Jeremy Brett, was an English actor, who is probably best known for playing the famous, fictional detective Sherlock Holmes in four Granada TV series from 1984 to 1994 in all 41 episodes. His career spanned from stage to television and film to Shakespeare and musical theatre. He is also remembered for playing the besotted Freddie Eynsford-Hill in the Warner Bros. 1964 production of My Fair Lady. In 2014 Brett was voted the Greatest Sherlock Holmes beating other actors who have also played the iconic role such as Basil Rathbone, Robert Downey Jr and Benedict Cumberbatch. Brett once said that "Holmes is the hardest part I have ever played - harder than Hamlet or Macbeth..." 

November 3rd, 1933 in Berkswell  /  Died:   Sep 12th, 1995