Possible Clues:

• Covered with colorful dots
• Dotty old actor took the lead following shaky start
• Naturally marked with spots, like trout
• The - Band (Sherlock Holmes story)
• Having tiny dots of color
• Spotted having kiss in toboggan
• Like graniteware
• Like some hens, drawn to s-search for food
• Dotty description of Holmes's band
• Like a skylark