The Lost World (Conan Doyle Novel) - Film, Television and Radio Adaptations

Film, Television and Radio Adaptations

• The Lost World (1925; film)
  • Wallace Beery as Professor Challenger
  • Lewis Stone as Lord John Roxton
  • Lloyd Hughes as Edward Malone
  • Bessie Love as Paula White (additional character)
  • Arthur Hoyt as Professor Summerlee
  • Alma Bennett as Gladys Hungerford
  • Bull Montana as Gomez
  • Jules Cowes as Zambo

• The Lost World (1944; radio)
  • John Dickson Carr as Narrator (all characters)

• The Lost World (1949; BBC Light Programme radio serial)
  • With Abraham Sofaer, Ivor Barnard, Lewis Stringer, Cyril Gardiner

• The Lost World (1960; film)
  • Claude Rains as Professor Challenger
  • Michael Rennie as Lord John Roxton
  • David Hedison as Edward Malone
  • Jill St. John as Jennifer Holmes (additional character)
  • Richard Haydn as Professor Summerlee
  • Fernando Lamas as Manuel Gomez
  • Ray Stricklyn as David Holmes (additional character)
  • Jay Novello as Costa (additional character)

• Dinosaurs! (1966, an audio dramatic version of The Lost World adapted and directed by Ronald Liss and recorded by permission of the Estate of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; MGM/Leo the Lion Records C/CH-1016)
  • Basil Rathbone as Professor Challenger
  • Leo Marion as Dr. Summerlee
  • Peter Fernandez as Edward Malone

(The character of Lord John Roxton was not included in this adaptation)

• The Lost World (1975 BBC Radio 4 Classic Serial)
  • Francis de Wolff as Professor Challenger
  • Gerald Harper as Lord John Roxton
  • Kevin McHugh as Edward Malone
  • Carleton Hobbs as Professor Summerlee

• The Lost World (1992; film)
  • John Rhys-Davies as Professor Challenger
  • Eric McCormack as Edward Malone
  • Tamara Gorski as Jenny Nielson (additional character)
  • David Warner as Professor Summerlee
  • Nathania Stanford as Malu (additional character)

• Return to the Lost World (1992; sequel film)
  • John Rhys-Davies as Professor Challenger
  • Eric McCormack as Edward Malone
  • Tamara Gorski as Jenny Nielson (additional character)
  • David Warner as Professor Summerlee
  • Nathania Stanford as Malu (additional character)
  • Darren Peter Mercer as Jim (additional character)

• The Lost World (1997; radio)
  • Linus Roache as Narrator
  • Johnny Briggs as Professor Challenger/Gomez (voice)
  • Clive Hornby as Lord Roxton
  • Kevin McKidd as Edward Malone
  • Kenneth Brannagh as Professor Summerlee
  • Kelly Macdonald as Susan Windsor (additional character)
  • Ian McKellen as Professor O'Parker (additional character)
  • Lucy Brown as Gladys Hungerford
  • Rudolph Walker as Zambo

• The Lost World (1998; film)
  • Patrick Bergin as Professor Challenger
  • David Nerman as Lord Roxton
  • Julian Casey as Arthur Malone (originally Edward Malone)
  • Jayne Heitmeyer as Amanda White (additional character)
  • Michael Sinelnikoff as Professor Leo Summerlee (originally simply Professor Summerlee)
  • Gregoriane Minot Payeur as Djena (additional character)

• Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World (1999-2002; TV series)
  • Peter McCauley as Professor Challenger
  • William Snow as Lord John Richard Roxton (originally simply Lord John Roxton)
  • David Orth as Edward 'Ned' Malone (originally Edward Malone)
  • Rachel Blakely as Marguerite Krux (additional character)
  • Jennifer O'Dell as Veronica Layton (additional character)
  • Michael Sinelnikoff as Professor Arthur Summerlee (originally simply Professor Summerlee)

• The Lost World (2000; radio)
  • Edward Fox as Narrator
  • Jonathan Pryce as Professor Challenger
  • Pierce Brosnan as Lord Roxton
  • Rob Brydon as Edward Malone
  • Sean Connery as Professor Summerlee
  • Diane Parish as Gladys Hungerford
  • Antonio Banderaz as Gomez
  • James Booth as Zambo

• The Lost World (2001; television film)
  • Bob Hoskins as Professor Challenger
  • Tom Ward as Lord John Phillip Roxton (originally simply Lord John Roxton)
  • Matthew Rhys as Edward Malone
  • Elaine Cassidy as Agnes Cluny (additional character)
  • James Fox as Professor Leo Summerlee (originally simply Professor Summerlee)
  • Peter Falk as Reverend Theo Kerr (additional character)

• King of the Lost World (2005)
  • Bruce Boxleitner as Lt. Challenger (originally Professor Challenger)
  • Rhett Giles as Lord Roxton
  • Jeff Denton as Edward Malone
  • Sarah Lieving as Rita Summerlee (additional character)

• The Lost World (2011; BBC Radio 4 Classic Serial)
  • David Robb as Professor Challenger
  • Jamie Glover as Lord John Roxton
  • Jonathan Forbes as Edward Malone
  • Jasmine Hyde as Dr. Diana Summerlee (a female substitute for Professor Summerlee in the original novel)
  • Jane Whittenshaw as Edith Challenger
  • Nyaha Hatendi as Maple White
  • Vinicius Salles as Querioz