he the best,i can't say i'm just crazy about JLM,and lets not forget Ms. Watson!!!!

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  17. Bellz Webster17 June 2013 at 00:32

    I don't think the younger people would know of too many of the earlier Sherlocks. I prefer Basil Rathbone myself. I find a lot of the remakes are too trendy which takes away the feel of the originality of the shows.

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  18. Cathy17 June 2013 at 01:03

    Voted for Brett too. For me he will Always be Sherlock Holmes. I also agree that Miller and Cumberbatch are very good to.

    I love Downey Jr., but he should stick to playing Ironman.

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  19. Cathy17 June 2013 at 01:04

    Yes, you are soo right. He was the Sherlock Holmes I believe Conan Doyle would have approved of.

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  20. Cathy17 June 2013 at 01:06

    I agree. I myself have never watched a Rathbone Sherlock, yet still think that the (later) Brett Sherlock was very good and near the Doyle Holmes.

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  21. Casey Young17 June 2013 at 04:39

    Benedict Cumberbatch and Robert Downey Jr., in my opinion, are the best ones.

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  22. barbara ♡17 June 2013 at 09:15

    Totally agree with you, even about Downey Jr.

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  23. Julia Eason17 June 2013 at 10:48

    There are a lot of good actors that have made equally good Sherlock Holmes, but Benedict Cumberbatch is THE best one in my opinion.

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  24. swanpride17 June 2013 at 14:34

    Whitehead....when I think of canon Sherlock, I always get his face. Sadly he didn't star in a good adaptation.

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  25. PsicNina17 June 2013 at 18:25

    Here's Jonny! I mean, I vote for Jonny!

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  26. Станислав Цукуренко28 July 2013 at 17:29

    Василий Ливанов- Vasiliy Livanov. Queen Elizabeth in his time called Vasiliy Livanov most significant embodiment of the image of Sherlock Holmes on the screen. And I'm with her, as well as many of the audience in the USSR and in other countries where these films have been translated completely agree!

    Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson

    Director: Igor Maslennikov

    Written by: Julius Dunsky, Valery Frid

    Composer: Vladimir Dashkevich

    Production: thumbnail

    Year: 1979

    Cast: Vasily Livanov, Vitaly Solomin, Rina Green, Mary Solomin, Gennady Bogachev, Fedor Odinokov, Borislav Brondukov, Igor Dmitriev, Nikolay Karachentsov Adolf Ilyin, Viktor Aristov, P. Leomar, Oleg palms.

    The first part of the legendary television series based on the stories of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories. The film is loosely based on the story "The Speckled Band" and the novel "A Study In Scarlet." Also used in some episodes of the novel "The Sign of Four" and other stories. In the first series we are witnessing love Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson. In the second - Sherlock Holmes reveals the secret of "bloody inscription" hunt down a mysterious and elusive killer.

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  27. frank furter6 August 2013 at 11:43

    Vasily Livanov & Vitaly Solomin are the best Holmes & Watson!

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  28. Stanislav19 September 2013 at 14:59

    Vasili Livanov

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  29. mburns187 October 2013 at 04:35

    Jeremy Brett is the best on screen Holmes. As far as the best Holmes in ANY medium. CLIVE MERRISON of the brilliant BBC Radio dramas. His portayal is lively and eccentric, in accordance with modern tastes. Also, he is the only actor to play Holmes in a dramatization of every story in the Conan Doyle canon. Seriously.. give these a listen!

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