Jeremy Brett passed away 15 years ago, 12 September 1995. I hope he knows how much loved and admired he still is. We will miss him forever. RIP, Jeremy. I own NOTHING!!! Buy DVDs and CDs!!!
It has taken me twenty-five years to look at him again.I didn't know how loved he had been. I've shed a few years even now for his loss. Wonderful man.
I t is rare that a man of his greatness in the acting profession can make you feel like that character is totally real and actually alive......not just Sherlock...he blew me away in Rebecca. Even more so than the great Sir Lawrence!!! How I wish I could have met him, or seen him perform. I have just discovered this great actor, and reading and watching everything I can get my hands on Forgive me. I sound like I am mad.
No not at all. There are many who feel the same. Brett was an exceptional talent. His "acting" was in a class of its own, really a work of art, the way he used his voice and facial expressions. Brilliant doesn't describe it! And I agree with your comment on Laurence Olivier: Brett was superior, more subtle and refined.
I just discovered the Sherlock Holmes "Granada series" about a year ago, and I binged the show. Now I'm re-watching all of the episodes for the second time. I'm almost through them all again. He is such a phenomenal actor. I'd love to see him in other works.
A fitting successor to his mentor Olivier. Others played Holmes, Jeremy Brett became Holmes. Unprecedented. Unique. Unequaled. RIP Mr Brett. Your legacy lives on.
His Sherlock Holmes was the best in many ways. He seemed up to the task of portraying a genius capable of focusing in on his objective and blocking out all distractions and false appearances, in perceiving how things should be and what is missing or out of the ordinary. Someone who is self taught in detecting what people leave behind in traces of substances and disturbed evidence from their actions and habits. Not just an actor playing a role because they are a popular attraction.
realizing it's 7 years later, but to anyone who may be reading this, it's the 1976 BBC Play of the Month "The Picture of Dorian Gray" and he is every bit as marvelous as he appears. Some of his best work imo and it's not one of his more famous ones. It's on youtube!
