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Who was the first actor to have played both Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson in movie roles?
John Reginald Owen (5 August 1887 – 5 November 1972) was a British actor, known for his many roles in British and American films and television programs.
Owen is perhaps best known today for his performance as Ebenezer Scrooge in the 1938 film version of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol", a role he inherited from Lionel Barrymore, who had played the part on the radio for years
Owen was one of several actors to play both Sherlock Holmes and his companion Dr. Watson. He was the first actor to portray them in movies. first as Watson in the film "Sherlock Holmes" (1932) starring Clive Broohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/undefinedk as Holmes, and then Holmes in "A Study in Scarlet" (1933).
Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective created by British author Arthur Conan Doyle. Referring to himself as a "consulting detective" in his stories, Holmes is known for his proficiency with observation, deduction, forensic science and logical reasoning that borders on the fantastic, which he employs when investigating cases for a wide variety of clients, including Scotland Yard.
John H. Watson, known as Dr. Watson, is a fictional character in the Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Along with Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson first appeared in the novel "A Study in Scarlet" (1887). "The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place" (1927) is the last work of Doyle featuring Watson and Holmes.
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