Jeremy Brett

Actor Nov 3 (died age 61) Berkswell, United Kingdom 1954–1996 (42 year career)

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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 …

Known For

Film

My Fair Lady

Freddy Eynsford-Hill

Film

Sherlock Holmes

Film

War and Peace

Nikolai Rostov

Film

The Medusa Touch

Edward Parrish

Film

The Sign of Four

Sherlock Holmes

Film

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Sherlock Holmes

Film

Nicholas and Alexandra

(uncredited)

Film

Moll Flanders

Artist's Father

Filmography

Acting (64)

Movies (39)

Moll Flanders

1996

as Artist's Father

6.1

Mad Dogs and Englishmen

1995

as Tony Vernon-Smith

3.4

More Loverly Than Ever: The Making of 'My Fair Lady'

1995

as Self - Host / Freddy Eynsford-Hill

7.0

Sherlock Holmes: The Great Detective

1995

as Sherlock Holmes (archive footage)

The Last Vampyre

1993

as Sherlock Holmes

6.8

The Eligible Bachelor

1993

as Sherlock Holmes

6.5

The Master Blackmailer

1992

as Sherlock Holmes

6.8

The Hound of the Baskervilles

as Sherlock Holmes

The Sign of Four

as Sherlock Holmes

Deceptions

as Bryan Foxworth

Florence Nightingale

as William Nightingale

5.7

Morte d'Arthur

1984

as King Arthur

On Approval

1982

as George

The Barretts of Wimpole Street

1982

as Robert Browning

The Secret of Seagull Island

as David Malcolm

Macbeth

as Macbeth

Madame X

as Dr. Terrence Keith

The Good Soldier

as Edward Ashburnham

The Medusa Touch

as Edward Parrish

The Picture of Dorian Gray

1976

as Basil Hallward

8.0

Love's Labour's Lost

1975

as Berowne

The Prodigal Daughter

1975

as Father Daley

3.3

The School for Scandal

1975

as Joseph Surface

Haunted: The Ferryman

1974

as Sheridan owen

7.0

Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill

1974

as Count Karel Kinsky

8.0

One Deadly Owner

1974

8.0

The Merchant of Venice

1973

as Bassanio

7.0

Nicholas and Alexandra

1971

as (uncredited)

6.9

The Rivals

1970

as Captain Jack Absolute

6.0

An Ideal Husband

1969

as Arthur, Viscount Goring

6.0

The Merry Widow

1968

as Count Danilo Danilovitch

6.0

My Fair Lady

1964

as Freddy Eynsford-Hill

7.5

Act of Reprisal

1964

as Harvey Freeman

Macbeth

1964

as Malcolm

6.0

The Very Edge

1963

as Mullen (The Intruder)

5.2

Girl in the Headlines

1963

as Jordan Barker

5.8

The Wild and the Willing

as Andrew Gilby

War and Peace

as Nikolai Rostov

Svengali

as Pierre

Television (25)

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

1994

as Sherlock Holmes

8.8

The Return of Sherlock Holmes

as Sherlock Holmes

Deceptions

as Bryan Foxworth

Sherlock Holmes

as Sherlock Holmes

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

1984

as Sherlock Holmes

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

1984

as Sherlock Holmes

Number 10

1983

as William Pitt the Younger

Seagull Island

as David Malcolm

Galactica 1980

as Commander Xaviar / Lieutenant Nash

Hart to Hart

Rebecca

as Maximilian 'Maxim' de Winter

The Incredible Hulk

as James Joslin

Supernatural

as Mr Nightingale

Young Dan'l Boone

Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill

Thriller

as Peter Tower

A Picture of Katherine Mansfield

1973

as John Middleton Murry

The Protectors

as Kahan

The Champions

as The Bey

Mystery and Imagination

1966

as Sir John Maltravers

5.5

The Three Musketeers

1966

as D'Artagnan

5.0

BBC Play of the Month

as Vicount Goring

Theatre 625

as Villiers

Theatre Night

as Roderick

Armchair Theatre

1956

as Dorian Gray

5.8