List of actors who have played Dr. Watson

The following is a list of actors who have played Dr. Watson in various media.

A small number of actors have played both Holmes and Watson, including Reginald Owen who played Watson in Sherlock Holmes (1932) and Holmes in A Study in Scarlet (1933);[71][72] Jeremy Brett, who played Watson on stage in the United States prior to adopting the mantle of Holmes on British television;[73] Howard Marion-Crawford, who played Holmes on British radio and Watson on American television; Carleton Hobbs, who played both roles in British radio adaptations;[74] Patrick Macnee, who played both roles in US television movies.

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Mann who played Holmes in Sherlock Holmes and the Shadow Watchers (2011) and Watson in the 2017 Bleak December audio adaptation of The Hound of the Baskervilles.