Arthur Conan Doyle

Career Overview

Arthur Conan Doyle has 225 screen credits in a career dating back to 1900. Their work spans 18 cinematic universes — most prominently Sherlock Holmes (Vasiliy Livanov) Collection with 13 titles. Signature works include Sherlock, Sherlock Holmes, The Lost World. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Writing

Gender

male

Known Credits

225

Birth Date

1859-05-22

Birth Place

Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Known For

• 

  Sherlock
• 

  Sherlock Holmes
• 

  The Lost World
• 

  Sherlock Holmes
• 

  Enola Holmes 3
• 

  Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 18 universes

• Sherlock Holmes (Vasiliy Livanov) Collection (13 titles)
• Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) Collection (12 titles)
• Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Wontner) Collection (5 titles)
• Sherlock Holmes (Jeremy Brett) Collection (4 titles)
• Sherlock Holmes (Peter O'Toole) Animated Collection (4 titles)
• Sherlock Holmes Rathbone Series (4 titles)
• Der Hund von Baskerville (4 titles)
• Enola Holmes (3 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

• Robert Downey Jr. (2 collaborations)
• Jude Law (2 collaborations)
• Rachel McAdams (2 collaborations)
• Eddie Marsan (2 collaborations)
• Geraldine James (2 collaborations)
• Kelly Reilly (2 collaborations)
• William Houston (2 collaborations)
• Clive Russell (2 collaborations)
• Joe Egan (2 collaborations)
• Benedict Cumberbatch (1 collaborations)

Credits

• writing (213 credits)

  • Enola Holmes 3

    characters

    writing
    2026
  • My Dear Watson

    original story

    writing
    2026
  • Sherlock Holmes vs. Frankenstein

    characters

    writing
    2026
  • A Scandal in Montreal

    novel

    writing
    2026
  • Silent Sherlock: Three Classic Cases

    novel

    writing
    2025
  • Saralakkho Holmes

    novel

    writing
    2025
  • Watson

    - My Life's Work (2) (2025) ... characters writing

    - My Life's Work (1) (2025) ... characters writing

    - The Dark Day Deduction (2025) ... characters writing

    - The Man with the Alien Hand (2025) ... characters writing

    - Take a Family History (2025) ... characters writing
    2025
  • Sherlock Hound: The Movie

    original concept

    writing
    2024
  • The Hound of the Baskervilles

    novel

    writing
    2023
  • A Ghost Story for Christmas: Lot No. 249

    novel

    writing
    2023
  • In the Moscow Slums

    adaptation

    writing
    2023
  • Enola Holmes 2

    characters

    writing
    2022
  • Sherlock Holmes: The Dancing Men

    novel

    writing
    2022
  • The Hound of the Baskervilles

    novel

    writing
    2022
  • Enola Holmes

    characters

    writing
    2020
  • Hellbound Laments

    story

    writing
    2020
  • Sherlock Holmes and the Adventures of the Furtive Festivity

    characters

    writing
    2019
  • Holmes & Watson

    characters

    writing
    2018
  • The Final Problem

    writer

    writing
    2018
  • Sherlock Gnomes

    characters

    writing
    2018
  • Sherlock: The Abominable Bride

    characters

    writing
    2016
  • Mr. Holmes

    characters

    writing
    2015
  • 神探夏洛克：最后的誓言

    writer

    writing
    2014
  • Sherlock Holmes

    characters

    writing

    - Hound of Baskervilles (2) (2013) ... characters writing

    - Hound of Baskervilles (1) (2013) ... characters writing

    - The Final Problem (2) (2013) ... characters writing

    - The Final Problem (1) (2013) ... characters writing

    - Halifax (2) (2013) ... characters writing
    2013
  • Sherlock Holmes l'héritage

    characters

    writing
    2013
  • Sherlock Holmes and Little Chimney Sweeps

    characters

    writing
    2012
  • Holmes & Watson: Madrid Days

    characters

    writing
    2012
  • The Real Sherlock Holmes

    characters

    writing
    2012
  • In the Name of Sherlock Holmes

    characters

    writing
    2011
  • Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

    characters

    writing
    2011
  • Sherlock Holmes

    novel

    writing
    2011
  • Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes

    characters

    writing
    2010
  • Sherlock

    characters

    writing

    - The Final Problem (2017) ... characters writing

    - The Lying Detective (2017) ... characters writing

    - The Six Thatchers (2017) ... characters writing

    - His Last Vow (2014) ... characters writing

    - The Sign of Three (2014) ... characters writing
    2010
  • Sherlock Holmes

    characters

    writing
    2010
  • Sherlock Holmes

    characters

    writing
    2009
  • Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars

    characters

    writing
    2007
  • King of the Lost World

    novel

    writing
    2005
  • Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking

    novel

    writing
    2004
  • Sherlock Holmes Baffled

    characters

    writing
    2004
  • The Hound of the Baskervilles

    novel

    writing
    2002
  • Sherlock: Case of Evil

    characters

    writing
    2002
  • The Lost World: Underground

    story

    writing
    2002
  • The Lost World

    novel

    writing

    - Part 2 (2001) ... novel writing

    - Part 1 (2001) ... novel writing
    2001
  • The Lost World

    novel

    writing
    2001
  • The Royal Scandal

    novel

    writing
    2001
  • The Sign of Four

    novel

    writing
    2001
  • The Hound of the Baskervilles

    novel

    writing
    2000
  • The Lost World

    novel

    writing

    - Heart of the Storm (2002) ... novel writing

    - Trapped (2002) ... novel writing

    - Legacy (2002) ... novel writing

    - Tapestry (2002) ... novel writing

    - The Elixir (2002) ... novel writing
    1999
  • The Lost World

    novel

    writing
    1999
  • The Lost World

    novel

    writing
    1998
  • Zero Effect

    short story

    writing
    1998
  • Bobaka Saskerviley

    novel

    writing
    1998
  • Sherlock Holmes in China

    characters

    writing
    1994
  • Sherlock Holmes Returns

    characters

    writing
    1993
  • The Hound of London

    characters

    writing
    1993
  • Šplhající profesor

    short story

    writing
    1993
  • The Eligible Bachelor

    novel

    writing
    1993
  • Return to the Lost World

    novel

    writing
    1992
  • Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls

    characters

    writing
    1992
  • The Master Blackmailer

    novel

    writing
    1992
  • The Lost World

    novel

    writing
    1992
  • Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady

    characters

    writing
    1991
  • The Crucifer of Blood

    novel

    writing
    1991
  • Hands of a Murderer

    novel

    writing
    1990
  • Tales from the Darkside: The Movie

    original story

    writing
    1990
  • The Hound of the Baskervilles

    novel

    writing
    1988
  • The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Twentieth Century Begins - Part 2

    novel

    writing
    1988
  • The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Twentieth Century Begins - Part 1

    novel

    writing
    1988
  • Sherlock Holmes in the 20th Century

    novel

    writing
    1987
  • The Sign of Four

    novel

    writing
    1987
  • Star Trek: The Next Generation

    - Elementary, Dear Data (1988) ... characters writing
    1987
  • The Great Mouse Detective

    original story

    writing
    1986
  • Young Sherlock Holmes

    characters

    writing
    1985
  • The Masks of Death

    characters

    writing
    1984
  • Sherlock Holmes

    short story

    writing

    - The Cardboard Box (1994) ... short story writing

    - The Mazarin Stone (1994) ... short story writing

    - The Red Circle (1994) ... short story writing

    - The Golden Pince-Nez (1994) ... short story writing

    - The Dying Detective (1994) ... short story writing
    1984
  • Sherlock Holmes and a Study in Scarlet

    novel

    writing
    1983
  • Sherlock Holmes and the Sign of Four

    characters

    writing
    1983
  • The Sign of Four

    novel

    writing
    1983
  • The Hound of the Baskervilles

    novel

    writing
    1983
  • The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Treasures of Agra - Part 2

    novel

    writing
    1983
  • The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Treasures of Agra

    novel

    writing
    1983
  • The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Treasures of Agra - Part 1

    novel

    writing
    1983
  • Sherlock Holmes and the Baskerville Curse

    novel

    writing
    1983
  • Sherlock Holmes and the Valley of Fear

    novel

    writing
    1983
  • Robbers Of The Sacred Mountain

    story

    writing
    1982
  • The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Hound of the Baskervilles - Part 2

    novel

    writing
    1981
  • The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Hound of the Baskervilles - Part 1

    novel

    writing
    1981
  • The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: Hunting the Tiger

    novel

    writing
    1980
  • The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: Mortal Fight

    novel

    writing
    1980
  • The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: King of Blackmailers

    novel

    writing
    1980
  • Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: Bloody Inscription

    novel

    writing
    1980
  • Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: Acquaintance

    novel

    writing
    1980
  • The Blue Carbuncle

    characters

    writing
    1980
  • Murder by Decree

    characters

    writing
    1979
  • The Hound of the Baskervilles

    novel

    writing
    1978
  • The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It

    novel

    writing
    1977
  • Silver Blaze

    novel

    writing
    1977
  • The Seven-Per-Cent Solution

    characters

    writing
    1976
  • Sherlock Holmes in New York

    characters

    writing
    1976
  • The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother

    characters

    writing
    1975
  • Sherlock Holmes - Le Signe des quatre

    novel

    writing
    1975
  • Dr. Watson and the Darkwater Hall Mystery

    characters

    writing
    1974
  • Le chien des Baskerville

    author

    writing
    1974
  • The Hound of the Baskervilles

    novel

    writing
    1972
  • Shades of Sherlock Holmes!

    characters

    writing
    1972
  • They Might Be Giants

    characters

    writing
    1971
  • Hound of the Baskervilles

    novel

    writing
    1971
  • The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes

    characters

    writing
    1970
  • The Adventures of Gerard

    short story

    writing
    1970
  • The Kiss of Blood

    writer

    writing
    1968
  • Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace

    characters

    writing
    1962
  • The Lost World

    novel

    writing
    1960
  • The Hound of the Baskervilles

    novel

    writing
    1959
  • Jighangsa

    story

    writing
    1951
  • Sherlock Holmes: The Man Who Disappeared

    novel

    writing
    1951
  • The Adventure of the Speckled Band

    story

    writing
    1949
  • Dressed to Kill

    story

    writing
    1946
  • Terror by Night

    novel

    writing
    1946
  • Pursuit to Algiers

    characters

    writing
    1945
  • The Woman in Green

    novel

    writing
    1945
  • The House of Fear

    novel

    writing
    1945
  • The Pearl of Death

    original story

    writing
    1944
  • The Scarlet Claw

    characters

    writing
    1944
  • Sherlock Holmes Faces Death

    story

    writing
    1943
  • Sherlock Holmes in Washington

    characters

    writing
    1943
  • Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon

    story

    writing
    1942
  • The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

    characters

    writing
    1939
  • The Hound of the Baskervilles

    novel

    writing
    1939
  • The Three Garridebs

    story

    writing
    1937
  • The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes

    characters

    writing
    1937
  • Silver Blaze

    story

    writing
    1937
  • The Hound of the Baskervilles

    novel

    writing
    1937
  • The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes

    novel

    writing
    1935
  • A Study in Scarlet

    novel

    writing
    1933
  • The Veteran of Waterloo

    screenplay

    writing
    1933
  • The Lost Special

    story

    writing
    1932
  • Sherlock Holmes

    novel

    writing
    1932
  • Fires of Fate

    novel

    writing
    1932
  • The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case

    novel

    writing
    1932
  • The Missing Rembrandt

    story

    writing
    1932
  • The Hound of the Baskervilles

    novel

    writing
    1931
  • The Speckled Band

    story

    writing
    1931
  • The Sleeping Cardinal

    story

    writing
    1931
  • The Return of Sherlock Holmes

    story

    writing
    1929
  • The Hound of the Baskervilles

    novel

    writing
    1929
  • The Fighting Eagle

    novel

    writing
    1927
  • The Lost World

    author

    writing
    1925
  • The Desert Sheik

    novel

    writing
    1924
  • Fires of Fate

    novel

    writing
    1923
  • The Sign of Four

    novel

    writing
    1923
  • The Three Students

    story

    writing
    1923
  • Silver Blaze

    novel

    writing
    1923
  • The Missing Three Quarter

    story

    writing
    1923
  • The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax

    story

    writing
    1923
  • The Crooked Man

    story

    writing
    1923
  • The Mystery of Thor Bridge

    story

    writing
    1923
  • The Mystery of the Dancing Men

    story

    writing
    1923
  • The Cardboard Box

    story

    writing
    1923
  • His Last Bow

    story

    writing
    1923
  • The Engineer's Thumb

    story

    writing
    1923
  • The Stone of Mazarin

    story

    writing
    1923
  • The Final Problem

    original story

    writing
    1923
  • The Speckled Band

    novel

    writing
    1923
  • The Gloria Scott

    novel

    writing
    1923
  • The Blue Carbuncle

    novel

    writing
    1923
  • Sherlock Holmes

    story

    writing
    1922
  • Charles Augustus Milverton

    short story

    writing
    1922
  • The Golden Pince-Nez

    original story

    writing
    1922
  • The Second Stain

    novel

    writing
    1922
  • The Stockbroker's Clerk

    novel

    writing
    1922
  • The Six Napoleons

    novel

    writing
    1922
  • The Musgrave Ritual

    novel

    writing
    1922
  • The Greek Interpreter

    novel

    writing
    1922
  • The Bruce Partington Plans

    novel

    writing
    1922
  • The Boscombe Valley Mystery

    novel

    writing
    1922
  • Black Peter

    novel

    writing
    1922
  • The Reigate Squires

    novel

    writing
    1922
  • The Red Circle

    novel

    writing
    1922
  • The Norwood Builder

    novel

    writing
    1922
  • The Naval Treaty

    novel

    writing
    1922
  • The Abbey Grange

    novel

    writing
    1922
  • The Hound of the Baskervilles

    novel

    writing
    1921
  • The Devil's Foot

    story

    writing
    1921
  • The Man with the Twisted Lip

    novel

    writing
    1921
  • The Dying Detective

    story

    writing
    1921
  • The Resident Patient

    novel

    writing
    1921
  • The Red-Haired League

    novel

    writing
    1921
  • A Case of Identity

    novel

    writing
    1921
  • The Yellow Face

    novel

    writing
    1921
  • A Scandal in Bohemia

    original story

    writing
    1921
  • The Beryl Coronet

    novel

    writing
    1921
  • The Noble Bachelor

    novel

    writing
    1921
  • The Copper Beeches

    novel

    writing
    1921
  • The Empty House

    novel

    writing
    1921
  • The Tiger of San Pedro

    novel

    writing
    1921
  • The Priory School

    novel

    writing
    1921
  • The Solitary Cyclist

    novel

    writing
    1921
  • The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

    story

    writing
    1921
  • The Twelve Pound Look

    story

    writing
    1920
  • Der Hund von Baskerville - 5 Teil: Dr. Macdonalds Sanatorium

    original story

    writing
    1920
  • Der Hund von Baskerville - 6. Teil: Das Haus ohne Fenster

    original story

    writing
    1920
  • Sherlock Holmes

    characters

    writing
    1916
  • The Comet's Come-Back

    novel

    writing
    1916
  • The Valley of Fear

    story

    writing
    1916
  • Der Hund von Baskerville, 3. Teil - Das unheimliche Zimmer

    novel

    writing
    1915
  • A Study in Scarlet

    novel

    writing
    1914
  • The Hound of the Baskervilles

    novel

    writing
    1914
  • Sherlock Holmes Solves the Sign of the Four

    novel

    writing
    1913
  • The Speckled Band

    original story

    writing
    1912
  • The Copper Beeches

    short story

    writing
    1912
  • The Grey Dame

    characters

    writing
    1909
  • Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

    story

    writing
    1905
  • Sherlock Holmes Baffled

    characters

    writing
    1900

• actors (11 credits)

  • The UnXplained

    - The Greatest Escapes (2020) ... Self (archive footage) actor actors
    2019
  • Lore

    - Passing Notes (2017) ... Self (archive footage) actor actors
    2017
  • The Psychology of Scary Movies

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2013
  • Elementary My Dear Viewer

    Self(archive footage)(as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

    actor

    actors
    2007
  • Sherlock Holmes: The Great Detective

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    1995
  • Hollywood Ghost Stories

    Himself (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    1986
  • Arthur Conan Doyle

    Himself

    actor

    actors
    1929
  • Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1929
  • The Lost World

    Himself

    actor

    actors
    1925
  • The $5,000,000 Counterfeiting Plot

    Himself

    actor

    actors
    1914
  • Our Mutual Girl

    Self (episode 21)

    actor

    actors
    1914

• crew (1 credits)

  • The Speckled Band

    creative consultant

    crew
    1912