Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson Through the Years

Christopher Lee at an event for Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady (1991)

Christopher Lee and Patrick Macnee at an event for Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady (1991)

James D'Arcy and Roger Morlidge in Sherlock (2002)

Robert Sean Leonard and Hugh Laurie in House (2004)

Robert Downey Jr. in Sherlock Holmes (2009)

Jude Law and Robert Downey Jr. in Sherlock Holmes (2009)

Jonny Lee Miller and Lucy Liu in Elementary (2012)

Martin Freeman and Benedict Cumberbatch in Sherlock (2010)

William Gillette in Sherlock Holmes (1916)

John Barrymore and Roland Young in Sherlock Holmes (1922)

Clive Brook, Betty Lawford, and H. Reeves-Smith in The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1929)

Basil Rathbone in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)

Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce in The Woman in Green (1945)

Robert Stephens in The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)

Colin Blakely in The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)

Colin Blakely and Robert Stephens in The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)

Gig Young in Sherlock Holmes in New York (1976)

Roger Moore in Sherlock Holmes in New York (1976)

Roger Moore and Patrick Macnee in Sherlock Holmes in New York (1976)

James Mason and Christopher Plummer in Murder by Decree (1979)

David Burke in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1984)

Jeremy Brett and David Burke at an event for The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1984)

Nicholas Rowe in Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)

Alan Cox and Nicholas Rowe in Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)