Alwin Neuß

Alwin Neuß (June 17, 1879 in Cologne–October 30, 1935 in Berlin) born Carl Alwin Heinrich Neuss, was a film director and German actor noted for playing Sherlock Holmes in a series of silent films during the 1910s.

Selected filmography

• Sherlock Holmes (1908)
• Hamlet (1911)
• Dynamite (1916)
• The Cowboy (1918)
• The Flight (1912)
• Detektiv Braun (1914)
• Der Hund von Baskerville (1914) - Sherlock Holmes
• The Man From Havelock (1917)
• Clown Charly (1918)
• Bettler-GmbH (1919)
• By Order of Pompadour (1924)
• Two and a Lady (1926)
• The Old Life (1930)
• Dance Into Happiness (1930)

Bibliography

• Hardy, Phil (ed.). The BFI Companion to Crime. Continuum, 1997.

External links

• Alwin Neuß at the Internet Movie Database