Basil Rathbone
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1892-06-13
Day of Death
1967-07-21 (75 years old)
Place of Birth
Johannesburg, South African Republic
Basil Rathbone
Biography
Sir Basil Rathbone, KBE, MC, Kt (13 June 1892, Johannesburg – 21 July 1967, New York City) was an English actor. He rose to prominence in England as a Shakespearean stage actor and went on to appear in over 70 films, primarily costume dramas, swashbucklers, and, occasionally, horror films. He frequently portrayed suave villains or morally ambiguous characters, such as Murdstone in David Copperfield (1935) and Sir Guy of Gisbourne in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938). His most famous role, however, was heroic—that of Sherlock Holmes in fourteen Hollywood films made between 1939 and 1946 and in a radio series. His later career included Broadway and television work; he received a Tony Award in 1948 as Best Actor in a Play.
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Known For
Acting
(2005)
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
as Self / Various Roles (archive sound) (archive footage)
(1996)
(1991)
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as Baron Wolf von Frankenstein (archive footage)
(1986)
The Great Mouse Detective
as Sherlock Holmes (voice)
(1985)
The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes
as Sherlock Holmes (archive footage)
(1983)
The Horror of It All
as Carmichael (archive footage)
(1979)
The Horror Show
as (archive footage)
(1974)
Madhouse
as Basil (archive footage)
(1968)
The Movie Orgy
as Self (archival footage)
(1968)
Autopsy of a Ghost
as Canuto Pérez
(1967)
Hillbillys in a Haunted House
as Gregor
(1967)
Soldier in Love
as Duke of York
(1966)
Queen of Blood
as Dr. Farraday
(1966)
The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini
as Reginald Ripper
(1965)
Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet
as Prof. Hartman, Lunar 7
(1964)
The Comedy of Terrors
as John F. Black
(1962)
The Magic Sword
as Lodac
(1962)
Tales of Terror
as Carmichael ("The Case of M. Valdemar")
(1962)
Pontius Pilate
as Caiaphas
(1962)
(1961)
Victoria Regina
as Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli (Lord Beaconsfield)
(1960)
(1959)
A Christmas Carol
as Scrooge
(1958)
The Last Hurrah
as Norman Cass Sr.
(1958)
Aladdin
as Emperor
(1958)
Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates
as Dr. Boekman
(1957)
The Lark
as Chief Inquisitor
(1956)
The Black Sleep
as Sir Joel Cadman
(1956)
Affair in Sumatra
as Paul Charters
(1956)
The Stingiest Man in Town
as Ebenezer Scrooge
(1955)
The Court Jester
as Sir Ravenhurst
(1955)
We're No Angels
as Andre Trochard
(1954)
Casanova's Big Night
as Lucio / Narrator
(1954)
A Christmas Carol
as Marley's Ghost
(1954)
The General's Boots
as General Lee
(1949)
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
as Narrator (segment "The Wind in the Willows")
(1949)
The Wind in the Willows
as Narrator (voice)
(1946)
Terror by Night
as Sherlock Holmes
(1946)
Dressed to Kill
as Sherlock Holmes
(1946)
Heartbeat
as Professor Aristide
(1945)
The Woman in Green
as Sherlock Holmes
(1945)
Pursuit to Algiers
as Sherlock Holmes
(1945)
The House of Fear
as Sherlock Holmes
(1944)
The Pearl of Death
as Sherlock Holmes
(1944)
Bathing Beauty
as George Adams
(1944)
The Scarlet Claw
as Sherlock Holmes
(1944)
Frenchman's Creek
as Lord Rockingham
(1943)
The Spider Woman
as Sherlock Holmes
(1943)
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
as Sherlock Holmes
(1943)
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
as Sherlock Holmes
(1943)
Above Suspicion
as Sig von Aschenhausen
(1943)
Crazy House
as Sherlock Holmes
(1942)
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
as Sherlock Holmes
(1942)
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
as Sherlock Holmes
(1942)
Crossroads
as Henri Sarrou
(1942)
Fingers at the Window
as Cesar Ferrari / Dr. H. Santelle
(1942)
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
as Himself
(1941)
The Black Cat
as Montague Hartley
(1941)
International Lady
as Reggie Oliver
(1941)
Paris Calling
as Andre Benoit
(1940)
The Mark of Zorro
as Captain Esteban Pasquale
(1940)
The Mad Doctor
as Dr. George Sebastian / Dr. Langamann
(1940)
Rhythm on the River
as Oliver Courtney
(1939)
The Hound of the Baskervilles
as Sherlock Holmes
(1939)
Son of Frankenstein
as Baron Wolf von Frankenstein
(1939)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
as Sherlock Holmes
(1939)
Tower of London
as Richard - Duke of Gloucester
(1939)
The Sun Never Sets
as Clive Randolph
(1939)
Rio
as Paul Reynard
(1938)
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Sir Guy of Gisbourne
(1938)
The Dawn Patrol
as Maj. Brand
(1938)
The Adventures of Marco Polo
as Ahmed
(1938)
If I Were King
as Louis XI
(1938)
Breakdowns of 1938
as Basil (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1937)
Make a Wish
as Johnny Selden
(1937)
Tovarich
as Commissar Dimitri Gorotchenko
(1937)
Love from a Stranger
as Gerald Lovell
(1937)
Confession
as Michael Michailow
(1936)
Romeo and Juliet
as Tybalt
(1936)
The Garden of Allah
as Count Ferdinand Anteoni
(1936)
Private Number
as Thomas Wroxton
(1935)
Captain Blood
as Levasseur
(1935)
David Copperfield
as Mr. Edward Murdstone
(1935)
Anna Karenina
as Alexei Alexandrovitch Karenin
(1935)
A Tale of Two Cities
as Marquis St. Evremonde
(1935)
The Last Days of Pompeii
as Pontius Pilate
(1935)
A Feather in Her Hat
as Captain Randolph Courtney
(1935)
Kind Lady
as Henry Abbott
(1933)
Loyalties
as Ferdinand de Levis
(1933)
One Precious Year
as Derek Nagel
(1932)
A Woman Commands
as Capt. Alex Pastitsch
(1932)
After the Ball
as Jack Harrowby
(1930)
Sin Takes a Holiday
as Reginald Durant
(1930)
A Notorious Affair
as Paul Gherardi
(1930)
The Flirting Widow
as Col. Smith
(1930)
The Lady of Scandal
as Edward
(1930)
This Mad World
as Paul Parisot
(1930)
A Lady Surrenders
as Carl Vandry
(1929)
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
as Lord Arthur Dilling
(1929)
The Bishop Murder Case
as Philo Vance
(1926)
The Great Deception
as Rizzio
(1925)
The Masked Bride
as Antoine
(1924)
The Loves of Mary, Queen of Scots
as Undetermined Subordinate Role
(1924)
Trouping with Ellen
as Tony Winterslip
(1923)
The School for Scandal
as Joseph Surface
(1921)
Innocent
as Amadis de Jocelyn
(1921)
The Fruitful Vine
as Don Cesare Carelli