Detecting Holmes on screen
To PBS viewers, Jeremy Brett is the defining Sherlock Holmes. To older movie fans, its Basil Rathbone. Brett and Rathbone are two among dozens of actors whove played A. Conan Doyles deerstalker-wearing detective. Some of the others might surprise you.
So test your knowledge of Holmes on screen. One actor on each of the following slides played him, the other did not. Who did - and who didn't?-- Mark Feeney, Globe Staff
So test your knowledge of Holmes on screen. One actor on each of the following slides played him, the other did not. Who did - and who didn't?-- Mark Feeney, Globe Staff
Pictured: Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman in "Sherlock," which begins Oct. 24 on PBS.