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My first love amongst actors portraying Sherlock Holmes (with which Benedict Cumberbatch need not compete, as they both have their own versions which draw from canon.)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes first began in 1984 and ran to 1995 a supremely well produced television series from Granada (UK) which sought to create a show as close to the canon Sherlock Holmes as possible, faithful to the original stories. Jeremy Brett was already an accomplished star of the stage, as well as television and film roles (noteably in My Fair Lady with Audrey Hepburn) but it is for his Sherlock Holmes that Brett is remembered and much beloved.
His performances were exuberant, energetic, capturing the brilliance of the famous detective and in fact, some of the humor that escapes other renditions of the canon. He played Sherlock Holmes up to his death in 1995, even as the ardors of the role exacerbated his illness (manic depression, discovered late in life) he continued with 'the show must go on, darlings.'
If you love the new SHERLOCK, I am certain you can hold both actors to your heart. Here are a few clips of Jeremy's Sherlock with his two Watsons - the esteemed David Burke and Edward Hardwicke. (the Granada series was also noteable for making Dr. Watson a strong partner to Holmes, and not a bumbling sidekick)
*trivia - new Sherlock Benedict Cumberbatch considers Brett a brilliant actor; his mother actress Wanda Ventham and Jeremy Brett were friends.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes first began in 1984 and ran to 1995 a supremely well produced television series from Granada (UK) which sought to create a show as close to the canon Sherlock Holmes as possible, faithful to the original stories. Jeremy Brett was already an accomplished star of the stage, as well as television and film roles (noteably in My Fair Lady with Audrey Hepburn) but it is for his Sherlock Holmes that Brett is remembered and much beloved.
His performances were exuberant, energetic, capturing the brilliance of the famous detective and in fact, some of the humor that escapes other renditions of the canon. He played Sherlock Holmes up to his death in 1995, even as the ardors of the role exacerbated his illness (manic depression, discovered late in life) he continued with 'the show must go on, darlings.'
If you love the new SHERLOCK, I am certain you can hold both actors to your heart. Here are a few clips of Jeremy's Sherlock with his two Watsons - the esteemed David Burke and Edward Hardwicke. (the Granada series was also noteable for making Dr. Watson a strong partner to Holmes, and not a bumbling sidekick)
*trivia - new Sherlock Benedict Cumberbatch considers Brett a brilliant actor; his mother actress Wanda Ventham and Jeremy Brett were friends.
