# [[Jeremy Brett]], who portrayed Holmes in adaptations, produced by [[John Hawkesworth]], of all four novels and fifty of the fifty-six short stories. Brett died before Hawkesworth could complete his grand project of adapting all of the Sherlock Holmes stories for [[television]]. Critics regard Brett's portrayal as the most definitive and realistic portrayal of Holmes ever made. | # [[Jeremy Brett]], who portrayed Holmes in adaptations, produced by [[John Hawkesworth]], of all four novels and fifty of the fifty-six short stories. Brett died before Hawkesworth could complete his grand project of adapting all of the Sherlock Holmes stories for [[television]]. Critics regard Brett's portrayal as the most definitive and realistic portrayal of Holmes ever made. |