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Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1861-10-11

Place of Birth

York, England, UK

Eille Norwood

Biography

Eille Norwood was an English stage actor, director, and playwright best known today for playing Sherlock Holmes in a series of silent films.

Known for

The Sign of Four

The Sign of Four

The final feature in the Eille Norwood Holmes series.

A Scandal in Bohemia

A Scandal in Bohemia

Holmes and Watson match wits with an opera star intent on blackmailing a king.

The Dying Detective

The Dying Detective

Sherlock Holmes (Eille Norwood) knows that a man has killed a former partner but he can't prove it unless he finds a dying detective who knows what really happened. Norwood would play Holmes in over thirty films and he's quite good in the role bring an intelligent looking character.

The Hundredth Chance

The Hundredth Chance

'Lady marries horse trainer but withholds herself until crippled brother is cured.' (British Film Catalogue)

The Charlatan

The Charlatan

Silent Sherlock: Three Classic Cases

Silent Sherlock: Three Classic Cases

Eille Norwood stars as the Great Detective in three episodes from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: A Scandal in Bohemia, wherein Holmes falls for ‘the woman’; The Golden Pince-Nez, which features Holmes’ deductive powers at work; and The Final Problem, featuring the sinister Professor Moriarty. The episodes are accompanied by newly commissioned scores by Joanna MacGregor, Neil Brand and Joseph Havlat.

The Hound of the Baskervilles

The Hound of the Baskervilles

After the death in suspicious circumstances of Charles Baskerville, the last descendant of the lineage of the Baskervilles, Henry, returned to the old family mansion. The charismatic detective Sherlock Holmes and his faithful assistant, Dr. Watson, investigating the case, and discover the existence of a supernatural hound that in addition murderer according to history, killed many years ago Hugo Baskerville, the first of the line, and it seems that the curse stalks his descendants.

Princess Clementina

Princess Clementina

King James' agent saves a Dutch princess and marries her as the King's proxy.

The Devil's Foot

The Devil's Foot

Sherlock Holmes (Eille Norwood) is on vacation when he stumbles into a house and discovers two bodies. Both have been dead for hours but there aren't any visible signs of violence and soon other bodies start to pile up.

A Gentleman of France

A Gentleman of France

The Tavern Knight

The Tavern Knight

The Empty House

The Empty House

A popular aristocrat has been killed, but no one can learn how. No one, that is, until the return of Sherlock Holmes.

The Tiger of San Pedro

The Tiger of San Pedro

An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.

The Engineer's Thumb

The Engineer's Thumb

Dr. John Watson treats a patient who has lost a thumb. The patient says that the loss of his thumb was not an accident but the result of an attack. However, he fears that the story behind the loss of his digit is so strange that the police will not believe it.

The Beryl Coronet

The Beryl Coronet

A wealthy banker comes to Holmes desperate to recover a valuable British gem--and to deal with his son's apparent dishonor.