7 degrees of Sherlock Holmes - Kirk Douglas

The film world lost one of its greats this week.
Kirk Douglas 1916-2019.

Not many of us can say we have never seen a Kirk Douglas movie.

Born poor, he became one of Hollywoods strongest personalities.
















There is however a Sherlockian connection very early in his career.

In 1947 he took part in 'Morning becomes Electra'

Which also starred Raymond Massey who played Sherlock Holmes in  . . . .

. . . 1937s The Speckled Band.

And who's daughter, Anna, was married to Jermey Brett for a while.














So, there you have it, there you are.

Seven Degrees of Sherlock Holmes - Who would have thought, Jim Nabors.

If you grew up in the 60's, you knew who Jim Nabors was. Either from his sit-com or from his singing.

Jim Nabors, 1930-2017 had an uncredited part in,

'Take Her, She's Mine' 1963

Which also featured Robert Morley 1908-1992

Who played Mycroft Holmes in 'A Study in Terror' 1965

So, there you have it, there you are.

One of my favorites is gone - Seven Degrees of Sherlock Holmes - Robert Hardy

Robert Hardy 1925 - 2017
RAF Vet., Actor, historian, one of my favorites.

I first watched him in All Creatures Great and Small.

Sherlockians know him as Milverton in the Granada series.

He is also known to have read some Holmes stories for audio books.

Known more recently for his time spent in the Harry Potter movies.

He was also a keen historian on the English Long Bow.

He could make any dialogue sound elegant.

Seven Degrees of Sherlock Holmes - I missed this one Bernard Fox

Bernard Fox 1927-2016

He played Watson to Stewart Granger's Sherlock Holmes in 'The Hound of the Baskervilles' 1972

He was also in the Sherlock Holmes parody The Privat Eyes (1980) with Don Knotts and Tim Conway.

SDofSH - "Here's a story, of a lovely lady. . . ."

While known, now, mostly for being Mrs. Brady, Florence Henderson was also a wonderful singer.

Florence Henderson 1934-2016

Starred in 1970's 'Song of Norway'

Which also featured the wonderful Robert Morley (1908-1992)

Who, as we know, played Mycroft in 1965's 'A Study in Terror'

So, there you have it, there you are.

Seven Degrees of Sherlock Holmes - the Man from Uncle edition - Robert Vaughn

With the death of the last of the Magnificent Seven (1960), Robert Vaughn was best known for his time as an international spy in The Man from Uncle. For those of us in the 60's not mature enough for Bond, this was a great show.

Robert Vaughn 1932 - 2016

He had a very (very) small role in The Ten Commandments (1956)

Which we all know starred Charlton Heston who was in many Sherlock Holmes stories.

Charlton Heston (1923-2008)

Heston was Sherlock Holmes in stage and in film in The Crucifer of Blood.

Howard, thanks for the additional info.

Robert Vaughn at least once played Holmes on The Hollywood Palace.

Vaughn was Holmes, Phyllis Diller was Moriarty and Charlie Manna played Watson.

Bringing Robert, as Howard suggests, within One Degree of Sherlock Holmes.

Seven Degrees of Sherlock Holmes - George Kennedy

George Kennedy was one of myall time favorite character actors.
He past away last month, and this SDoSh is for him.

George Kennedy (1925-2016)

was in 1973's 'Lost Horizon' 

which also featured the late great Sir John Gielgud (1904-2000)

who, as we have already shown, was in 1978's 'Murder By Decree'

So, there you have it, there you are.

From pre-war cartoon strip to war time pin-up, pin-up to HOUN - The 'Jane' comic strip of Norman Pett - sort of a SDSH

As I am often doing research about WW2 and my dads time in service I often find some very fun things along the way.
And if they have anything to do with art or cartooning I find them even more interesting.
Most of the time these cartoons were used for either instruction manuals or as morale busters.
Some were sometimes used for both.
Bugs and Mickey even got drafted for duty during the war.

I came across one not to long ago that is a lot of fun.

Jane by Norman Pett started in 1932 as sort of a wager. And continued well after the war.
She did however do her part during the terrible conflict.

 Usually at some point in each strip Jane would end up in only her undergarmnets.

 However there was a point after the beginning of 1943 where she fell out of the bath completly nude and then that trend continued.

Pett's wife was his first model until she decided to take up golf (why you have to give up one to do the other I will never know).

She was followed by Chrystable leighton-Porter, who also did a strip show as Jane and would also in 1949 make a movie about Jane's adventures.







The Jane strip lasted until 1959 with a couple of attempts after that to revieve the strip in one form or another.




So, what does this have to do with Sherlock Holmes you ask?

Well in 1982 a young actress by the name of Glynis Barber brought Jane to life on TV.

Glynis would also go on to play the part of Beryl Stapelton in 1983 Hound of the Baskervilles.

So, there you have it, there you are.

Inspired by IHOSE - Seven Degrees of Sherlock Holmes - Elmo Lincoln

Inspired by the recent post on IHOSE I though I would do a SDofSH featuring the first on screen adult Tarzan.

Elmo Lincoln - 1889-1952

also made an un-credited appearance in Tarzan's Magic Fountain -1949

which featured Evely Ankers 1918-1985

who was in 1942's Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror

There you have it there you are.

It is also interesting to note that the actual person to first play Tarzan on the big screen, child actor Gordon Griffith, had a Seven Degrees connection to Peter Cushing.

Seven degrees of Sherlock Holmes - Alan Rickman - one of the big screens best villains.

An incredible actor remembered mostly for all the great bad guys he played. He was however a classically trained actor and had a fantastic presence in the Harry Potter movies.

Alan Rickman 1946-2016

Starred in a movie from 2006 called 'Perfume'

which also featured Rachel Hurd-Wood (1990)

who was in 2004's 'Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking'

There you have it, there you are.

RIP

And Thanks to IHOSE, Rickman also played Holmes on stage at one point in his career.

Seven Degrees of Sherlock Holmes - one of the last from the silent era - Dickie Moore

One of the last actors from the silent era of film and from the series 'Our Gang'

Dickie Moore 1925-2015

Appeared in 1943's 'The Song of Bernadette'

In which Linda Darnell, 1923-1965, made an uncredited appearance

She also appeared in the 1940 'The Mark of Zorro'

In which Basil Rathbone played the villain

So, there you have it, there you are.

(We could also us Vincent Price here from Song of Bernadette)

Seven Degrees of Sherlock Holmes - Dean Jones

Disney Legend actor Dean Jones 1931-2015

 Starred in 1968's 'Blackbeard's Ghost'

which also featured the great Peter Ustinov (1921-2004)

who starred in 1954's 'Beau Brummell'

which featured Stewart Granger (1913-1993)

Who we already know did a turn as Holmes in 1972's Hound

So. there you have it, there you are.