The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Norwood Builder
09:15 am - 10:20 am, Wednesday, December 24 on ITV4 (26)
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The Norwood Builder
Season 2, Episode 3
A solicitor enlists Holmes to help clear him of murdering eccentric builder Jonas Oldacre, whose considerable personal fortune he stood to inherit. Drama, starring Jeremy Brett as the famed Victorian detective
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Cast & Crew
Jonathan Adams
(Actor)
.. Jonas Oldacre
Jeremy Brett
(Actor)
.. Sherlock Holmes
David Burke
(Actor)
.. Dr John Watson
Ted Carroll
(Actor)
.. Seafaring tramp
Rosalie Crutchley
(Actor)
.. Mrs Lexington
Colin Jeavons
(Actor)
.. Lestrade
Anthony Langdon
(Actor)
.. Tramp
Andy Rashleigh
(Actor)
.. Bearded Constable
Helen Ryan
(Actor)
.. Mrs McFarlane
Matthew Solon
(Actor)
.. John Hector MacFarlane
Rosalie Williams
(Actor)
.. Mrs Hudson
Richard Harris
(Writer)
Ken Grieve
(Director)
More Information
Did You Know..
Jonathan Adams
(Actor)
.. Jonas Oldacre
Jeremy Brett
(Actor)
.. Sherlock Holmes
David Burke
(Actor)
.. Dr John Watson
Ted Carroll
(Actor)
.. Seafaring tramp
Rosalie Crutchley
(Actor)
.. Mrs Lexington
Colin Jeavons
(Actor)
.. Lestrade
Anthony Langdon
(Actor)
.. Tramp
Andy Rashleigh
(Actor)
.. Bearded Constable
Helen Ryan
(Actor)
.. Mrs McFarlane
Matthew Solon
(Actor)
.. John Hector MacFarlane
Rosalie Williams
(Actor)
.. Mrs Hudson
Richard Harris
(Writer)
Born:
October 01, 1930
in
Limerick City
Best Known For:
A distinguished film and stage career.
Early-life:
Richard St John Harris was born in Limerick City on October 1, 1930, the youngest of nine children from a middle-class, Roman Catholic family. He was a talented sportsman, representing Munster on several occasions until contracting TB ended his career. Richard went on to study acting at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. He went on to join Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop and soon began getting roles in various West End stage productions.
Career:
Harris made his film debut in the 1958 British comedy Alive and Kicking. Other roles followed in The Guns of Navarone and Mutiny on the Bounty before his first lead role came in 1963's This Sporting Life. Other movies followed, including The Heroes of Telemark, Major Dundee, Camelot, A Man Called Horse, The Cassandra Crossing and The Wild Geese. He appeared in a number of forgettable productions during the 1980s but returned to form in the 1990s with The Field, Patriot Games and Unforgiven. His later films included Gladiator and two Harry Potter films. He died in London on October 25, 2002, at the age of 72, following a battle with Hodgkin's disease.
Quote:
"I was a sinner. I slugged some people. I hurt many people. And it's true, I never looked back to see the casualties."
Trivia:
Had three children with first wife Elizabeth Rees. A life-size sculpture of him as an 18-year-old squash player was unveiled by Russell Crowe in Kilkee, Co Clare, where Harris won a local cup four times in a row between 1948 and 1951.
Ken Grieve
(Director)
