By 1. Harry Arthur Saintsbury, who had played Holmes on stage hundreds of times in Gillettes play, reprised the role in the 1. The Valley of Fear. The next significant cycle of Holmes films were produced by the Stoll Pictures company in Britain. Between 1. 92. 1 and 1. West End actor Eille Norwood in the lead with Hubert Willis as Watson. John Barrymore played the role in a 1. Sherlock Holmes, with Roland Young as Watson and William Powell in his first screen appearance. This Goldwyn film is the first Holmes movie made with high production values and a major star. Clive Brook played Sherlock Holmes three times The Return of Sherlock Holmes 1. Paramount on Parade 1. Sherlock Holmes 1. In 1. 93. 1 Raymond Massey played Sherlock Holmes in his screen debut, The Speckled Band,1. Arthur Wontner played Holmes in five British films from 1. Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce played Holmes and Watson in The Hound of the Baskervilles which launched a 1. Rathbone is regarded as the Holmes of his generation. Many other films have been comedies and parodies that poke fun at Holmes, Watson, their relationship and other characters. These have included Billy Wilders. The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes with Robert Stephens and Colin Blakely as Holmes and Watson. More serious, non canonical films were A Study in Terror with John Neville and Donald Houston and Murder by Decree with Christopher Plummer and James Mason, both of which involved Holmes and Watson investigating the murders by the Whitechapelserial killer. Jack the Ripper, and Young Sherlock Holmes 1. Nicholas Rowe as Holmes and Alan Cox as Watson playing the duo as schoolboys. The 1. 97. 4 novel The Seven Per Cent Solution, a lost manuscript of a Holmes adventure, was also made into a film in 1. Nicol Williamson as Holmes and Robert Duvall as Watson. The 1. 98. 8 film Without a Clue was a comedic twist on the familiar Holmes legend. Dr. John Watson Ben Kingsley is a genius crime fighter and successful author. Fans of his novels clamor to see the real Sherlock Holmes, and Watson realizes that his audience simply would not accept the fact that Holmes was a fabrication and to reveal himself as the creator and brains behind him would be tantamount to literary suicide. To solve his dilemmas, Watson hires Reginald Kincaid Michael Caine, an alcoholic, womanizing, neer do well actor to impersonate Holmes. The twenty eighth film in the Veggie. Tales series is entitled Sheerluck Holmes and the Golden Ruler, and features Larry the Cucumber as Holmes and Bob the Tomato as Watson. Robert Downey, Jr. Guy Ritchiedirected Sherlock Holmes 2. Sherlock Holmes A Game of Shadows 2. Jude Law as Dr. Watson, Rachel Mc. Adams as Irene Adler, and Jared Harris as Moriarty. In 2. 01. 0, low budget film company the Asylum produced Sherlock Holmes, which is intended to capitalize on Guy Ritchies film. It stars new actor Ben Syder as Holmes and Torchwood actor Gareth David Lloyd as Watson. It was shot in Wales and directed by Rachel Lee Goldenberg. In the 2. 01. 5 film Mr. Holmes, Ian Mc. Kellen portrays the detective as a 9. Laura Linney and her son. As his memory deteriorates, he struggles to recall the last case of his career, which sent him into retirement. Watch Detective Conan: Captured In Her Eyes. It was announced that Will Ferrell and John C.