In the fall of 1954, the first American television series of Sherlock Holmes adventures aired in syndication. Sheldon Reynolds produced the 39 half-hour primarily original stories, which were filmed in France by Guild Films and starred Ronald Howard as Holmes and Howard Marion Crawford as Watson. Inspector Lestrade was played by Archie Duncan in a number of episodes. Sgt. Wilkins was performed by Richard Larke, credited as Kenneth Richards, in around fifteen episodes. Nicole Milinaire, the series' associate producer, was one of the first women to hold a top production position in a television series.
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In the fall of 1954, the first American television series of Sherlock Holmes adventures aired in syndication. Sheldon Reynolds produced the 39 half-hour primarily original stories, which were filmed in France by Guild Films and starred Ronald Howard as Holmes and Howard Marion Crawford as Watson. Inspector Lestrade was played by Archie Duncan in a number of episodes. Sgt. Wilkins was performed by Richard Larke, credited as Kenneth Richards, in around fifteen episodes. Nicole Milinaire, the series' associate producer, was one of the first women to hold a top production position in a television series.
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