List of actors who have played Inspector Lestrade

The following is a list of actors who have played Inspector Lestrade in various media.

Radio and audio dramas

Name	Title	Date	Type
Arthur Bush	The Boscombe Valley Mystery[1]	1943	BBC Home Service
Frederick Worlock	The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes[2]	1944–1946	Radio (Mutual)
Bernard Lenrow	The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes[3]	1947–1948	Radio (Mutual)
Horace Braham	The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes[4][5]	1948–1949	Radio (Mutual)
John Cazabon	The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes[6]	1954	BBC Light Programme
Felix Felton	Sherlock Holmes – "The Bruce-Partington Plans"[7]		BBC Home Service
Paul Lorraine	Sherlock Holmes – The Hound of the Baskervilles Part 6[8]	1958	BBC Light Programme
Frederick Treves	Sherlock Holmes – "The Noble Bachelor"[9]	1959	BBC Light Programme
David Bird	Sherlock Holmes – "The Cardboard Box"[9]	1960	BBC Light Programme
Humphrey Morton	Sherlock Holmes (10 stories)[10]	1961–1967	BBC Light Programme
Godfrey Kenton	Sherlock Holmes – "A Study in Scarlet"[11]	1962	BBC Home Service
Alan Dudley	Sherlock Holmes – "Charles Augustus Milverton", "The Norwood Builder"[12]	1970–1971	LP record series
John Hollis	A Study in Scarlet[13]	1974	BBC Radio 4
	Sherlock Holmes – "Charles Augustus Milverton", "The Six Napoleons"[14][15]	1978	BBC Radio 4
Ian Martin	CBS Radio Mystery Theater – "A Study in Scarlet", "The Boscombe Valley Mystery"[16]	1977	CBS Radio
William Griffis	CBS Radio Mystery Theater – "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle"[16]		CBS Radio
Nicholas Courtney	Sherlock Holmes vs. Dracula[17]	1981	BBC radio dramatisation of the novel
Donald Gee	BBC Radio Sherlock Holmes (7 stories)[18]	1989–1993	BBC Radio 4
Stephen Thorne	BBC Radio Sherlock Holmes (4 stories)[19]	1994–1995	BBC Radio 4
	The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (British series)	2004–2009	BBC Radio 4
Rick May	The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (American series)	1998–2020	Radio series (Imagination Theatre)
	The Classic Adventures of Sherlock Holmes	2005–2016	Radio series (Imagination Theatre)
Jeffrey Holland	The Newly Discovered Casebook of Sherlock Holmes	1999	BBC Radio 2
John Banks	Sherlock Holmes[20]	2011–2014	Audio dramas (Big Finish Productions)
James Fleet	The Rivals[21]	2011, 2015–2016	BBC Radio 4
Tim Pigott-Smith	The Rivals[21]	2013	BBC Radio 4
Bob Cryer	Mrs Hudson's Radio Show[22]	2018	BBC Radio 4
Josh Robert Thompson	Moriarty: The Devil's Game[23]	2022	Audio drama (Audible Original)
Sharon D. Clarke	Sherlock & Co. - "The Norwood Builder"	2025	Scripted podcast

Stage plays

Name	Title	Date	Type
Paul Gill	The Return of Sherlock Holmes	1923	Stage (Princes Theatre)
Daniel Keyes	Baker Street	1965	Stage musical (Broadway)
Edward Zang	The Crucifer of Blood	1978	Stage (Broadway)
John Cater	The Crucifer of Blood	1979	Stage (London)
Ian Abercrombie	The Crucifer of Blood	1981	Stage (Los Angeles)
Roger Llewellyn	Sherlock Holmes: The Musical	1988	Northcott Theatre (Exeter, England)
Michael Glenn	Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery[24]	2015	Arena Stage in Southwest, Washington, D.C.

Television and DTV films

Name	Title	Date	Type
Eustace Wyatt	The Three Garridebs	1937	Television play (American)
Alan Caillou	The Hound of the Baskervilles	1972	Television film (American)
Hubert Rees	The Hound of the Baskervilles	1982	Television serial (British)
Ronald Lacey	The Hound of the Baskervilles	1983	Television film (British)
Terence Lodge	Hands of a Murderer	1990	Television film (British)
Simon Callow	The Crucifer of Blood	1991	Television film adaptation of the play (American)
Kenneth Baker	Incident at Victoria Falls	1992	Television film
Colin Skinner	The Hound of London	1993	Television film (Luxembourg/Canada)
Neil Dudgeon	Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking	2004	Television film (British)
William Huw	Sherlock Holmes	2010	DTV (American)

Television series

Name	Title	Date	Type
Bill Owen	Sherlock Holmes	1951	TV series (British)
Archie Duncan	Sherlock Holmes	1954–1955	TV series (American)
Peter Madden	Sherlock Holmes	1965	TV series (British)
Hans Schellbach	Sherlock Holmes	1967–1968	TV series (Germany)
William Lucas	Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes	1968	TV series (British)
Patrick Newell	Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson	1979–1980	TV series (Polish-American)
Boryslav Brondukov	The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson	1979–1986	TV film series (USSR)
Stanley Lebor	The Baker Street Boys	1983	TV series (British)
Shōzō Iizuka	Sherlock Hound	1984–1985	TV animated series (Italian-Japanese) (Japanese version)
Lewis Arquette	Sherlock Hound	1984–1985	TV animated series (Italian-Japanese) (English dub)
Enzo Consoli	Sherlock Hound	1984–1985	TV animated series (Italian-Japanese) (Italian dub)
Colin Jeavons	Sherlock Holmes	1985–1992	TV series (British)
John Colicos	Alfred Hitchcock Presents – "My Dear Watson"	1989	TV episode (American)
Mike Myers	Saturday Night Live – "Sherlock Holmes' Birthday Party"	1991	TV sketch (American)
Rupert Graves	Sherlock	2010–2017	TV series (British)
Sean Pertwee	Elementary	2013–2014	TV series (American)
Mikhail Boyarsky	Sherlock Holmes	2013	TV series (Russian)
Daisuke Kishio	Sherlock Holmes	2014–2015	TV series (Japanese)
Kenichi Takitō	Miss Sherlock	2018	TV series (Japanese)
Kuranosuke Sasaki	Sherlock: Untold Stories	2019	TV series (Japanese)
Fuminori Komatsu	Moriarty the Patriot[25]	2020–2021	TV anime series (Japanese)
David Matranga		2021	TV anime series (English dub)
Aidan McArdle	The Irregulars	2021	TV series (British-American)
Tomoyuki Shimura	Lupin the 3rd Part 6	2021-2022	TV anime series (Japanese)
Luis Bermudez		2022	TV anime series (English dub)
Taiten Kusunoki	Undead Girl Murder Farce	2023	TV anime series (Japanese)
Rachel Hayward	Watson - "The Man with the Alien Hand"	2025	TV series (American)

Theatrical films

Name	Title	Date	Type
Arthur Bell	The Tiger of San Pedro[26]	1921	Stoll series short films (British)
	The Resident Patient[26]
	The Noble Bachelor[26]
	The Empty House[26]
Tom Beaumont	The Cardboard Box[27]	1923
Philip Hewland	The Sleeping Cardinal	1931	1931–1937 film series (British)
	The Missing Rembrandt	1932
Alan Mowbray	A Study in Scarlet	1933	American film
Charles Mortimer	The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes	1935	1931–1937 film series (British)
John Turnbull	Silver Blaze	1937
Dennis Hoey	Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon	1942	1939–1946 film series (USA)
	Sherlock Holmes Faces Death	1943
	The Spider Woman	1944
	The Pearl of Death
	The House of Fear	1945
	Terror by Night	1946
Frank Finlay	A Study in Terror	1965	British film
	Murder by Decree	1979	British-Canadian film
Roger Ashton-Griffiths	Young Sherlock Holmes	1985	American film
Jeffrey Jones	Without a Clue	1988	American film
Eddie Marsan	Sherlock Holmes	2009	British-American films
	Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows	2011
Rob Brydon	Holmes & Watson	2018	American film
Adeel Akhtar	Enola Holmes	2020	American-British films
	Enola Holmes 2	2022
Ian Wilson	Sherlock Holmes: Mare of the Night	2025	American film

Video games

Name	Title	Date	Type
Colin Mace	Sherlock Holmes: Crimes & Punishments[28]	2014	Sherlock Holmes series; voice role
Harry Myers	Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter[29]	2016

Inspector Lestrade is played by unknown actors in multiple video games including the Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective series (1991–1993), The Case of the Serrated Scalpel (1994), The Case of the Rose Tattoo (1996), Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Silver Earring (2004), Sherlock Holmes Versus Arsène Lupin (2007), and The Testament of Sherlock Holmes (2012).

See also

• List of actors who have played Sherlock Holmes
• List of actors who have played Dr. Watson
• List of actors who have played Irene Adler
• List of actors who have played Mycroft Holmes
• List of actors who have played Mrs. Hudson
• List of actors who have played Professor Moriarty