Sherlock Holmes was a detective television series aired in syndication in the fall of 1954, based on the Sherlock Holmes stories of Arthur Conan Doyle. The 39 half-hour mostly original stories were produced by Sheldon Reynolds and filmed in France by Guild Films, starring Ronald Howard (son of Leslie Howard) as Holmes and H. Marion Crawford as Watson. Archie Duncan appeared in many episodes as Inspector Lestrade (and in a few as other characters). Richard Larke, billed as Kenneth Richards, played Sgt. Wilkins in about fifteen episodes. The series’ associate producer, Nicole Milinaire, was one of the first women to attain a senior production role in a television series.

The series was the first American television adaptation of Doyle’s stories, and the only such version until 2012’s Elementary.

Cast
Ronald Howard as Sherlock Holmes
Howard Marion-Crawford as Dr. John H. Watson
Archie Duncan as Inspector Lestrade
Richard Larke as Sgt. Wilkins
Eugene Deckers as Harry Crocker
Colin Drake as Albert Snow
Roland Bartrop as Carpenter B
Richard Watson as Campaign manager
Duncan Elliott as J. Oliver
Eric Micklewood as Coxin
Bob Cunningham as Bison Jack
June Peterson as Mrs. Chivvy
Alvys Maben as Elizabeth Farnsworth
June Shelley as Jennifer Ames
Maurice Teynac as Comte de Passevant
Yves Brainville as Lorenz
Zack Matalon as Archibald Ross
Pierre Gay as Bricker
Margaret Russell as Barmaid
Billy Beck as Coco
Charles Brodie as Harry Harkins
Russ Caprio as Counter-protestor
Sacha Pitoëff as Constable Smith