Eille Norwood

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

Film credits

1920s · 55 titles

The Sign of Four poster
6.2

The final feature in the Eille Norwood Holmes series.

The Sign of Four

1923

The Golden Pince-Nez poster
7.5

An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.

The Golden Pince-Nez

1922

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7.0

An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.

The Tiger of San Pedro

1921

The Hound of the Baskervilles poster
7.0

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.

The Hound of the Baskervilles

1921

A Scandal in Bohemia poster
7.0

Holmes and Watson match wits with an opera star intent on blackmailing a king.

A Scandal in Bohemia

1921

The Man with the Twisted Lip poster
6.0

Holmes 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

The Dying Detective poster
6.4

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.

The Dying Detective

1921

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9.0

An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.

The Red-Haired League

1921

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9.0

No synopsis available yet.

A Gentleman of France

1921

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10.0

Adaptation of the Conan Doyle story The Mazarin Stone.

The Stone of Mazarin

1923

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9.0

An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.

The Yellow Face

1921

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9.0

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

The Devil's Foot poster
6.0

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.

The Devil's Foot

1921

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes poster
8.0

Early silent Sherlock Holmes adventure

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

1921

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8.0

An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.

The Stockbroker's Clerk

1922

The Hundredth Chance poster
9.0

'Lady marries horse trainer but withholds herself until crippled brother is cured.' (British Film Catalogue)

The Hundredth Chance

1920

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10.0

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

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9.0

An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.

The Boscombe Valley Mystery

1922

The Red Circle poster
8.0

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?

The Red Circle

1922

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8.0

A headstrong but titled suffragette slips into the power of a murderous con artist.

The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax

1923

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7.0

An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.

A Case of Identity

1921

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8.0

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

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10.0

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

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7.0

An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.

The Blue Carbuncle

1923

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10.0

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

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9.0

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

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8.0

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

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7.0

An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.

The Bruce Partington Plans

1922

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8.0

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

The Second Stain poster
10.0

An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.

The Second Stain

1922

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9.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Tavern Knight

1920

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9.0

An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.

The Resident Patient

1921

The Greek Interpreter poster
8.0

An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.

The Greek Interpreter

1922

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7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Gwyneth of the Welsh Hills

1921

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10.0

A governess is arrested for the murder of her employer's wife.

The Mystery of Thor Bridge

1923

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8.0

An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.

Black Peter

1922

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9.0

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

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7.0

An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.

The Musgrave Ritual

1922

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9.0

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

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NR

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

The Crimson Circle poster
10.0

Police battle against a gang of blackmailers known as The Crimson Circle.

The Crimson Circle

1922

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7.0

An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.

The Gloria Scott

1923

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10.0

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

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8.0

An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.

The Speckled Band

1923

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10.0

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

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7.0

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

The Final Problem poster
7.0

Holmes and Watson travel to Cheddar Gorge to escape Professor Moriarty's vengeance.

The Final Problem

1923

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10.0

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

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9.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Recoil

1922

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7.0

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

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10.0

An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.

The Reigate Squires

1922

The Six Napoleons poster
9.0

An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.

The Six Napoleons

1922

Charles Augustus Milverton poster
9.0

Holmes is hired by the débutante Lady Eva Blackwell to retrieve compromising letters from a blackmailer:

Charles Augustus Milverton

1922

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8.0

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

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8.0

An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.

Silver Blaze

1923