Peter Jeremy William Huggins (3 November 1933 â€" 12 September 1995),
known professionally as Jeremy Brett, was an English actor. He played
fictional detective Sherlock Holmes in four Granada TV series from
1984 to 1994 in all 41 episodes. His career spanned from stage, to
television and film, to Shakespeare and musical theatre. He also
played the smitten Freddy Eynsford-Hill in the 1964 Warner Bros.
production of My Fair Lady.Jeremy Brett was born Peter Jeremy William
Huggins at Berkswell Grange in Berkswell, then in Warwickshire. His
birthdate was actually 3 November 1933 but it has also been stated as
December 1933 or 1935, according to many sources. He was the son of
Lieutenant Colonel Henry William Huggins, DSO, MC, DL (1890â€"1965),
an Army officer, and Elizabeth Edith Cadbury Butler (of the
confectionery dynasty). He had one sister and three older brothers:
John, Patrick and Michael. The actor Martin Clunes is his nephew (or,
according to other sources, either his cousin or cousin, once
removed). Educated at Eton College, he claimed to have been an
"academic disaster", attributing his learning difficulties to
dyslexia. Brett belonged to the Woodmen of Arden, an archery club
established in 1785. His father and brothers were also
members.Although he eventually developed precisely honed diction, he
was born with "rhotacism", a speech impediment which prevented him
from pronouncing the "R" sound correctly. He underwent corrective
surgery as a teenager and followed it with years of practising.
known professionally as Jeremy Brett, was an English actor. He played
fictional detective Sherlock Holmes in four Granada TV series from
1984 to 1994 in all 41 episodes. His career spanned from stage, to
television and film, to Shakespeare and musical theatre. He also
played the smitten Freddy Eynsford-Hill in the 1964 Warner Bros.
production of My Fair Lady.Jeremy Brett was born Peter Jeremy William
Huggins at Berkswell Grange in Berkswell, then in Warwickshire. His
birthdate was actually 3 November 1933 but it has also been stated as
December 1933 or 1935, according to many sources. He was the son of
Lieutenant Colonel Henry William Huggins, DSO, MC, DL (1890â€"1965),
an Army officer, and Elizabeth Edith Cadbury Butler (of the
confectionery dynasty). He had one sister and three older brothers:
John, Patrick and Michael. The actor Martin Clunes is his nephew (or,
according to other sources, either his cousin or cousin, once
removed). Educated at Eton College, he claimed to have been an
"academic disaster", attributing his learning difficulties to
dyslexia. Brett belonged to the Woodmen of Arden, an archery club
established in 1785. His father and brothers were also
members.Although he eventually developed precisely honed diction, he
was born with "rhotacism", a speech impediment which prevented him
from pronouncing the "R" sound correctly. He underwent corrective
surgery as a teenager and followed it with years of practising.
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