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TV series · 1971

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

First aired 20 September 1971 Mystery / Crime / Drama TMDB ↗

An anthology series produced by Thames Television, comprised of short mystery, suspense or crime adaptations featuring, as the title suggests, detectives who were literary contemporaries of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes.

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Ralph Truman
as Foreign Secretary
71
Charles Lloyd Pack
as Mr. Neal
68
Charles Lloyd Pack
as Judge
68
Robert Webber
as Commissioner of Oaths
67
Robert Webber
as Clergyman
67
Esmond Knight
as Captain Cutler
65
Jerold Wells
as Phelps
63
William Mervyn
as Sir Hector Drummond
59
Lloyd Lamble
as Inspector Brent
57
John Phillips
as Professor Dyne
57
Robert Hartley
as Doctor
56
Anthony Sharp
as Mr. Lister
56
James Cairncross
as Coroner
55
Michael Gough
as Governor
54
Lally Bowers
as Lady Faber
54
Edward Dentith
as Sir Edward Markham
53
Roger Delgado
as Silva
53
Paul Hardwick
as Lord Altington
52
Douglas Wilmer
as Prof. Van Dusen
51
John Barron
as Sir Revel Revell, Q.C.
50
Norman Bird
as Inspector Trent
50
Howard Goorney
as George Wilson
50
Victor Platt
as Sergeant Hawkins
50
Bernard Archard
as Dr. Davidson
49
Jack May
as James Ladbroke, Q.C.
49
Peter Vaughan
as Dorrington
48
Paul Whitsun-Jones
as Fat man
48
Roy Dotrice
as Simon Carne
48
John Warner
as Mr. Piercy
47
Cyril Shaps
as Hunter
47
Donald Sinden
as Romney Pringle
47
Dudley Foster
as Chief Supt. Vyvyan
47
John Neville
as Dr. Thorndyke
46
George Murcell
as Inspector Vandeleur
45
John Stratton
as Mallows
45
Bernard Hepton
as Mr. J.T. Laxworthy
45
Harold Kasket
as Dr. Heinrich Weinlich
45
Tony Steedman
as Captain Hisgins
44
Philip Locke
as Vark
43
Mark Eden
as Roderick Varley
43
Charles Gray
as Eugene Valmont
43
Ronald Hines
as Jonathan Pryde
42
Peter Barkworth
as Martin Hewitt
42
John Nettleton
as Belton
42
Ronald Lewis
as Dagobert Trostler
42
Ronald Fraser
as Horrocks
41
Terence Bayler
as The Duke
41
Windsor Davies
as Insp. Illingworth
41
Robert Stephens
as Max Carrados
40
Jean Marsh
as Mrs. Vanrenen
37
James Cossins
as Dr. Jervis
37
Barrie Ingham
as Dr. John Thorndyke
37
Stanley Lebor
as Paul Petrofsky
36
Peter Birrel
as M. Helder
36
James Bolam
as Roberts
36
John Carlisle
as Stedman
36
Terence Rigby
as Det. Sgt. Bates
34
Peter Bowles
as Inspector Saunders
34
Denise Coffey
as Miss Baines
34
Davyd Harries
as Officer
34
Kenneth Colley
as Farrish
33
John Tordoff
as Fox
33
George Innes
as Adolph Schonberg
33
Derek Jacobi
as William Drew
32
Stefan Kalipha
as Rameau
31
Caroline John
as Edith Dallas
30
Michael Elwyn
as Greatorex
29
Peter Eyre
as George Fitzwilliam
29
Paul Angelis
as Gillet
28
Cyd Hayman
as Laura Stanley
27
Sara Kestelman
as Hagar
27
Nicola Pagett
as Countess Nadja
26
Jane Lapotaire
as Emily Shaw
26
Christopher Cazenove
as Stringer
25
Richard Morant
as Charlie Lomas
25
Jeremy Irons
as Nephew
23
Judy Geeson
as Polly Burton
23
Michele Dotrice
as Mary Hisgins
22
Michael Cashman
as Asst. Purser Robbins
20
Tom McCarthy
as Frank Errington
5
Petronella Barker
as Miss Parrot
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Barry Ashton
as Club Head Waiter
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Anthony Allen
as Rogers
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