Eille Norwood

AKA: Anthony Edward Brett

0.1912

1861-10-11

York, England, UK

Biography

Eille Norwood was an English stage actor, director, and playwright best known today for playing Sherlock Holmes in a series of silent films.

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Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {59}

Sherlock Holmes

1923-03-01 0

The Crooked Man

Colonel Barclay is found dead and his wife is arrested for the murder, but Holmes is convinced a missing door key will reveal the true killer. ...

Genre :Crime, Drama, Mystery

Sherlock Holmes

1923-03-01 0

The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax

A headstrong but titled suffragette slips into the power of a murderous con artist. ...

Genre :Crime, Drama, Mystery

Sherlock Holmes

1923-03-01 0

The Missing Three Quarter

Holmes receives a mysterious telegram from Cyril Overton, the captain of the Cambridge University rugby team. Overton later explains that one of the best players on his team, a young man named Godfrey ...

Genre :Crime, Drama, Mystery

Sherlock Holmes

1923-03-01 0

The Mystery of the Dancing Men

A gentleman is baffled when the childish drawings of little dancing men terrify his American wife. Sherlock Holmes soon discovers why. ...

Genre :Crime, Mystery, Drama

Sherlock Holmes

1923-03-01 0

The Mystery of Thor Bridge

A governess is arrested for the murder of her employer's wife. ...

Genre :Crime, Drama, Mystery

Sherlock Holmes

1923-03-01 0

The Cardboard Box

Susan Cushing asks Holmes' help in solving the disappearance of her sister Mary Browner, but it doesn't seem Holmes' type of case until he is told of a Christmas present's grisly contents. ...

Genre :Crime, Drama, Mystery

Sherlock Holmes

1923-03-01 0

The Three Students

Hilton Soames, a lecturer in Greek at a university, notices that someone has gone into his study and looked at the text for an unseen translation exam that is due to take place the next day. Suspicion ...

Genre :Crime, Drama, Mystery

Sherlock Holmes

1923-03-01 0

The Engineer's Thumb

Dr. John Watson treats a patient who has lost a thumb. The patient says that the loss of his thumb was not an accident but the result of an attack. However, he fears that the story behind the loss of ...

Genre :Crime, Drama, Mystery

Sherlock Holmes

1923-03-01 0

His Last Bow

A German spy named Von Bork has been in England since 1910. Through several agents, he has gathered a significant amount of information relating to the British armed forces and foreign policy. He is u ...

Genre :Crime, Drama, Mystery

Sherlock Holmes

1921-04-08 5.5

The Dying Detective

Sherlock Holmes (Eille Norwood) knows that a man has killed a former partner but he can't prove it unless he finds a dying detective who knows what really happened. Norwood would play Holmes in over t ...

Genre :Crime, Drama, Mystery

Sherlock Holmes

1921-04-27 5.2

The Devil's Foot

Sherlock Holmes (Eille Norwood) is on vacation when he stumbles into a house and discovers two bodies. Both have been dead for hours but there aren't any visible signs of violence and soon other bodie ...

Genre :Crime, Drama, Mystery

Sherlock Holmes

1921-04-27 5.7

The Man with the Twisted Lip

Holmes finds that the disappearance of respectable middle class Neville St. Clair may be linked to a filthy beggar living above an opium den. ...

Genre :Mystery, Crime, Drama

Sherlock Holmes

1923-06-01 5

The Sign of Four

The final feature in the Eille Norwood Holmes series. ...

Genre :Drama, Mystery

Sherlock Holmes

1923-03-01 0

The Stone of Mazarin

Adaptation of the Conan Doyle story The Mazarin Stone. ...

Genre :Crime, Drama, Mystery

Sherlock Holmes

1921-01-01 0

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Early silent Sherlock Holmes adventure ...

Genre :Mystery, Crime, Drama

Sherlock Holmes

1923-03-01 0

The Final Problem

Holmes and Watson travel to Europe to escape Professor Moriarty's vengeance. ...

Genre :Mystery

Sherlock Holmes

1921-08-01 4

The Hound of the Baskervilles

After the death in suspicious circumstances of Charles Baskerville, the last descendant of the lineage of the Baskervilles, Henry, returned to the old family mansion. The charismatic detective Sherloc ...

Genre :Mystery, Crime, Drama

James Stuart

1911-03-01 0

Princess Clementina

King James' agent saves a Dutch princess and marries her as the King's proxy. ...

Genre :History, Adventure

1923-11-06 0

All Change

A study of Eille Norwood's make-up changes for Sherlock Holmes, in his performance of 'The Return of Sherlock Holmes' in London's West End. ...

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Sherlock Holmes

1922-03-01 0

Charles Augustus Milverton

Holmes is hired by the débutante Lady Eva Blackwell to retrieve compromising letters from a blackmailer: ...

Genre :Mystery, Crime, Drama

Sherlock Holmes

1922-03-01 0

The Six Napoleons

An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood. ...

Genre :Mystery, Crime, Drama

Sherlock Holmes

1922-03-01 0

Black Peter

An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood. ...

Genre :Mystery, Crime, Drama

Sherlock Holmes

1922-03-01 0

The Red Circle

A London lady comes to Holmes in curiosity about her newest lodger. After first renting the room, arranging for meals and newspaper to be left at the door, and paying a very high fee, he disappears co ...

Genre :Mystery, Crime, Drama

Sherlock Holmes

1922-03-01 0

The Naval Treaty

Holmes is consulted on a matter of grave national consequence--but with surprisingly little cooperation from the government he seeks to protect. Where is the naval treaty? Why has it not appeared on t ...

Genre :Mystery, Crime, Drama

Sherlock Holmes

1922-03-01 0

The Norwood Builder

An earnest young solicitor comes to Holmes just before he is arrested--for murder. He insists he had only just met the victim, and knows nothing of him, though he finds himself his sole beneficiary. B ...

Genre :Mystery, Crime, Drama

Sherlock Holmes

1922-03-01 0

The Reigate Squires

An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood. ...

Genre :Mystery, Crime, Drama

Sherlock Holmes

1922-03-01 0

The Second Stain

An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood. ...

Genre :Mystery, Crime

Sherlock Holmes

1922-03-01 0

The Bruce Partington Plans

An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood. ...

Genre :Mystery, Crime, Drama

Sherlock Holmes

1921-04-01 0

A Case of Identity

An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood. ...

Genre :Mystery, Crime, Drama

Sherlock Holmes

1921-04-01 0

The Yellow Face

An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood. ...

Genre :Mystery, Crime, Drama

Sherlock Holmes

1921-04-01 0

The Resident Patient

An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood. ...

Genre :Mystery, Crime, Drama

Sherlock Holmes

1921-04-01 0

The Red-Haired League

An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood. ...

Genre :Mystery, Crime, Drama

Sherlock Holmes

1921-04-01 0

A Scandal in Bohemia

Holmes and Watson match wits with an opera star intent on blackmailing a king. ...

Genre :Mystery, Crime, Drama

Sherlock Holmes

1922-03-01 0

The Stockbroker's Clerk

An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood. ...

Genre :Mystery, Crime, Drama

Sherlock Holmes

1922-03-01 0

The Golden Pince-Nez

An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood. ...

Genre :Mystery, Crime, Drama

Sherlock Holmes

1922-03-01 0

The Greek Interpreter

An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood. ...

Genre :Mystery, Crime, Drama

Sherlock Holmes

1922-03-01 0

The Musgrave Ritual

An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood. ...

Genre :Mystery, Crime, Drama

Sherlock Holmes

1922-03-01 0

The Boscombe Valley Mystery

An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood. ...

Genre :Mystery, Crime, Drama

Sherlock Holmes

1921-04-01 0

The Noble Bachelor

A superior-minded British aristocrat condescends to visit Holmes for help with a spot of bother: his new wife has disappeared. What is the secret of her past? How will the solution affect the haughty ...

Genre :Mystery, Crime, Drama

Sherlock Holmes

1921-04-01 0

The Beryl Coronet

A wealthy banker comes to Holmes desperate to recover a valuable British gem--and to deal with his son's apparent dishonor. ...

Genre :Mystery, Crime, Drama

Sherlock Holmes

1921-04-01 0

The Copper Beeches

There is a dark mystery in Hampshire, near Winchester. Why does this strange couple insist the governess cut her hair short? Why is she told funny stories? And who is in the tower? ...

Genre :Mystery, Crime, Drama

Sherlock Holmes

1921-04-01 0

The Priory School

A desperate, but highly respectable schoolmaster collapses at Holmes' door. His prize pupil, the son of a wealthy duke, has vanished, seemingly without a trace. And, why is Holmes getting such poor co ...

Genre :Mystery, Crime, Drama

Sherlock Holmes

1921-04-01 0

The Solitary Cyclist

Holmes is approached by Miss Violet Smith with a most peculiar problem. She has recently accepted a position with Mr. Carruthers as a music teacher for his 10 year old daughter. On Saturdays, she retu ...

Genre :Mystery, Crime, Drama

Sherlock Holmes

1922-03-01 0

The Abbey Grange

Holmes is called to a manor house to investigate the brutal murder of a country lord with a fireplace poker and reconcile the story of his bruised and battered wife with the facts. ...

Genre :Mystery, Crime, Drama

Sherlock Holmes

1921-04-01 0

The Empty House

Genre :Mystery, Crime, Drama

Sherlock Holmes

1921-04-01 0

The Tiger of San Pedro

An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood. ...

Genre :Mystery, Crime, Drama

Sherlock Holmes

1923-03-01 0

The Gloria Scott

An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood. ...

Genre :Mystery, Crime, Drama

Sherlock Holmes

1923-03-01 0

The Speckled Band

An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood. ...

Genre :Mystery, Crime, Drama

Sherlock Holmes

1923-03-01 0

The Blue Carbuncle

An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood. ...

Genre :Mystery, Crime, Drama

Sherlock Holmes

1923-03-01 0

Silver Blaze

An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood. ...

Genre :Mystery, Crime, Drama

1922-09-01 0

The Crimson Circle

Police battle against a gang of blackmailers known as The Crimson Circle. ...

Genre :Mystery, Crime

Francis

1922-03-01 0

The Recoil

Genre :Crime, Drama

Lord Pryse

1921-11-01 0

Gwyneth of the Welsh Hills

Genre :Romance

Gaston de Marsac

1921-06-01 0

A Gentleman of France

Genre :Adventure

The Tavern Knight

1920-09-01 0

The Tavern Knight

Genre :Adventure, History

Dr. Jonathon Capper

1920-06-01 0

The Hundredth Chance

Genre :Drama, Romance

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Temptation's Hour

Genre :Drama, Romance

Dr. O'Kama

1916-02-01 0

The Charlatan

Genre :Drama

Sherlock Holmes

2025-12-12 8

Silent Sherlock: Three Classic Cases

Three episodes from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, starring Eille Norwood as the detective ...

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