***The Hound of the Baskervilles*** is a 1978 British [comedy film](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comedy_film) spoofing the 1902 novel [*The Hound of the Baskervilles*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hound_of_the_Baskervilles) by [Sir Arthur Conan Doyle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Arthur_Conan_Doyle). It stars [Peter Cook](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Cook) as [Sherlock Holmes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes) and [Dudley Moore](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dudley_Moore) as [Dr. Watson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Watson). A number of other well-known [British comedy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_comedy) actors appear in the film, including [Terry-Thomas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry-Thomas) and [Kenneth Williams](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Williams).

* [Peter Cook](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Cook) as [Sherlock Holmes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes)
* [Dudley Moore](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dudley_Moore) as [Doctor Watson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Watson) / Mr. Spiggot / Mrs. Ada Holmes / Piano Player
* [Denholm Elliott](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denholm_Elliott) as Stapleton
* [Joan Greenwood](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Greenwood) as Beryl Stapleton
* [Hugh Griffith](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Griffith) as Frankland
* [Irene Handl](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene_Handl) as Mrs. Barrymore
* [Terry-Thomas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry-Thomas) as Dr. Mortimer
* [Max Wall](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Wall) as Arthur Barrymore
* [Kenneth Williams](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Williams) as Sir Henry Baskerville
* [Roy Kinnear](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Kinnear) as Ethel Seldon
* [Dana Gillespie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dana_Gillespie) as Mary
* [Lucy Griffiths](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_Griffiths_(actress,_born_1919)) as Iris
* [Penelope Keith](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penelope_Keith) as Massage-Parlour Receptionist
* [Jessie Matthews](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessie_Matthews) as Mrs. Tinsdale
* [Prunella Scales](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prunella_Scales) as Glynis
* [Josephine Tewson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephine_Tewson) as Nun
* [Rita Webb](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_Webb) as Elder Masseuse
* [Henry Woolf](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Woolf) as Shopkeeper
* [Spike Milligan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spike_Milligan) as Policeman
* [Ava Cadell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ava_Cadell) as Marsha

  


(1978) The Hound of the Baskervilles Peter Cook and Dudley Moore