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Jeremy Brett

Age

61 (passed away Sep. 12th, 1995)

Birthday

Nov. 3rd, 1933

Born in

Berkswell Grange, Warwickshire, England, UK

Height

185 cm

Jeremy Brett's Main TV Roles

Show Name

Characters Played

Ep Count

Armchair Theatre (UK)

Gino

Villiers

Count Karel Kinsky

Sherlock Holmes

Peter Tower

Jeff Walker

James Joslin

The Bey

Ernest Finley

Kahan

BIOGRAPHY:

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TRIVIA:

In the scene in _War and Peace (1956)_ (qv) where the Rostov's invite Prince Andrei to go hunting with them, Brett is the only actor never on a mechanical horse. In all his shots he is clearly on a live horse. 'Audrey Hepburn' (qv), 'Henry Fonda' (qv), 'Mel Ferrer (I)' (qv), 'Barry Jones (I)' (qv) and 'May Britt' (qv) are all clearly on mechanical horses in their close shots.
He was briefly considered for the role of James Bond in _On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)_ (qv), and later auditioned for _Live and Let Die (1973)_ (qv).
Son of Henry William Huggins (military Colonel. DSO, MC, DL) and Elizabeth Edith Cadbury (Butler) Huggins.
His parents married in 1923.
During a long period of unemployment in 1970 he took an uncredited non-speaking role as a Russian soldier in _Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)_ (qv).
Brett was left-handed. The character of Sherlock Holmes was right handed. A hand double was used whenever Holmes had to write something close up.
He was seen as both Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. He played Sherlock Holmes in the popular television series, and he played Dr. Watson in the 1980 Los Angeles production of "The Crucifer of Blood," a stage play based on "The Sign of Four."
His father died in 1965.

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