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Peter Cook (left) as Sherlock Holmes and Dudley Moore as Dr. Watson in a publicity shot for the 1978 film version of Arthur Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles.
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Two costumed actors performing a dance onstage. theater, performers. Hompepage blog 2009, arts and entertainment, history and society
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Sherlock Holmes explaining to Dr. Watson what he has deduced from the pipe left behind by a visitor (see Notes); engraving from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Yellow Face by Arthur Conan Doyle, The Strand Magazine, London, 1893.
Characters in Literature
USA 2006 - 78th Annual Academy Awards. Closeup of giant Oscar statue at the entrance of the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, California. Hompepage blog 2009, arts and entertainment, film movie hollywood
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British actor Basil Rathbone, as Detective Sherlock Holmes who he portrayed in several movies based on the detective created by Arthur Conan Doyle.
Fictional Detectives Quiz