Actors - Howard Marion-Crawford

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Howard Marion-Crawford (17 January 1914 – 24 November 1969) was a British character actor, best known for his portrayal of Dr. Watson in the 1954 television adaptation of Sherlock Holmes. He is also known for his portrayal of Dr. Petrie in a series of low budget Fu Manchu movies in the late 1960s.

Marion-Crawford was married twice. Early in World War II, he was married to Jeanne Scott-Gunn, with whom he had a single son, Harold Francis Marion-Crawford. In 1946, he married the actor Mary Wimbush, with whom he had another son, Charles.

In 1948, Marion-Crawford played Holmes in a radio adaptation of The Adventure of the Speckled Band, making him one of the few actors to portray both Holmes and Watson. Plagued by ill health for the later portion of his life, he committed suicide by taking an overdose of sleeping pills in 1969.

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