Sherlock Holmes dies television – New Dia.com

Douglas Wilmer, who played the detective Sherlock Holmes in a television series of the 1960s, died at age 96.

The Society Sherlock Holmes London said that Wilmer died Thursday in a hospital Ipswich in eastern England.

Wilmer pipe played the detective in a series of 1964 and 1965. the Sherlock Holmes Society said that “for many, was the seminal version of Sherlock Holmes on television “.

in a tribute, the society called his characterization of” incisive, with an ingenious dry, fully in command of the facts … exactly as Sherlock Holmes had seen. “

Wilmer returned to the role in the television movie “the adventure of Sherlock Holmes’ smarter brother” (the adventure of the smartest of Sherlock Holmes brother “) of 1975 and to a series of audio books.

Wilmer also he appeared with Christopher Lee in the film “Fu Manchu” and Roger Moore in the television show of the 1960s “the Saint” and the James Bond film “Octopussy”.

Moore tweeted that Wilmer was “an excellent actor and was happy to participate in ‘the Saint’ and ‘Octopussy’ ”.

in his later years, Wilmer opened the wine bar Sherlock’s in Woodbridge , a town in eastern England where he lived.

One of his last appearances on the small screen was in 2012 as a disgruntled member of the Diogenes Club for the “Sherlock” BBC, starring Benedict Cumberbatch as the great detective.