Jeremy Brett
Born: 1933-11-03 in Berkswell, United Kingdom
Died: 1995-09-12
Known For: Acting
Biography
Peter Jeremy William Huggins, known professionally as Jeremy Brett was a highly acclaimed English actor, with an illustrious career spanning stage, film, and TV. Best known for playing the famous, fictional detective Sherlock Holmes in the Granada Television series "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" from 1984 to 1994, Brett's portrayal is considered iconic. His interpretation brought depth, intellect, and charisma to the character, earning him widespread acclaim and a devoted fanbase. Brett's dedication to embodying the intricacies of Sherlock Holmes, capturing the detective's eccentricities and brilliance, solidified his legacy as one of the definitive portrayals of the character in the history of film and TV adaptations.
Filmography
1996
- Moll Flanders as Artist's Father
1995
- Mad Dogs and Englishmen as Tony Vernon-Smith
- More Loverly Than Ever: The Making of 'My Fair Lady' as Self - Host / Freddy Eynsford-Hill
- Sherlock Holmes: The Great Detective as Sherlock Holmes (archive footage)
1994
- The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes as Sherlock Holmes
1993
- The Eligible Bachelor as Sherlock Holmes
- The Last Vampyre as Sherlock Holmes
1992
- The Master Blackmailer as Sherlock Holmes
1988
- The Hound of the Baskervilles as Sherlock Holmes
1987
- The Sign of Four as Sherlock Holmes
1985
- Deceptions as Bryan Foxworth
- Florence Nightingale as William Nightingale
- Deceptions as Bryan Foxworth
1984
- Sherlock Holmes as Sherlock Holmes
- Morte d'Arthur as King Arthur
1983
- Number 10 as William Pitt the Younger
1982
- Seagull Island as David Malcolm
- The Secret of Seagull Island as David Malcolm
- The Barretts of Wimpole Street as Robert Browning
- On Approval as George
1981
- The Good Soldier as Edward Ashburnham
- Macbeth as Macbeth
- Madame X as Dr. Terrence Keith
1980
- Galactica 1980 as Commander Xaviar / Lieutenant Nash
1979
- Hart to Hart
- Rebecca as Maximilian 'Maxim' de Winter
1978
- The Medusa Touch as Edward Parrish
1977
- The Incredible Hulk as James Joslin
- Supernatural as Mr Nightingale
- Young Dan'l Boone
1976
- The Picture of Dorian Gray as Basil Hallward
1975
- The School for Scandal as Joseph Surface
- Love's Labour's Lost as Berowne
- The Prodigal Daughter as Father Daley
1974
- Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
- Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill as Count Karel Kinsky
- Haunted: The Ferryman as Sheridan owen
- One Deadly Owner
1973
- Thriller as Peter Tower
- A Picture of Katherine Mansfield as John Middleton Murry
- The Merchant of Venice as Bassanio
- An Aspidistra in Babylon as Captain Blaine
1972
- The Protectors as Kahan
- Country Matters as Captain Blaine
1971
- Nicholas and Alexandra as (uncredited)
1970
- The Rivals as Captain Jack Absolute
1969
- An Ideal Husband as Arthur, Viscount Goring
1968
- The Champions as The Bey
- The Merry Widow as Count Danilo Danilovitch
1966
- Mystery and Imagination as Sir John Maltravers
- The Three Musketeers as D'Artagnan
1965
- BBC Play of the Month as Joseph Surface
1964
- Theatre 625 as Villiers
- My Fair Lady as Freddy Eynsford-Hill
- Act of Reprisal as Harvey Freeman
- Macbeth as Malcolm
1963
- Girl in the Headlines as Jordan Barker
- The Very Edge as Mullen (The Intruder)
1962
- The Wild and the Willing as Andrew Gilby
1957
- Theatre Night as Roderick
1956
- War and Peace as Nikolai Rostov
- Armchair Theatre as Plinio Ceccho
1954
- Svengali as Pierre