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John Sherlock (c. 1705 – 25 July 1794) was a Spanish brigadier general in the Ultonia Regiment. He successfully defended Melilla during a 100-day siege by Moroccan troops. [1] John was the son of Peter Sherlock, who had been made a baronet and knight by titular king, James III, the Old Pretender, in 1716.
John H. Watson, known as Dr. Watson, is a fictional character in the Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.Along with Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson first appeared in the novel A Study in Scarlet (1887).
Sherlock Holmes (/ ˈ ʃ ɜːr l ɒ k ˈ h oʊ m z /) is a fictional detective created by British author Arthur Conan Doyle.Referring to himself as a "consulting detective" in his stories, Holmes is known for his proficiency with observation, deduction, forensic science and logical reasoning that borders on the fantastic, which he employs when investigating cases for a wide variety of clients ...
John Moffatt: Sherlock Holmes vs. Dracula [12] 1981 BBC radio dramatisation of the novel: Mark Wing-Davey: The Mystery of the Reluctant Storyteller [13] 1986 BBC Radio 4 Tim Pigott-Smith: The Valley of Fear [13] 1986 Roger Rees: The Hound of the Baskervilles [14] 1988 Ronald Pickup: The Singular Case of Sherlock H. and Sigmund F. [15] 1988 BBC ...
Helm was married from 1968 to 1969 to author John Sherlock, with whom she had a son, Peter Sherlock. Her second husband was actor Robert Viharo, whom she wed in 1971 and had a daughter, Serena Viharo, who also became an actress. Helm and Viharo divorced in 1979.
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes is a 1970 DeLuxe Color film in Panavision written and produced by Billy Wilder and I. A. L. Diamond, and directed by Wilder.The film offers an affectionate, slightly parodic look at Sherlock Holmes, and draws a distinction between the "real" Holmes and the character portrayed by Watson in his stories for The Strand magazine.
A Study in Scarlet is an 1887 detective novel by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle.The story marks the first appearance of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, who would become the most famous detective duo in English literature.
In the dark alleys of London, the notorious Jack the Ripper is committing a series of gruesome murders. Holmes and Watson, already intrigued by reports of the Jack the Ripper murders, become involved when they receive a parcel from Whitechapel containing a case of surgical instruments with the scalpel, possibly the murder weapon, missing.