Eille Norwood
Acting
Biography
Eille Norwood was an English stage actor, director, and playwright best known today for playing Sherlock Holmes in a series of silent films.
Born: October 11, 1861
Place of Birth: York, England, UK
Known For
Silent Sherlock: Three Classic Cases
Eille Norwood stars as the Great Detective in three episodes from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: A Scandal in Bohemia, wherein Holmes falls for ‘the woman’; The Golden Pince-Nez, which features Holmes’ deductive powers at work; and The Final Problem, featuring the sinister Professor Moriarty. The episodes are accompanied by newly commissioned scores by Joanna MacGregor, Neil Brand and Joseph Havlat.
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.
The Sign of Four
The final feature in the Eille Norwood Holmes series.
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 thirty films and he's quite good in the role bring an intelligent looking character.
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 bodies start to pile up.
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 Sherlock Holmes and his faithful assistant, Dr. Watson, investigating the case, and discover the existence of a supernatural hound that in addition murderer according to history, killed many years ago Hugo Baskerville, the first of the line, and it seems that the curse stalks his descendants.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Early silent Sherlock Holmes adventure
Charles Augustus Milverton
Holmes is hired by the débutante Lady Eva Blackwell to retrieve compromising letters from a blackmailer:
The Six Napoleons
An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.
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 completely. Or, is it someone else now inside the room?
Filmography
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as Dr. Jonathon Capper
as Dr. O'Kama