
Acting
Eille Norwood
Born — Died
1861-10-11 — 1948-12-24
Place of birth
York, England, UK
Known for
Acting
Credits
59 titles
Eille Norwood was an English stage actor, director, and playwright best known today for playing Sherlock Holmes in a series of silent films.
Known for
6.2The final feature in the Eille Norwood Holmes series.
The Sign of Four
1923
8.0Eille Norwood stars as the Great Detective in three episodes from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: A Scandal in Bohemia, wherein Holmes falls for ‘the woman’; The Golden Pince-Nez, which features Holmes’ deductive powers at work; and The Final Problem, featuring the sinister Professor Moriarty. The episodes are accompanied by newly commissioned scores by Joanna MacGregor, Neil Brand and Joseph Havlat.
Silent Sherlock: Three Classic Cases
2025
8.0No synopsis available yet.
The Charlatan
1916
7.5An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.
The Golden Pince-Nez
1922
An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.
The Tiger of San Pedro
1921
7.0After 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.
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1921
Film credits
1920s · 55 titles
6.2The final feature in the Eille Norwood Holmes series.
The Sign of Four
1923
7.5An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.
The Golden Pince-Nez
1922
An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.
The Tiger of San Pedro
1921
7.0After 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.
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1921
7.0Holmes and Watson match wits with an opera star intent on blackmailing a king.
A Scandal in Bohemia
1921
6.0Holmes finds that the disappearance of respectable middle class Neville St. Clair may be linked to a filthy beggar living above an opium den.
The Man with the Twisted Lip
1921
6.4Sherlock 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.
The Dying Detective
1921
An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.
The Red-Haired League
1921
No synopsis available yet.
A Gentleman of France
1921
Adaptation of the Conan Doyle story The Mazarin Stone.
The Stone of Mazarin
1923
An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.
The Yellow Face
1921
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.
The Solitary Cyclist
1921
6.0Sherlock 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.
The Devil's Foot
1921
8.0Early silent Sherlock Holmes adventure
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
1921
An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.
The Stockbroker's Clerk
1922
9.0'Lady marries horse trainer but withholds herself until crippled brother is cured.' (British Film Catalogue)
The Hundredth Chance
1920
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?
The Priory School
1921
An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.
The Boscombe Valley Mystery
1922
8.0A 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?
The Red Circle
1922
A headstrong but titled suffragette slips into the power of a murderous con artist.
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax
1923
An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.
A Case of Identity
1921
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.
The Missing Three Quarter
1923
A popular aristocrat has been killed, but no one can learn how. No one, that is, until the return of Sherlock Holmes.
The Empty House
1921
An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.
The Blue Carbuncle
1923
A wealthy banker comes to Holmes desperate to recover a valuable British gem--and to deal with his son's apparent dishonor.
The Beryl Coronet
1921
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.
The Engineer's Thumb
1923
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?
The Copper Beeches
1921
An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.
The Bruce Partington Plans
1922
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.
The Norwood Builder
1922
10.0An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.
The Second Stain
1922
No synopsis available yet.
The Tavern Knight
1920
An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.
The Resident Patient
1921
8.0An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.
The Greek Interpreter
1922
No synopsis available yet.
Gwyneth of the Welsh Hills
1921
A governess is arrested for the murder of her employer's wife.
The Mystery of Thor Bridge
1923
An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.
Black Peter
1922
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?"
The Noble Bachelor
1921
An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.
The Musgrave Ritual
1922
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.
The Three Students
1923
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.
All Change
1923
10.0Police battle against a gang of blackmailers known as The Crimson Circle.
The Crimson Circle
1922
An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.
The Gloria Scott
1923
A gentleman is baffled when the childish drawings of little dancing men terrify his American wife. Sherlock Holmes soon discovers why.
The Mystery of the Dancing Men
1923
An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.
The Speckled Band
1923
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.
His Last Bow
1923
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.
The Cardboard Box
1923
7.0Holmes and Watson travel to Cheddar Gorge to escape Professor Moriarty's vengeance.
The Final Problem
1923
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.
The Crooked Man
1923
No synopsis available yet.
The Recoil
1922
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.
The Abbey Grange
1922
An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.
The Reigate Squires
1922
9.0An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.
The Six Napoleons
1922
9.0Holmes is hired by the débutante Lady Eva Blackwell to retrieve compromising letters from a blackmailer:
Charles Augustus Milverton
1922
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?
The Naval Treaty
1922
An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.
Silver Blaze
1923
