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Today we have a brand new entry into the misc section of The Howard Ostrom Collection. Colin James Hay (1953 - ) is a Scottish Australian musician and actor who made his mark during the 1980s as lead vocalist of the Australian band Men at Work. In 1982 Men at Work did a video for the song 'Dr. Heckyll & Mr. Jive' in which Colin Hay dressed as Sherlock Holmes. 
Today we have 1 Holmes and 2 new Watson's to add into the Howard Ostrom Collection TV Section. Henri Virlogeux (1924 - 1995) starred in four episodes of the French television series "Arsène Lupin, The Master Thief", as the English master detective Herlock Sholmes. In the first of his appearances he was joined by Marc Dudicourt as Dottor Wilson (1971), the role was taken over by Yves Barsacq for the remaining 3 episodes. The four episodes they appeared in were: "Arsène Lupin contre Herlock Sholmes : L'affair you diamond bleu" - (1971) - "Arsene Lupin Against Herlock Sholmes: The Blue Diamond Affair" "Herlock Sholmes lance u défi" - (1973) - "Herlock Sholmes Lauches a Challenge" "Le secret de l'aiguille" - (1973) - "The Secret of the Needle" "L'homme au chapeau noir" - (1973) - "The Man in the Black Hat"  Today we have a brand new entry in the Howard Ostrom Holmes and Watson Collection Film Section. Charles Judels (1882 - 1969) played "Philo Holmes" in the 1934 musical comedy short "My Grandfathers Clock", with Franklin Pangborn (1889 - 1958) who portrayed "Dr.Watkins". Oddly, two photos of Franklin Pangborn as Sherlock Holmes exist(bottom left), but it is unclear what film they are from (if any). Watch a scene from 1934 “My Grandfather’s Clock”  John Astin (1930 - ) Gomez Addams in the television comedy series The Addams Family (1964 - 1966). In the episode "Thing is Missing" (1965), he becomes Sherlock Holmes to find "Thing" (a hand) who has disappeared.
Today we have a brand new entry in the Howard Ostrom Holmes and Watson Collection Film section. Gary Piquer and José Luis García Pérez played Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson in "Holmes & Watson: Madrid Days" (2012) a Spanish thriller film written, produced and directed by José Luis Garci. The plot bring the characters of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson to Madrid in order to investigate crimes similar to those of Jack the ripper. 
Today we have a brand new entry in the Howard Ostrom Collection Film Section.
We know Holmes enjoyed playing his violin, but what if he preferred it to the art of deduction? This one film explored such a scenario. Radovan Lukavsky (1919 - 2008) & Vaclav Voska (1918 - 1982) starred as Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson in the 1971 Czechosolvakian crime/comedy film "Touha Sherlocka Holmese" (The Desire of Sherlock Holmes). A film in which the famous detective Sherlock Holmes would like to become a musician, but his path is crowded with criminal cases that must be addressed first.
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