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11 Actors Who Took on the Role of Watson, With or Without Sherlock Holmes

11 Actors Who Took on the Role of Watson, With or Without Sherlock Holmes

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Choosing a favorite Dr. Watson is anything but easy, as many film and TV stars have played the role of Sherlock Holmes' sidekick and crime-solving colleague so memorably over the decades.

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And now we have a new contender: Morris Chestnut, former Rosewood and The Resident actor, is set to play the character of Arthur Conan Doyle in a new CBS series, as you can read below.

Scroll down to see some of the actors who played Watson before him (and check out our gallery of Sherlock Holmes actors, too).

Also known for his work in Hitchcock films, this actor (left) played Watson in more than a dozen films opposite Basil Rathbone as Holmes, beginning with 1939's The Hound of the Baskervilles and ending with 1946's Dressed to Kill.