Acting
Hubert Willis
Born 1876-12-10 · Reading, Berkshire, England, UK
Acting credits
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 Tiger of San Pedro
1921
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
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
7.0Holmes and Watson match wits with an opera star intent on blackmailing a king.
A Scandal in Bohemia
1921
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
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
NRA man turns poacher for love of a married woman and is jailed by his widowed mother's evidence.
The Mother of Dartmoor
1916
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
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
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
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
An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.
The Blue Carbuncle
1923
An assassin's daughter learns she is the King's bastard and dies to save his life. Based on the novel "Une fille de regent" by Alexandre Dumas père.
The King's Daughter
1916
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
An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.
The Yellow Face
1921
An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.
Silver Blaze
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
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
7.0Holmes and Watson travel to Cheddar Gorge to escape Professor Moriarty's vengeance.
The Final Problem
1923
9.0An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.
The Six Napoleons
1922
A headstrong but titled suffragette slips into the power of a murderous con artist.
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax
1923
5.3A Martian is sentenced to visit earth to cure a selfish man.
A Message from Mars
1913
An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.
The Red-Haired League
1921