Eille Norwood

Eille Norwood

Born: October 11, 1861
Died: December 24, 1948
in York, England, UK
Eille Norwood was an English stage actor, director, and playwright best known today for playing Sherlock Holmes in a series of silent films.

Movies for Eille Norwood...

All Change
Title: All Change
Released: November 6, 1923
Type: Movie
A study of Eille Norwood's make-up changes for Sherlock Holmes, in his performance of 'The Return of Sherlock Holmes' in London's West End.
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The Sign of Four
Title: The Sign of Four
Character: Sherlock Holmes
Released: June 1, 1923
Type: Movie
The final feature in the Eille Norwood Holmes series.
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Silver Blaze
Title: Silver Blaze
Character: Sherlock Holmes
Released: March 1, 1923
Type: Movie
An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.
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The Crooked Man
Title: The Crooked Man
Character: Sherlock Holmes
Released: March 1, 1923
Type: Movie
Colonel Barclay is found dead and his wife is arrested for the murder, but Holmes is convinced a missing door key will reveal the true killer.
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The Final Problem
Title: The Final Problem
Character: Sherlock Holmes
Released: March 1, 1923
Type: Movie
Holmes and Watson travel to Europe to escape Professor Moriarty's vengeance.
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The Blue Carbuncle
Title: The Blue Carbuncle
Character: Sherlock Holmes
Released: March 1, 1923
Type: Movie
An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.
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The Gloria Scott
Title: The Gloria Scott
Character: Sherlock Holmes
Released: March 1, 1923
Type: Movie
An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.
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The Missing Three Quarter
Title: The Missing Three Quarter
Character: Sherlock Holmes
Released: March 1, 1923
Type: Movie
Holmes receives a mysterious telegram from Cyril Overton, the captain of the Cambridge University rugby team. Overton later explains that one of the best players on his team, a young man named Godfrey Staunton, went missing while in London for an important game. Holmes follows a trail of clues back to Cambridge.
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The Speckled Band
Title: The Speckled Band
Character: Sherlock Holmes
Released: March 1, 1923
Type: Movie
An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.
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The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax
Title: The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax
Character: Sherlock Holmes
Released: March 1, 1923
Type: Movie
A headstrong but titled suffragette slips into the power of a murderous con artist.
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The Stone of Mazarin
Title: The Stone of Mazarin
Character: Sherlock Holmes
Released: March 1, 1923
Type: Movie
Adaptation of the Conan Doyle story The Mazarin Stone.
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His Last Bow
Title: His Last Bow
Character: Sherlock Holmes
Released: March 1, 1923
Type: Movie
A German spy named Von Bork has been in England since 1910. Through several agents, he has gathered a significant amount of information relating to the British armed forces and foreign policy. He is unaware that a large amount of that information is false because one of his agents is really Sherlock Holmes, who is working for the British government.
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The Mystery of Thor Bridge
Title: The Mystery of Thor Bridge
Character: Sherlock Holmes
Released: March 1, 1923
Type: Movie
A governess is arrested for the murder of her employer's wife.
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The Three Students
Title: The Three Students
Character: Sherlock Holmes
Released: March 1, 1923
Type: Movie
Hilton Soames, a lecturer in Greek at a university, notices that someone has gone into his study and looked at the text for an unseen translation exam that is due to take place the next day. Suspicion falls on the three students who live in the same building in which Soames lives and works, all of whom are entered for the exam.
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The Engineer's Thumb
Title: The Engineer's Thumb
Character: Sherlock Holmes
Released: March 1, 1923
Type: Movie
Dr. John Watson treats a patient who has lost a thumb. The patient says that the loss of his thumb was not an accident but the result of an attack. However, he fears that the story behind the loss of his digit is so strange that the police will not believe it.
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The Cardboard Box
Title: The Cardboard Box
Character: Sherlock Holmes
Released: March 1, 1923
Type: Movie
Susan Cushing asks Holmes' help in solving the disappearance of her sister Mary Browner, but it doesn't seem Holmes' type of case until he is told of a Christmas present's grisly contents.
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The Mystery of the Dancing Men
Title: The Mystery of the Dancing Men
Character: Sherlock Holmes
Released: March 1, 1923
Type: Movie
A gentleman is baffled when the childish drawings of little dancing men terrify his American wife. Sherlock Holmes soon discovers why.
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The Six Napoleons
Title: The Six Napoleons
Character: Sherlock Holmes
Released: March 1, 1922
Type: Movie
An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.
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The Bruce Partington Plans
Title: The Bruce Partington Plans
Character: Sherlock Holmes
Released: March 1, 1922
Type: Movie
An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.
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Black Peter
Title: Black Peter
Character: Sherlock Holmes
Released: March 1, 1922
Type: Movie
An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.
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The Stockbroker's Clerk
Title: The Stockbroker's Clerk
Character: Sherlock Holmes
Released: March 1, 1922
Type: Movie
An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.
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The Musgrave Ritual
Title: The Musgrave Ritual
Character: Sherlock Holmes
Released: March 1, 1922
Type: Movie
An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.
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The Red Circle
Title: The Red Circle
Character: Sherlock Holmes
Released: March 1, 1922
Type: Movie
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?
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The Greek Interpreter
Title: The Greek Interpreter
Character: Sherlock Holmes
Released: March 1, 1922
Type: Movie
An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.
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The Golden Pince-Nez
Title: The Golden Pince-Nez
Character: Sherlock Holmes
Released: March 1, 1922
Type: Movie
An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.
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The Boscombe Valley Mystery
Title: The Boscombe Valley Mystery
Character: Sherlock Holmes
Released: March 1, 1922
Type: Movie
An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.
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The Naval Treaty
Title: The Naval Treaty
Character: Sherlock Holmes
Released: March 1, 1922
Type: Movie
Holmes is consulted on a matter of grave national consequence--but with surprisingly little cooperation from the government he seeks to protect. Where is the naval treaty? Why has it not appeared on the continental crime market?
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The Abbey Grange
Title: The Abbey Grange
Character: Sherlock Holmes
Released: March 1, 1922
Type: Movie
Holmes is called to a manor house to investigate the brutal murder of a country lord with a fireplace poker and reconcile the story of his bruised and battered wife with the facts.
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Charles Augustus Milverton
Title: Charles Augustus Milverton
Character: Sherlock Holmes
Released: March 1, 1922
Type: Movie
Holmes is hired by the débutante Lady Eva Blackwell to retrieve compromising letters from a blackmailer:
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The Norwood Builder
Title: The Norwood Builder
Character: Sherlock Holmes
Released: March 1, 1922
Type: Movie
An earnest young solicitor comes to Holmes just before he is arrested--for murder. He insists he had only just met the victim, and knows nothing of him, though he finds himself his sole beneficiary. But then Holmes finds a new thumb print, and the game is afoot.
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The Reigate Squires
Title: The Reigate Squires
Character: Sherlock Holmes
Released: March 1, 1922
Type: Movie
An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.
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The Second Stain
Title: The Second Stain
Character: Sherlock Holmes
Released: March 1, 1922
Type: Movie
An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
Title: The Hound of the Baskervilles
Character: Sherlock Holmes
Released: August 1, 1921
Type: Movie
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.
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The Man with the Twisted Lip
Title: The Man with the Twisted Lip
Character: Sherlock Holmes
Released: April 27, 1921
Type: Movie
Holmes finds that the disappearance of respectable middle class Neville St. Clair may be linked to a filthy beggar living above an opium den.
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The Devil's Foot
Title: The Devil's Foot
Character: Sherlock Holmes
Released: April 27, 1921
Type: Movie
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.
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The Dying Detective
Title: The Dying Detective
Character: Sherlock Holmes
Released: April 8, 1921
Type: Movie
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.
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The Red-Headed League
Title: The Red-Headed League
Character: Sherlock Holmes
Released: April 1, 1921
Type: Movie
An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.
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A Case of Identity
Title: A Case of Identity
Character: Sherlock Holmes
Released: April 1, 1921
Type: Movie
An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.
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The Resident Patient
Title: The Resident Patient
Character: Sherlock Holmes
Released: April 1, 1921
Type: Movie
An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.
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The Yellow Face
Title: The Yellow Face
Character: Sherlock Holmes
Released: April 1, 1921
Type: Movie
An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.
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The Beryl Coronet
Title: The Beryl Coronet
Character: Sherlock Holmes
Released: April 1, 1921
Type: Movie
A wealthy banker comes to Holmes desperate to recover a valuable British gem--and to deal with his son's apparent dishonor.
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The Tiger of San Pedro
Title: The Tiger of San Pedro
Character: Sherlock Holmes
Released: April 1, 1921
Type: Movie
An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.
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The Priory School
Title: The Priory School
Character: Sherlock Holmes
Released: April 1, 1921
Type: Movie
A desperate, but highly respectable schoolmaster collapses at Holmes' door. His prize pupil, the son of a wealthy duke, has vanished, seemingly without a trace. And, why is Holmes getting such poor cooperation in his investigation?
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The Solitary Cyclist
Title: The Solitary Cyclist
Character: Sherlock Holmes
Released: April 1, 1921
Type: Movie
Holmes is approached by Miss Violet Smith with a most peculiar problem. She has recently accepted a position with Mr. Carruthers as a music teacher for his 10 year old daughter. On Saturdays, she returns to her home to he with her mother and returns to Chilton Grange Manor on Mondays. She cycles the several miles to the train station and recently she has noticed a man, also on a bicycle, following her. He is quite blatantly there, stopping when she stops and always keeping the same distance from her but making no attempt to to hide his presence. She is worried at least in part because she recently rejected the advances of a Mr. Woodley who became upset and violent at the rejection. As Holmes soon deduces, she has good reason to be fearful, though not necessarily from the cyclist.
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A Scandal in Bohemia
Title: A Scandal in Bohemia
Character: Sherlock Holmes
Released: April 1, 1921
Type: Movie
Holmes and Watson match wits with an opera star intent on blackmailing a king.
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The Empty House
Title: The Empty House
Character: Sherlock Holmes
Released: April 1, 1921
Type: Movie
A popular aristocrat has been killed, but no one can learn how. No one, that is, until the return of Sherlock Holmes.
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The Noble Bachelor
Title: The Noble Bachelor
Character: Sherlock Holmes
Released: April 1, 1921
Type: Movie
A superior-minded British aristocrat condescends to visit Holmes for help with a spot of bother: his new wife has disappeared. What is the secret of her past? How will the solution affect the haughty "lord?"
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The Copper Beeches
Title: The Copper Beeches
Character: Sherlock Holmes
Released: April 1, 1921
Type: Movie
There is a dark mystery in Hampshire, near Winchester. Why does this strange couple insist the governess cut her hair short? Why is she told funny stories? And who is in the tower?
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Title: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Character: Sherlock Holmes
Released: January 1, 1921
Type: Movie
Early silent Sherlock Holmes adventure
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Princess Clementina
Title: Princess Clementina
Character: James Stuart
Released: March 1, 1911
Type: Movie
King James' agent saves a Dutch princess and marries her as the King's proxy.