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'''William Hooker Gillette''' (July 24, 1853 – April 29, 1937) was a well-known American actor, screenwriter and stage manager of the late 19th - early 20th centuries. He is best known for portraying Sherlock Holmes on stage and in a [[Sherlock Holmes (1916)|1916 silent film]]. It was Gillette who made the deerstalker cap and the curved pipe enduring symbols of Holmes on screen.

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==Film==

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| [[Iver Johnson Safety Automatic]] || Sherlock Holmes || ''[[Sherlock Holmes (1916)|Sherlock Holmes]]'' || || 1916
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[[Category:Deceased Actor]]

William Gillette - Revision history

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