Sherlock Holmes -The Blue Carbuncle - Peter Cushing - BBC

[asa1973100]

Wonderfull

[FUTURISIM]

Peter Cushing... He's one of the best Holmes' ever.

His best roll was 1959 in the "Hound of Baskerville" and in many Frankenstein Movies from the brittish Hammer Production. I like Cushing, he's my favourite actor!

Reguards from - Germany ;)

[kingbilgames]

@FUTURISIM Cushing is one of my favourite actors too. He is the ultimate van Helsing to me - and I am a fan of Dracula and its spin-off media; a big fan - Frankenstein (though more ruthless than in the book) and many other characters.

[whattyhoo]

Bloody hell James Beck

[GanjaZombi2]

Thanks for numbering them

[jwsiebelink1]

Both Brett and Cushing are excellent in their roles. As for Basil Rathbone, "Sherlock Holmes and The Secret Weapon" was my first time seeing Holmes in a movie, and I was disappointed when I didn't see him put on the deerstalker hat lol

[kingbilgames]

@jwsiebelink1 LOL Actually I always thought it a shame that they turned Rathbone's films into contemporary (for the time) yarns. He was a good Holmes but he needed better materials. Luckily his radio career as Holmes was much better.

[92af]

Peter Cushing was the best sherlock holmes ever

[fryboitah]

@92af I'm a big fan of Peter Cushing, but regarding Sherlock Holmes he is my personal No. 2, but he is close behind Jeremy Brett!

[ShawDAMAN]

@fryboitah I agree Brett's the overall best, but I think Cushing had the potential to be even better than Brett. He just didn't get a really good committed series dedicated to him. If he'd started younger and had that it might have been different. I like Stock as Watson too.

[kingbilgames]

@ShawDAMAN I think his age was fine for the role. Holmes might be young or middle-aged in 'Study in Scarlet', depending on when you set his birthday and him finishing college. Brett is my favourite, but Cushing is close - both are meticulous in their roles. I have no problem with people saying Cushing is the best, I think he had more than potential, he had the right stuff...just his series was mostly destroyed by the stupid BBC so they could reuse the film tape.

[ShawDAMAN]

@kingbilgames well that's the beauty of it I suppose, his age is never stated in the books, so there's some wiggle room. But really I always thought of him as being quite a bit younger to start with than either Brett or Cushing were when portraying him. It is implied that he could be mistaken for a 'student' in 'study in scarlet' which would put him in his mid-late 20's at the most at that point......

[ShawDAMAN]

@kingbilgames ......By the time Doyle wrote 'his last bow' set in WWI when he is brought out of his bee-keeping retirement to catch a german spy we get the impression of an aging but still vigorous man perhaps in or approaching his 60's. Cushing looks that old here already. But I don't quibble because both he and Brett did a great job with the part, it would just be ideal to have someone younger.

[theman2017inc]

@92af He was good but with Jeremy Brett, I'd put just above Cushing. And off course nobody could forget Basil Rathbone, he comes a close 3rd!

[kingbilgames]

@92af Peter Cushing is one of, along with Jeremy Brett (my personal favourite, but with close followers) and also Basil Rathbone (though that is seen as cliched. His films were not too good after the first three, but he was a good Holmes, and appeared on radio), Ian Richardson, Christopher Lee, Robert Stephens and Nicol Williamson. I like them all nearly the same, but Jeremy Brett won me over for top spot due to how many he is in and how much it took over his life!