Peter was a top drawer actor, I've never seen him portray a character badly,in every film he was always brilliant even if it was a cheap budget film his brilliance always shined brighter than all the other actors in the film..R.I.P true gentleman.
Oh Ian! I can see that you are so weary with all this newfangled degeneracy which has corrupted the entire entertainment industry. The industry is shot through with corruption and low-grade profanity, scarcely a kind word to be found. Perhaps with persistence, we can bring back the good old days and make America great again.
#Maria Shelly I completely agree BUT what pisses me off(sorry for swearing)is they ignore him in Dr Who lore!!Mr Cushing starred in two TV films, Paul McGann stared in one YET Paul goes downs in folk lore!!!I do not get it xxx
Peter Cushing not only fits Doyle's description of Holmes, he had the energy of the character. Rathbone, Plummer and Brett among others were good, but after I saw Mr. Cushing and Christopher Lee in the Hammer Films' Hound Of The Baskervilles, I thought he was the best.
From everything I have read, Peter Cushing was the sweetest man ,loving husband and gentleman. Thus he is my favourite Holmes for his warmth and manners. Understand the great affection and respect for for Brett and the production values at Granada TV. Holmes and the magnificent Dr Watson are two of the greatest characters in the anuls of literature.
Peter Cushing's best friend in real life was Christopher Lee and apparently, when they got together they would spend hours sitting in Cushing's private cinema watching Looney Toons Cartoons. 😊 Also, Cushing was a collector and paintet of Model Soldiers! 😊😊
@robinhooper2190..I totally agree. Peter Cushing was the definitive Holmes. Rathbone was good until they kept pushing him into out of the 19th Century and into modern day movies. I liked Rathbone in Hound Of the Baskervilles.. However, Cushing's over the top hyper take on Holmes in the Hammer Films movie was much better. His long face and underfed demeanor fit my idea of what Holmes really looked like.
Been an avid Holmes fan since 1967 when I was 9 years old and discovered The Sign of the Four - The Granada Television Productions with Jeremy Brett are by far my favorites but Peter Cushing TRULY does the detective justice - MUCH kudos
I concur if Peter cushing did Do more of these films , he too would be my favorite Though I do watch all of his sherlock Holmes stuff :-) I can't say that for other actors in the said roles apart from my number one and favorite actor of said role basil rathbone, far as I am concerned he is sherlock Holmes:-)
Mr Cushing made a very good Holmes. I really enjoyed this video and hope that I can find more of them with Mr Cushing in them. Thank you for sharing this.
Three things I feel were sad we never got in this life when it comes to movies: 1) A Ray Harryhausen produce War of the Worlds. He had a concept, but never was able to work on it. 2) That we went through the age of Black Exploitation films without one made about Yasuke the Black Samurai, a historical figure. 3) That for all their greatness and friendship, we had two legends like Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee walking this Earth, who played Sherlock Holmes in various movies, yet never worked together to duke each other as Holmes and Moriarty. How crazy would that had been if we had gotten that?
I've got the DVD collection of the surviving episodes from this series. Peter Cushing was as good a Holmes as he was in Hammer Films' lush 1959 production of The Hound Of The Baskervilles (with Christopher Lee), and of course Cushing was simply good in everything he ever did.
Those who have played Sherlock Holmes since 1893: Charles Brookfield - 1893 William Gillette - 1899-1930 - 1300 Performances over 30 yrs. Sherlock Holmes movie Baffled - 1900 Silent/Short - Max Goldberg John F. Preston - 1900 Charles Rice - 1904 Karoly Baumann - 1905 Maurice Costello - 1905 Viggo Larsen - 1908 Alwin NeuB - 1908, 1911, 1914 Otto Lagoni - 1910 Holger Rasmussen - 1911 Mack Sennett - 1911-1912 George Treville - 1912 Harry Benham - 1913 James Bragington - 1914 Francis Ford - 1914 H.A. Saintbury - 1916 Hugo Fink - 1917 Sam Robinson - 1918 Eille Norwood - 1921 Silent short movie - The Dying Detective Burt Lytell - 1921 Dennis Neillson-Terry - 1921 John Barrymore - 1922 Hamilton Deane - 1923-1932 Tod Slaughter - 1928, 1930 Richard Gordon - 1930-1933, 1936 Clive Brook - 1929/1930/1932 Arthur Wontner - 1931- 1937 - Movie Series Raymond Massey - 1931 Robert Rendel - 1932 Reginald Owen - 1933 Felix Alymer - 1933 Louis Hector - 1934-1935, 1937 Bruno Guttner - 1937, 1939, 1942-1943 Orson Welles - 1938 Basil Rathbone - 1939-1946 Cedric Hardwick - 1945 Tom Conway - 1947 Howard Marion-Crawford - 1948 John Stanley - 1948-1949 Alan Napier - 1949 John Longden - 1951 Laidman Browne - 1951 Carleton Hobbs - 1952-1969 Ronald Howard - 1954 (39 episodes) Sir John Gielgud - 1954-1955 Peter Cushing - 1959, 1968, 1984 Christopher Lee - 1962, 1970, 1992 Douglas Wilmer - 1964 John Neville - 1965, 1970, 1978 Robert Stephens - 1970 Stewart Granger - 1972 John Cleese - 1973 Larry Hagman - 1974 Robert Powell - 1974 Rolf Becker - 1974 John Wood - 1974-1975 Leonard Nimoy - 1976 Kevin McCarthy - 1977 Roger Moore - 1976 Nicol Williamson - 1976 Christopher Plummer - 1977 Peter Cook - 1977 Paxton Whitehead - 1978 Geoffrey Whitehead - 1979-1980 Keith Mitchell - 1979 Graham Armitage - 1979-1980, 1985 Charlton Heston - 1980 Frank Langella - 1980 Vasily Livanov - Russian TV - 1979-1981, 1983 & 1986 John Moffatt - 1981 Guy Henry - 1982 Tom Baker - 1982 Ian Richardson - 1983 Peter O’Toole - 1983 (animated TV films - Australian) Jeremy Brett - 1984-1994 Nicholas Rowe - 1984 Guy Rolfe - 1984 Dinsdale Landen - 1987 Tim Pigott-Smith - 1987 Anthony Higgins - 1987 Michael Pennington - 1987 Roger Rees - 1988 Ron Moody - 1988-1989 Clive Merrison - 1989-1998, 2002, 2004, 2008-2010 Edward Woodward - 1990 Simon Callow - 1990 Richard E. Grant 1992 Robert Powell - 1993 Patrick McNee - 1993 Anthony Higgins - 1993 1998-2019: John Gilbert - Episodes 1-18 Lawrence Albert - Episode 20 John Patrick Lowrie - Episodes 21-65 & 67-current Dennis Bateman - Episode 66 Jason Gray-Stanford - 1999-2001 - Animation for Kids Matt Frewer - 2000-2001 Joaquim de Almeida - 2001 Richard Roxburgh - 2002 James D’Arcy - 2002 Andrew Sachs - 2004 Rupert Everett - 2004 Jonathan Pryce - 2007 Javier Marzan - 2007 Roger Llewellyn - 2009 Ben Syder - 2010 Johnny Lee Miller - 2012-2019 Benjamin Lawlor - 2013 Igor Petrenko - Russian TV Series - 2013 Robert Downey Jr. 2009 & 2011 Benedict Cumberbatch - 2010-2016 Nicholas Briggs - 2010-2018 Christian Rode - 2010, 2014 Seamus Dever - 2014 Ian McKellen - 2015 Euan Morton - 2015 Gregory Wooddell - 2015 Paul Andrew Goldsmith - 2015-2016 Ewen Bremner - 2016 Jay Taylor - 2017-2018 Yuko Takeuchi - 2018 (HBO Asia - female ‘Holmes’) Orlando Wells - 2018 Samuel Tady - 2011, 2014, 2017-2018 (Tady Bros. Productions/on YTube) Johnny Depp - 2018 (animation) Will Ferrell - 2018 Nicholas Boulton - 2020 Henry Cavill - 2020 Ethan Bell - 2020 (Fan Film on RU-vid) Ethan Thomas Jung - 2020 Fan Adv. (Vagabond Repertory Theater Company-RU-vid) This list is not exhaustive. however, these are some of the many actors who have played Sherlock Holmes on stage, screen, radio and TV adaptations.
@colinglass2749 : I started this project of discovering how many actors had played the Holmes character in 2017/2018. My research came to an end in 2021. In that time I had listened to (radio) and/or watched (TV/movies) soooooooo much Holmes. 1. Baffled 1900 - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-KmffCrlgY-c.html - silent film 2. William Gillette - silent 1916 (audio added 1936: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-AklHzlu0KCc.html 3. Arthur Wontner 1931 movie: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tQNU_kwOYNE.html 4. John Barrymore - silent 1922 - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fbcnTt4Bh-s.html 5. Otto Lagoni - 1910 - silent - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2q8qRmvhS0o.html
Great story. Always something exotic, in this case, the gold fields of Victoria. For Sherlock fans, most probably never left their home towns, and the exposure to far-off worlds in these stories must have been wonderful entertainment.
Enjoyed this series, as a long standing SH fan of the stories and novels, thanks for sharing it. Re-watched THE WOMAN IN GREEN (1945) with Basil Rathbone, and he's got his cigarette case with him when he visits a bar with inspector Gregson and the bartender lights his cigarette and gives him the matches...later Holmes returns to the same bar with Hillary Brooke and they both smoke cigarettes...and when he goes to her apartment she offers him "Cannabis japonica, an oriental soporific" 😂 so it's not just the BBC and Cushing getting nauseated by the nearly omnipresent pipes, Holmes indulged in all manner of intoxicants, it goes all the way back to Conan Doyle. "I was right, Mr. Holmes, you Are a difficult subject." (the woman in green hypnotist, before the law leads he away) "Thank you."
Note how these were shot on video for the interiors but film for the exteriors (the infamous BBC rule- see Monty Python for details ;) It's odd to see Peter Cushing shot in video after watching him on film for so many years. I have a fondness for this era of television, from Doctor who through Masterpiece Theater and Mystery. These British productions shot on video have their own look and texture to them, unmistakable.
Best Sherlock Holmes of all time. First to play Dr. Who. Actor in many of the Hammer Films with Christopher Lee. And his last great screen role in Star Wars. I managed to find 5 episodes on a DVD set. If there are any more, maybe they'll be on U Tube.
The thumbnail for this video is a still=frame showing Cushing as Holmes looking through his magnifying glass, with his left eye enlarged from the distortion . . . and this very shot was spoofed in the zany comedy "TOP SECRET!" starring Val Kilmer -- produced and directed by the Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker team that made "AIRPLANE!" and the TV show "POLICE SQUAD" (which spawned the "NAKED GUN" movies). There's an elaborate scene in "TOP SECRET!" where Val Kilmer, as 'Nick Rivers', goes to an old bookstore, I think it was, where Cushing portrayed its proprietor, whom we first see inspecting something with a magnifying glass . . . only for him to pull the glass away, revealing that his enlarged eye actually IS enlarged! The entire scene is supposedly in a foreign, European nation, and the 'language' Cushing speaks is actually spoken backwards, as they filmed the scene in reverse and then played the footage forwards. It was as hilarious as it was brilliant. I suspect that the Z-A-Z guys were inspired by the shot of Cushing as Sherlock, looking through the magnifying lens, when they thought up that similar shot for their comedy.
20:09 I just got the joke from 1984's Top Secret! scene in the Swedish bookstore. That magnifying glass joke is even more hilarious now, 37 years later...
Wonderful, Cushing is always a joy to watch, one of several actors who were born to play the Great Detective. A lovely production but I am at a complete loss in trying to understand the purpose of extreme closeups of a face which completely fill the screen. Why go beyond head and shoulders?
Peter Cushing was top drawer but Basil Rathbone was the real deal. He managed to develop his character into multiple episodes with the advent of Dr. Moriarty.. and then there was the voice.
Brett borrowed heavily from Cushing, the same tropes, the same mannerisms (they even look alike). But i think Brett accentuated those traits, almost caricaturizing them, and that just made for a more vivid and outstanding Holmes IMO.
Man that Watson character just is the glich that ceeps me in a state of wonder what'll follow next ,one even can fill the gap created by only his dredfull name with dust swepped up fresh from the attic.🧟
Not the best Holmes but not shabby, not at all, like his figure for Holmes, lean, could use a little more height, narrow face is spot on. Watson needs work or replacement, not bad but not near the other offerings we've seen. Bruce on, for me is my favorite but still in all there have been some good others. I don't think any yet have done full justice to Morarity, in present time I would be hard pressed to pick someone for the roll. Maybe not show Morarity at all, make him more of a shadowy villain, hidden by read newspapers or such, an overlord presence.
My great-grandfather Robert, came to Australia from England during the gold-rush in 1852. He left behind a wife in England and never returned. But he met a lady here called Mary and they began a life together, having 6 children. 5 boys and a girl. All of the boys went to the first world war but the two youngest never came back. When my grandfather (who was the youngest of the surviving 4 children) was in his 20s ( the daughter and other two surviving sons were even older), my great-grandparents Robert and Mary finally…married. Yes that’s right, the children (now adults) were all illegitimate until then. His first wife in England had finally died and so he was free to marry my great-grandmother. This was something I discovered when doing a family history. Robert and Mary’s son Walter (my grandfather) passed away in his 70s in 1972. He was a character, hard worker and had no airs and graces. But his wife, my Nanna Wynn, was a bit stuck up and very judgemental. She passed away in 1987, but how I wish she was here now so I could accidentally (on purpose) let it slip that I knew the truth; about her mother and father in law, and that several of her own grandchildren who had children outside of marriage and who were berated by her for it, were not the only ones in the family who had a skeleton in the closet!
Ohh i love Genealogy. But the fact that i don't even know my great grandfather's exact birth year. My grandfather was 1921 born and he was the eldest among 9 children, means my grandfather must've been born between 1890s to 1900s, around same time when Sir Doyle was writing Sherlock holmes short stories in London.
@@yashshah3484 just a little hint…the ‘sir’ in a person’s name ALWAYS goes with the first name not the family name. His name was Arthur Conan-Doyle (though the hyphen is generally not used) So he is referred to as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle or as Sir Arthur, but never ever as Sir Conan Doyle or Sir Doyle as you have. here is some idea for others. The British peerage, in order of precedence is: *duke/duchess: the Duke/Duchess of Somewhere, both addressed as Your Grace. marquess/marchioness: the Marquess/Marchioness of Somewhere, addressed as Lord/Lady Somewhere.* Note that sometimes the French form Marquis is used (though never the feminine French title of Marquise). Marquess is an older and purely English form. earl/countess: the Earl/Countess [of] Titlename, addressed as Lord/Lady Titlename viscount/viscountess: the Viscount/Viscountess [of] Titlename, addressed as Lord/Lady Titlename. baron/baroness: Baron/Baroness Titlename, addressed as Lord/Lady Titlename.* *The titles of duke and marquess are almost invariably territorial, eg Duke of Devonshire, Marquess of Salisbury, etc. The titles of earl, viscount, and baron are most often associated with a territory, eg Earl of Pembroke, but can also be based on a family name, in which case the "of" is dropped, eg Earl Spencer. A baron’s wife is not typically titled a baroness, though she is addressed as Lady Titlename. Only a woman who is a baroness in her own right uses that title.* The next two ranks are not peers, ie they do not sit in the House of Lords: *baronet: addressed as Sir Firstname, his wife as Lady Surname. knight: addressed as Sir Firstname, his wife as Lady Surname; a knighted female is addressed as Dame Firstname, her husband as Mr. Surname, ie he does not share the distinction of his wife. Whereas a baronet title is hereditary, a knighthood is not inherited.* For details on each rank as well as correct forms of address, these sites are recommended: www.debretts.com/forms-of-address/titles.aspx laura.chinet.com//html/titles02.html
As a Ballarat boy, it's great to have Mr Holmes point us out on a map. Even if it's not a flattering reference, the Poms did export the cream of the dregs Down Under Ozzie Ozzie Ozzie
Not really dregs in many cases, since people were often transported down under for relatively minor offences by today’s standards, and anyway, it’s probably what produced the characteristically tough and universally admired qualities of you Aussies
@trustydiamond I have no proof, but more than happy to wish to be the ancestor of a "criminal " the stereotype of a father who stole a loaf of bread to feed his children. The working class abandoned in a harsh environment months away from the English aristocracy, who could adapt and learn to make do, or perish, is what made us what we became, IMO.
That's Nick Tate as James, who also played Eagle pilot Alan Carter on Space: 1999. Good story! I'm guessing it was something made for British television, since it was only 49 minutes, and all the interior shots were on video, while all the exterior shots were on film.
I find the 1960s company of Peter Cushing (Holmes) and Nigel Stock (Watson) more congenial than the more celebrated and lauded 1980s pairing of Jeremy Brett and Edward Hardwicke. Cushing, in particular, is a delight. He embodies Holmes' sharp intelligence perfectly
At 10:14, when the schoolgirl testifies, there's a stained glass showing a figure of Justice with all her accoutrements. She is of course blindfolded but it appears loose and it seems her head is tilted back so it looks like she's peeking out from under. Was this done on purpose 🤔 or was the artist just careless? 😄 Then at 17:26, Watson strikes a pose in front of it. 😂
