Hubert Willis was a British actor best known for his recurring role as Doctor Watson in a series of silent Sherlock Holmes films co-starring with Eille Norwood.
Hubert Willis, Eille Norwood and Douglas Payne in The Blue Carbuncle (1923)
Programme for Peter Pan at the Duke of York's Theatre (1904) in which Willis played the pirate Mullins
Poster for The Hound of the Baskervilles (1921)
Eille Norwood was an English stage actor, director, and playwright best known today for playing Sherlock Holmes in a series of silent films.
Hubert Willis
…13 December 1933) was a British actor best known for his recurring role as Doctor Watson in a series of silent Sherlock Holmes films co-starring with Eille Norwood. Willis appeared in the copyright performance of William Gillette's play Sherlock Holmes (1899) in an unknown role. He played Planchette and Lavrille…
Norwood as Sherlock Holmes in 1923
Eille Norwood as Sherlock Holmes pictured with Hubert Willis as Dr. Watson
The unmarked grave of Eille Norwood in Green Lane Cemetery in Farnham, Surrey in 2026