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 The refined and debonair English actor Jeremy Brett will forever be best remembered for his long-running and critically acclaimed portrayal of Sherlock Holmes for Britain's Granada Television. From a privileged background, Brett was educated at England's most prestigious independent school, Eton College. After training as an actor at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London, Brett made his professional stage debut in repertory in 1954. He became a noteworthy classical actor who was to make regular appearances on stage, including many with the National Theatre.Brett was as cultured off screen as on. His interests included classical music, archery and horseback riding. His greatest popularity and acclaim would come with his portrayal of Sherlock Holmes on television from the 1980s through to the 1990s. Where so many have tried and failed to capture the essence of the character, either being derided or forgotten, Brett's widely praised take on it has been described by many as superlative and even definitive. Brett suffered from poor health towards the end of his life but he was still playing the role of Holmes shortly before his death in 1995 at the age of 61.
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The refined and debonair English actor Jeremy Brett will forever be best remembered for his long-running and critically acclaimed portrayal of Sherlock Holmes for Britain's Granada Television. From a privileged background, Brett was educated at England's most prestigious independent school, Eton College. After training as an actor at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London, Brett made his professional stage debut in repertory in 1954. He became a noteworthy classical actor who was to make regular appearances on stage, including many with the National Theatre.Brett was as cultured off screen as on. His interests included classical music, archery and horseback riding. His greatest popularity and acclaim would come with his portrayal of Sherlock Holmes on television from the 1980s through to the 1990s. Where so many have tried and failed to capture the essence of the character, either being derided or forgotten, Brett's widely praised take on it has been described by many as superlative and even definitive. Brett suffered from poor health towards the end of his life but he was still playing the role of Holmes shortly before his death in 1995 at the age of 61.
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He was famous for his portrayal of Sherlock Holmes in the television series The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1984) and The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1986). When he learned that his Sherlock Holmes was very popular with children (who saw him as a superhero), he was troubled by the fact that Holmes is a cocaine user. In response, he sought and obtained permission from Arthur Conan Doyle's daughter to have Holmes overcome and abandon his addiction, signified with Holmes burying his syringe in the episode "The Devil's Foot".His hobbies included archery, horseback riding and piano.Brett was left-handed. The character of Sherlock Holmes was right-handed. A hand double was employed whenever a close-up view was shown of Holmes writing something.He was seen as both Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. He played Sherlock Holmes in the popular television series, and he played Dr. Watson in the December 1980 Los Angeles production of "The Crucifer of Blood," a stage play based on "The Sign of Four" starring Charlton Heston as "The Great Detective".His death at the age of 61 was the result of cardiomyopathy (heart failure). Brett's heart valves were permanently scarred by rheumatic fever, which he suffered as a teenager. Medication later prescribed for his bipolar disorder, and his longtime smoking habit, also weakened his heart. His co-star Edward Hardwicke recalled that Brett would often buy three packets of cigarettes in the morning, and smoke them all during the course of the day.His father forbade him from using the family name on stage because he thought acting was a "dubious" profession. So Jeremy took his stage name from the label of his first suit, "Brett & Co."Brett belonged to the Woodmen of Arden, an archery club established in 1758. His father and brothers were also members.In the scene in War and Peace (1956) in which the Rostovs invite Prince Andrei to go hunting with them, Brett is the only actor never on a mechanical horse. In all his shots he is clearly on a live horse. Audrey Hepburn, Henry Fonda, Mel Ferrer, Barry Jones and May Britt are all clearly on mechanical horses in their close shots.He was born with a speech impediment that was corrected later by surgery as a teenager.He played Audrey Hepburn's brother on War and Peace (1956) and her suitor in My Fair Lady (1964).After training as an actor at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London, Jeremy Brett made his professional stage debut in Manchester, England, in the repertory company of the Library Theatre in 1954. There he became lifelong friends with actor Robert Stephens. They would go on to share rooms and roles, serve as each other's best man, and died within two months of one another.He was briefly considered for the role of James Bond in On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969), and later auditioned for Live and Let Die (1973).Although he is now regarded by many as the definitive Sherlock Holmes, when his casting was announced in 1984 there were complaints that he was too old for the part.He wanted to be a jockey before becoming an actor because he loved horses, but he claimed he became too big for it.He owned a Jack Russell terrier mix named "Mr. Binks".He appeared with his former wife, Anna Massey, in the BBC television production of Rebecca (1979), where he played Maxim de Winter and she played his housekeeper, Mrs. Danvers.Suffered at least one nervous breakdown while playing Sherlock Holmes.His favorite music was Giuseppe Verdi's Requiem, "In Paradisum" from Faure's Requiem, "Habanera" from Georges Bizet's Carmen, Richard Strauss' Vier Letzte Lieder and "Tuba Mirum" from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Requiem.He suffered from bipolar disorder.Before agreeing to play the Baker Street sleuth in 1984, Jeremy Brett had been strongly advised by fellow Holmes actor, Robert Stephens, to decline the part.He was educated at Eton College.His stage roles include: Patroclus and then Troilus in "Troilus and Cressida" (1956), Hamlet in "Hamlet" (1961), Bassanio in "The Merchant of Venice" (1970), Dracula in "Dracula" (1978-9), Dr. John Watson in "The Crucifer of Blood" (1980-1), Prospero in "The Tempest" (1982), and Sherlock Holmes in "The Secret of Sherlock Holmes" (1988-9).He was the uncle of the popular English actor, Martin Clunes, known for roles in series such as British Men Behaving Badly (1992) and Doc Martin (2004). Brett's sister was Clunes' mother.All his singing in My Fair Lady (1964) was dubbed by Bill Shirley, as Brett admitted in 1994.He was chosen to play Nicholas Rostov in War and Peace (1956) in part because it was felt he resembled his on-screen sibling, Audrey Hepburn.A memorial service was held for him at St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London on 29 November 1995.He performed with Tom Baker as a member of the National Theatre in the early 1970s. Both actors would go on to play Sherlock Holmes on British television in the 1980s. Baker would play the part in The Hound of the Baskervilles (1982) for the BBC and Brett played the character on rival channel ITV from 1984 onwards.Had a condition called Brachydactyly type-D, which caused him to have very short thumbs.He was the ex-son-in-law of Raymond Massey and Adrianne Allen. He was the ex-brother-in-law of Daniel Massey.He has three elder brothers: John, Michael and Patrick.He was the father of author David Huggins (The Big Kiss, Luxury Amnesia); he was the stepfather of Caleb W. Sullivan and Rebekah Wilson Giarusso.He was the son of Henry William Huggins (military Colonel. DSO, MC, DL) and Elizabeth Edith Cadbury (Butler) Huggins.His son with wife Anna Massey: David Huggins, born August 14, 1959.His mother died in a car accident in 1959.His father, Lt. Colonel Henry William "Bill" Huggins, was born in 1890.He has three roles in common with Michael York: (1) Brett played d'Artagnan in The Three Musketeers (1966) while York played him in The Three Musketeers (1973), The Four Musketeers: Milady's Revenge (1974), The Return of the Musketeers (1989) and La Femme Musketeer (2004), (2) Brett played Sherlock Holmes in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1984), The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1986), The Sign of Four (1987), The Hound of the Baskervilles (1988), The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (1991) and The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1994) while York played in Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes (2010) and (3) Brett played King Arthur in Morte d'Arthur (1984) while York played him in A Knight in Camelot (1998).His grandson, Dan Huggins, born in 2002 to David Huggins and his wife, Madeleine Christie (married 2001).Some obituaries reported he was in Nicholas and Alexandra (1971), but they may have confused this film with War and Peace (1956).His father died in 1965.His parents married in 1923.Born on exactly the same date as Aneta Corsaut of "the Blob" fame. Both also passed away within two months of each other. |
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Jeremy Brett |
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Actor,Soundtrack (IMDB) |
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All World |
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| Height: |
6' 1' (1.86 m) |
| Biography: |
The refined and debonair English actor Jeremy Brett will forever be best remembered for his long-running and critically acclaimed portrayal of Sherlock Holmes for Britain\'s Granada Television. From a privileged background, Brett was educated at Engl |
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He was famous for his portrayal of Sherlock Holmes in the television series The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1984) and The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1986). When he learned that his Sherlock Holmes was very popular with children (who saw him as a superhero), he was troubled by the fact that Holmes is a cocaine user. In response, he sought and obtained permission from Arthur Conan Doyle's daughter to have Holmes overcome and abandon his addiction, signified with Holmes burying his syringe in the episode "The Devil's Foot".His hobbies included archery, horseback riding and piano.Brett was left-handed. The character of Sherlock Holmes was right-handed. A hand double was employed whenever a close-up view was shown of Holmes writing something.He was seen as both Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. He played Sherlock Holmes in the popular television series, and he played Dr. Watson in the December 1980 Los Angeles production of "The Crucifer of Blood," a stage play based on "The Sign of Four" starring Charlton Heston as "The Great Detective".His death at the age of 61 was the result of cardiomyopathy (heart failure). Brett's heart valves were permanently scarred by rheumatic fever, which he suffered as a teenager. Medication later prescribed for his bipolar disorder, and his longtime smoking habit, also weakened his heart. His co-star Edward Hardwicke recalled that Brett would often buy three packets of cigarettes in the morning, and smoke them all during the course of the day.His father forbade him from using the family name on stage because he thought acting was a "dubious" profession. So Jeremy took his stage name from the label of his first suit, "Brett & Co."Brett belonged to the Woodmen of Arden, an archery club established in 1758. His father and brothers were also members.In the scene in War and Peace (1956) in which the Rostovs invite Prince Andrei to go hunting with them, Brett is the only actor never on a mechanical horse. In all his shots he is clearly on a live horse. Audrey Hepburn, Henry Fonda, Mel Ferrer, Barry Jones and May Britt are all clearly on mechanical horses in their close shots.He was born with a speech impediment that was corrected later by surgery as a teenager.He played Audrey Hepburn's brother on War and Peace (1956) and her suitor in My Fair Lady (1964).After training as an actor at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London, Jeremy Brett made his professional stage debut in Manchester, England, in the repertory company of the Library Theatre in 1954. There he became lifelong friends with actor Robert Stephens. They would go on to share rooms and roles, serve as each other's best man, and died within two months of one another.He was briefly considered for the role of James Bond in On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969), and later auditioned for Live and Let Die (1973).Although he is now regarded by many as the definitive Sherlock Holmes, when his casting was announced in 1984 there were complaints that he was too old for the part.He wanted to be a jockey before becoming an actor because he loved horses, but he claimed he became too big for it.He owned a Jack Russell terrier mix named "Mr. Binks".He appeared with his former wife, Anna Massey, in the BBC television production of Rebecca (1979), where he played Maxim de Winter and she played his housekeeper, Mrs. Danvers.Suffered at least one nervous breakdown while playing Sherlock Holmes.His favorite music was Giuseppe Verdi's Requiem, "In Paradisum" from Faure's Requiem, "Habanera" from Georges Bizet's Carmen, Richard Strauss' Vier Letzte Lieder and "Tuba Mirum" from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Requiem.He suffered from bipolar disorder.Before agreeing to play the Baker Street sleuth in 1984, Jeremy Brett had been strongly advised by fellow Holmes actor, Robert Stephens, to decline the part.He was educated at Eton College.His stage roles include: Patroclus and then Troilus in "Troilus and Cressida" (1956), Hamlet in "Hamlet" (1961), Bassanio in "The Merchant of Venice" (1970), Dracula in "Dracula" (1978-9), Dr. John Watson in "The Crucifer of Blood" (1980-1), Prospero in "The Tempest" (1982), and Sherlock Holmes in "The Secret of Sherlock Holmes" (1988-9).He was the uncle of the popular English actor, Martin Clunes, known for roles in series such as British Men Behaving Badly (1992) and Doc Martin (2004). Brett's sister was Clunes' mother.All his singing in My Fair Lady (1964) was dubbed by Bill Shirley, as Brett admitted in 1994.He was chosen to play Nicholas Rostov in War and Peace (1956) in part because it was felt he resembled his on-screen sibling, Audrey Hepburn.A memorial service was held for him at St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London on 29 November 1995.He performed with Tom Baker as a member of the National Theatre in the early 1970s. Both actors would go on to play Sherlock Holmes on British television in the 1980s. Baker would play the part in The Hound of the Baskervilles (1982) for the BBC and Brett played the character on rival channel ITV from 1984 onwards.Had a condition called Brachydactyly type-D, which caused him to have very short thumbs.He was the ex-son-in-law of Raymond Massey and Adrianne Allen. He was the ex-brother-in-law of Daniel Massey.He has three elder brothers: John, Michael and Patrick.He was the father of author David Huggins (The Big Kiss, Luxury Amnesia); he was the stepfather of Caleb W. Sullivan and Rebekah Wilson Giarusso.He was the son of Henry William Huggins (military Colonel. DSO, MC, DL) and Elizabeth Edith Cadbury (Butler) Huggins.His son with wife Anna Massey: David Huggins, born August 14, 1959.His mother died in a car accident in 1959.His father, Lt. Colonel Henry William "Bill" Huggins, was born in 1890.He has three roles in common with Michael York: (1) Brett played d'Artagnan in The Three Musketeers (1966) while York played him in The Three Musketeers (1973), The Four Musketeers: Milady's Revenge (1974), The Return of the Musketeers (1989) and La Femme Musketeer (2004), (2) Brett played Sherlock Holmes in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1984), The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1986), The Sign of Four (1987), The Hound of the Baskervilles (1988), The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (1991) and The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1994) while York played in Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes (2010) and (3) Brett played King Arthur in Morte d'Arthur (1984) while York played him in A Knight in Camelot (1998).His grandson, Dan Huggins, born in 2002 to David Huggins and his wife, Madeleine Christie (married 2001).Some obituaries reported he was in Nicholas and Alexandra (1971), but they may have confused this film with War and Peace (1956).His father died in 1965.His parents married in 1923.Born on exactly the same date as Aneta Corsaut of "the Blob" fame. Both also passed away within two months of each other. |
| Trademarks: |
His aristocratic beautifully modulated voice |
| Quotes: |
Maggie Smith used to have excellent skin. Have you seen her face lately? In a few more years, they'll have to unfold it to find out who she used to be.
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People living in Hollywood have to stay home if they're in a foul mood; anything outside the home is potential publicity.
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"It's very rare I've been able to get into the 20th century. When I turn from 1899 to 1900 I jump for joy. I did in Rebecca (1979), I got into the '30's then. I have done some modern stuff but I'm so thrilled I over-act like crazy. I've got pockets! I'm so used to wearing tights all the time that when I put my hands in my pockets I nearly fall over. I'm so unused to playing a modern guy. It all started because I was a classical actor, I was trained that way. When I left drama school, I wanted to do Shakespeare, I loved the words, I really fell in love with them, I loved the sound of them. So, most of my training was classical...".
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On Mad Dogs and Englishmen (1995) - "I was mad to do it, but I wanted to show the world that I was still alive and I could do other things apart from Sherlock Holmes. I hope they don't release it..."
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"Audrey really is a darling. There's something wonderful about her that no man can explain, but every man can feel!" (speaking of working with Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady (1964)). |
| Job title: |
Actor,Soundtrack |
| Others works: |
Stage debut: Library Theatre, Manchester 1954.
London debut: Patroclus, TROILUS AND CRESSIDA, Old Vic. 1956.
B'way debut: Duke of Aumerle, RICHARD II, Winter Garden. 1956
Mercury, AMPHYTRIONN 38/Duke of Aumerle, RICHARD II Library Theatre.
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| Spouse: |
Joan Wilson (November 22, 1976 - July 4, 1985) (her death)Anna Massey (May 24, 1958 - November 9, 1962) (divorced, 1 child) |
| Children: |
David Huggins |
| Parents: |
Henry William Huggins
Elizabeth Edith Cadbury Huggins (Butler) |
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