Actor best known as a valiant Dr Watson in Granada's Sherlock Holmes seriesFor eight years from 1986, Edward Hardwicke, who has died aged 78, was the face of Dr Watson on television, proving a valiant and reliable foil to the dashing, neurasthenic Holmes of Jeremy Brett in the Granada series The Return of Sherlock Holmes, followed by the Casebook and the Memoirs, as well as stand-alone versions of…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:55PM on May 18, 2011