David Burke(I)

Best known for his role as Dr. Watson (opposite Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes) in Sherlock Holmes (1984) which portrayed the character as an intelligent and dynamic man as the stories depict. He was replaced by Edward Hardwicke in Die Wiederkehr von Sherlock Holmes (1986) and The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1994).

[on Jeremy Brett] He was a delightful man. He was a great perfectionist. I mean, he carried his book of Sherlock Holmes stories around with him, almost like a Bible . . . Not merely did he keep a very close eye on the dialogue remaining faithful, but also, when we were actually filming, he would concern himself, in the nicest possible way, with making sure everybody was dressed correctly and that the action mirrored what it said in the book.