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William Gillette

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(1855–1937),

American actor and dramatist, author of a number of adaptations and dramatizations of novels in most of which he appeared himself, among them Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes (1899), with ...

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Gillette, William (24 July 1855)
in The Continuum Companion to Twentieth Century Theatre Length: 150 words
Gillette, William (1855–1937)
in The Oxford Companion to American Theatre (3) Length: 349 words
Gillette, William (1855–1937)
in The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre (2) Length: 144 words
Gillette, William [Hooker] (1855–1937)
in A Dictionary of Writers and their Works (2) Length: 45 words

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Held by the Enemy
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Sherlock Holmes
Too Much Johnson

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