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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[File:Granada-resi-5-Blessington.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Patrick Newell as Blessington in episode [[The Resident Patient (TV episode 1985)|The Resident Patient]] (1985)]]<br />
[[File:1979-sherlock-holmes-and-doctor-watson-whitehead-01-lestrade.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Patrick Newell as [[Lestrade|Inspector Lestrade]] in episode [[A Motive for Murder (TV episode 1979)|A Motive for Murder]] (1979)]]<br />
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Patrick Newell (27 march 1932 - 22 july 1988) is a British actor who played many roles in sherlockian movies.<br />
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In 1965, he was the policeman Benson in [[A Study in Terror (movie 1965)|A Study in Terror]] with [[John Neville]] (Sherlock Holmes). <br />
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In 1968, though he played his famous role Mother in the TV series ''The Avengers'', he didn't appear in the sherlockian episode [[The Curious Case of the Countless Clues]].<br />
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In 1980, he played inspector Lestrade in 17 episodes of the TV series [[Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson (TV series 1979-1980)|Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson]] with [[Geoffrey Whitehead]] (Sherlock Holmes) and [[Donald Pickering]] (Dr. Watson). <br />
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In 1985, he was Blessington in [[The Resident Patient (TV episode 1985)|The Resident Patient]] of the TV series [[Sherlock Holmes (TV series 1984-1994)|Sherlock Holmes]] with [[Jeremy Brett]] (Sherlock Holmes). <br />
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The same year, he was Bentley Bobster in the movie [[Young Sherlock Holmes]] with [[Nicholas Rowe]] (Sherlock Holmes) and [[Alan Cox]] (Dr. Watson).<br />
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== TV ==<br />
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* 1979-1980 : [[Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson (TV series 1979-1980)|Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson]] (as [[Lestrade|Inspector Lestrade]])<br />
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* 1985 : [[The Resident Patient (TV episode 1985)|The Resident Patient]] (as Blessington)<br />
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== Cinema ==<br />
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* 1965 : [[A Study in Terror (movie 1965)|A Study in Terror]] (as policeman Benson)<br />
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* 1985 : [[Young Sherlock Holmes]] (as Bentley Bobster)<br />
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