Which fictional character, introduced in the 1800s, has been played by nearly 75 actors in radio and film?

Sherlock Holmes first appeared in 1887 in 'A Study in Scarlet'.

In 2012 the Guinness Book of Records confirmed that Sherlock Holmes was the most portrayed character with "over 75" actors having played the part.
http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2012/5/sherlock-holmes-awarded-title-for-most-portrayed-literary-human-character-in-film-tv-41743/

However, the list given on Wikipedia stretches to over 100 actors across all types of media:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_actors_who_have_played_Sherlock_Holmes

According to my friend, that's not the correct answer. Could someone else please come up with it.

I think it might be Ebenezer Scrooge from Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebenezer_Scrooge#Actors_portraying_Ebenezer_Scrooge

Dracula must be in the mix

http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2012/5/sherlock-holmes-awarded-title-for-most-portrayed-literary-human-character-in-film-tv-41743/

"Having appeared 254 times in film and television, Sherlock Holmes is, according to the Guinness World Records, the most frequently portrayed human literary character. But he's not the most frequently portrayed of all literary characters; the one who holds the top slot isn't human.
Sherlock wipes the floor with the next most prolific human character, Hamlet, who has appeared a mere 48 times on screen. The character who has appeared most frequently on screen, however, is Dracula, who has shown up 272 times."

http://io9.gizmodo.com/5911728/which-fictional-character-is-most-frequently-portrayed-on-screen

With Christmas happening once a year, there certainly has been a character of that season other than the Dickens ones that has been on radio and in many films: Santa Claus. The character named Santa didn't really exist until the middle of the 19th century (before that he was Saint Nick, Kris Kringle and many other names. But he didn't really exist until Virginia wrote the paper asking if he really existed............... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Claus