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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[File:1997-fairytale-a-true-story-arthur-conan-doyle2.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Peter O'Toole as [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]] in the movie [[FairyTale: A True Story]] (1997)]]<br />
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Peter O'Toole (born 2 august 1932) is an Irish producer and actor who played the role of [[Sherlock Holmes]] on stage and TV and Conan Doyle on cinema.<br />
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In 1976, he played 3 different detectives ([[Sherlock Holmes]], Lord Peter Wimsey, Philip Marlowe) on stage in the Peter King's play: [[Dead Eyed Dicks]] <ref>[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1301&dat=19761126&id=nXxXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=R_EDAAAAIBAJ&pg=691,6607989 The Sydney Morning Herald - 26 Nov 1976]</ref> with [[John Standing]] as [[Dr. Watson]]. <br />
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He also lent his voice to Sherlock Holmes in 1983 and 1984 in four cartoons, adaptations of the original novels: [[The Sign of Four (TV cartoon 1983)|The Sign of Four]], [[The Baskerville Curse]], [[A Study in Scarlet (TV cartoon 1984)|A Study in Scarlet]] and [[Valley of Fear (TV cartoon 1984)|Valley of Fear]].<br />
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In 1997, he played the role of [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]] in [[FairyTale: A True Story]]. <br />
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The more remarkable in the career of Peter O'Toole, from a sherlockian perspective, are the films in which he should have played the role of Sherlock Holmes. In 1970, [[Billy Wilder]] had thought to entrust him the lead role in [[The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (movie 1970)|The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes]], alongside a Watson played by [[Peter Sellers]]. But he chose the lesser known actors ([[Robert Stephens]] and [[Colin Blakely]]). In 1979, a new opportunity occured with the filming of [[Murder by Decree]]. [[Bob Clark]] think Peter O'Toole could play Holmes with [[Laurence Olivier]] as Watson, but the two actors could not get along since a few years so it was [[Christopher Plummer]] who played Sherlock Holmes.<br />
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== Theatre ==<br />
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* 1976 : [[Dead Eyed Dicks]] (as [[Sherlock Holmes]] / Lord Peter Wimsey / Philip Marlowe)<br />
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== TV ==<br />
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* 1983 : [[The Sign of Four (TV cartoon 1983)|The Sign of Four]] (as the voice of Sherlock Holmes)<br />
* 1983 : [[Valley of Fear (TV cartoon 1984)|Valley of Fear]] (as the voice of Sherlock Holmes)<br />
* 1983 : [[A Study in Scarlet (TV cartoon 1984)|A Study in Scarlet]] (as the voice of Sherlock Holmes)<br />
* 1983 : [[The Baskerville Curse]] (as the voice of Sherlock Holmes)<br />
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== Cinema ==<br />
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* 1997 : [[FairyTale: A True Story]] (as [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]])<br />
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* [[Gallery of Sherlock Holmes performers]]<br />
* [[Conan Doyle on screen]]<br />
* [[Conan Doyle on stage]]<br />
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[[category:Sherlock Holmes performers|OToole]]<br />
[[category:Arthur Conan Doyle performers|OToole]]</div>TCDE-Team