Sherlock Holmes is not merely an individualist ; ;

Holmes is addicted to the use of cocaine and other refreshing stimulants ; ;

Holmes is a public servant, to be sure ; ;

Although he is perfectly willing to cooperate with Scotland Yard, Holmes has nothing but contempt for the intelligence and mentality of the police.

They for their part are convinced that Holmes is too `` unorthodox '' and `` theoretical '' to make a good detective.

Another, more interesting explanation, is hinted at by Watson when he observes on several occasions that Holmes would have made a magnificent criminal.

Watson's insight is verified by the mysterious link between Holmes and his arch-opponent, Dr. Moriarty.

What was only a vague suspicion in the case of Sherlock Holmes now appears as a direct accusation: the private eye is in danger of turning into his opposite.

Holmes went to Atlanta's Morehouse ( Negro ) College, where he is a B student and star halfback.

This short story follows Holmes as his program is rebooted on modern computers and he is forced to compete against his nemesis yet again in the modern counterparts of Babbage's Analytical Engine.

Chuck Holmes, foreign editor for NPR Digitial, said, “ I ’ m surprised and displeased, and it makes me wonder what other information is out-of-date or incorrect in the CIA World Factbook .”

Justice Holmes cautioned that “ the proper derivation of general principals in both common and constitutional law ... arise gradually, in the emergence of a consensus from a multitude of particularized prior decisions .” Justice Cardozo noted the “ common law does not work from pre-established truths of universal and inflexible validity to conclusions derived from them deductively ,” but “ ts method is inductive, and it draws its generalizations from particulars .”

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. in his famous article, " The Path of the Law ", commented, " It is revolting to have no better reason for a rule of law than that so it was laid down in the time of Henry IV.

" Justice Holmes noted that study of maxims might be sufficient for " the man of the present ," but " the man of the future is the man of statistics and the master of economics.

Unlike Blackstone and the Restatements, Holmes ' book only briefly discusses what the law is ; rather, Holmes describes the common law process.

The most famous movie monsters are King Kong and Godzilla, the archetypical detective is Sherlock Holmes and most people's idea of a spy is James Bond.

The main difference between Ja ' far in " The Three Apples " and later fictional detectives such as Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot, however, is that Ja ' far has no actual desire to solve the case.

Although Sherlock Holmes is not the original fiction detective ( he was influenced by Poe's Dupin and Gaboriau's Lecoq ), his name has become a byword for the part.

A brilliant London-based " consulting detective " residing at 221B Baker Street, Holmes is famous for his intellectual prowess and is renowned for his skillful use of astute observation, deductive reasoning, and forensic skills to solve difficult cases.

According to Holmes Welch, " It is a famous puzzle which everyone would like to feel he had solved.

) This plot point was also used in a Sherlock Holmes story based on the Basil Rathbone era, where a friend of Dr. Watson's is a baronet who is due to receive his inheritance on the New Year's Day of the year where his twenty-first birthday will be celebrated, only for the law to deprive him of the money as he was born on February 29 ; with the 84-year-old Baronet distraught at the news that 1900 is not a leap year, Holmes helps the Baronet fake his death long enough for his grandson-who is the appropriate age to receive the inheritance-to establish his claim and receive the money himself.

Higgins also portrayed Holmes in the 1993 TV film Sherlock Holmes Returns, making him one of the only two actors to portray both Holmes and Moriarty on film, Richard Roxburgh being the other.

Roxburgh also portrayed Holmes in the 2002 TV adaptation of The Hound of the Baskervilles, making him one of the only two actors to portray both Holmes and Moriarty on film, Anthony Higgins being the other.

* Leo McKern portrayed a comedic Moriarty in The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes ' Smarter Brother.

* Eric Porter portrayed Professor Moriarty in two episodes of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, starring Jeremy Brett as Holmes: " The Red-Headed League " and " The Final Problem ", and briefly in the Return of Sherlock Holmes episode: " The Empty House ".

* John Huston portrayed Moriarty in the made-for-TV movie Sherlock Holmes in New York opposite Roger Moore's Holmes, attempting to rob the bank of New York while threatening Irene Adler's son to prevent Holmes from investigating, although Holmes and Watson are able to rescue the son and solve the crime regardless.

Following his supposed death ( indicated, but not clearly portrayed, as he " falls " into the sky while clutching the Cavorite ), he was ironically succeeded as " M " by Mycroft Holmes, Sherlock's older brother.

( The character was portrayed by actor Ken Osmond, who bore a resemblance to Holmes.

In Gary Lovisi's parallel universe Sherlock Holmes short story, " The Adventure of the Missing Detective ", he is portrayed as a tyrannical king, who rules after the deaths ( under suspicious circumstances ) of both his grandmother and father.

In 1979, the fictional character Sir Thomas Spivey, portrayed by actor Roy Lansford, appears in Murder by Decree, starring Christopher Plummer as Sherlock Holmes and James Mason as Doctor Watson.

In Tales of Fatima, Rathbone portrayed himself in adventurous situations played for broad comedy, quite a departure for the actor from the stalwart Holmes.

She is portrayed by Rachel McAdams in the 2009 film Sherlock Holmes.

On radio, Sarah Badel portrayed Irene Adler in the 7 November 1990 BBC Radio broadcast of " A Scandal in Bohemia " opposite Clive Merrison's Holmes.

Liliana Komorowska portrayed Adler as a Polish opera singer in The Hallmark Channel's 2001 made-for-TV film The Royal Scandal opposite Matt Frewer's Holmes.

In 2007's BBC Television production Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars, Irene Adler ( portrayed by Anna Chancellor ) is the main villain of the piece and portrayed as one of Sherlock Holmes ' arch enemies instead of a potential love interest.

A major distinction in his acting career, often overlooked, is the fact that Sennett played Sherlock Holmes 11 times, albeit as a parody, between 1911 and 1913.

Holmes displays a strong aptitude for acting and disguise.

The event was attended by Senator Joseph Lieberman, DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano, DC Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, DC Mayor Adrian Fenty, and acting GSA Administrator Paul Prouty.

But Irving turned it down and Tree demanded that Doyle readapt Holmes to his peculiar acting profile ; he also wanted to play both Holmes and Professor Moriarty.

This could, however, make sense on the assumption that Windibank was not only interested in Miss Sutherland's money but also in her person ; that the bogus engagement covered an illicit and effectively incestous which might have been mutual, even if not ; that Miss Sutherland on at least some level knew all along who ' Hosmer Angel ' truly was ; and that Holmes was acting in her best interest in not bringing all this out in the open and avoiding a traumatic and shattering breakup of her family in the glare of sensational publicity.

Marter's acting career outside of Doctor Who consisted mainly of guest roles in episodes of series such as the BBC's Bergerac ( in 1981 ) and Granada Television's The Return of Sherlock Holmes ( in 1986 ).

The suspected gunman, later identified as James Eagan Holmes and believed to be acting alone, entered the theater dressed in protective clothing, set off tactical grenades, then opened fire with multiple firearms on the theatergoers.

Part of the red squadron, Holmes was finally given acting flag-rank when the fleet was divided to shadow the Dutch and simultaneously intercept the French ( which put him, satisfyingly, one step above Harman, rear-admiral of the white-a slighting of the principle of seniority which would have been unthinkable at the end of the century ).

Holmes began working as a photographer's model but turned to acting, performing in live theatre and making her Broadway debut in 1909.

The series exaggerated the similarity between Bell and Holmes for dramatic effect, with Doyle acting as Watson, and included several scenes from the books ( the assumption being that these would later inspire Doyle's fiction ).