Harry Reeves-Smith (17 May 1862 – 29 January 1938) was an English born stage actor who achieved success in Broadway productions at the turn of the twentieth century.
[2] In the U.S. Reeves-Smith toured with actresses Henrietta Crosman and Grace George.
In 1903 he starred in another play written by Fitch at the Comedy Theatre in London's West End; the role of Edward Warden in The Climbers.
His last was The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1929) with Clive Brook, which holds the distinction of being the first Sherlock Holmes film to be shot in sound and Reeves-Smith the first Dr. Watson in a sound film.
Reeves-Smith retired to his native England but soon after died of a heart attack at Ewell, Surrey on 29 January 1938.