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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[File:1979-murder-by-decree-watson.jpg|thumb|300px|right|James Mason as [[Dr. Watson]] in the movie [[Murder by Decree]] (1979)]]<br />
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James Mason (15 may 1909 - 27 july 1984) is a British actor who played [[Dr. Watson]] in 1979 in the British-Canadian movie [[Murder by Decree]] with [[Christopher Plummer]] as [[Sherlock Holmes]]. [[Laurence Olivier]] should have played Watson, but the project was abandoned because he didn't like [[Peter O'Toole]] who should played Holmes. James Mason was therefore one of the few actors that director [[Bob Clark]] contacted to play the role. He even travelled to Spain to offer him the role, on the set of another film. Mason agreed to play Watson on one condition: if he could flesh out the character and especially avoid holding the role of stooge idiot (he remembered the interpretation of [[Nigel Bruce]]). It was accepted and Mason could even rewrite two scenes including the, famous, green pea "crushed" in the plate.<br />
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== Cinema ==<br />
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* 1979 : [[Murder by Decree]] (as [[Dr. Watson]])<br />
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* [[Gallery of John H. Watson performers]]<br />
* [[Conan Doyle on screen]]<br />
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