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Trying to be Sherlock Holmes is like trying to catch an arrow in mid-flight.

Jeremy Brett

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Jeremy Brett
Age: 61 †
Born: 1933
Born: November 3
Died: 1995
Died: September 12
Actor
Film Actor
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Writer
Berkswell
West Midlands
Peter Jeremy William Huggins
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Sherlock
Arrow
Holmes
Arrows
Catch
Flight
Trying

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