Arthur Wontner was a British actor best known for playing Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's master detective Sherlock Holmes in five films from 1931 to 1937.
The Sign of 4, from The Film Daily, 1932
Sir Hugh Walter Kingwell Wontner was an English hotelier and politician. He was managing director of the Savoy hotel group from 1941 to 1979 and its chairman from 1948 to 1984, continuing as president until his death. He was also chairman of the Savoy Theatre from 1948 until his death. In 1973–74, he was Lord Mayor of London.
Sir Hugh Wontner in 1975
The Savoy Hotel
Planter in the embankment gardens between the hotel and the river, commemorating Wontner's tenure