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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Basil Rathbone, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
| Birth Location | Johannesburg, South African Republic |
|---|---|
| Born | 1892-06-14 |
| Died | 1967-07-21 |
Movies
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
as Self / Various Roles (archive sound) (archive footage)
2005
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as Baron Wolf von Frankenstein (archive footage)
1991
The Great Mouse Detective
as Sherlock Holmes (voice)
1986
The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes
as Sherlock Holmes (archive footage)
1985
The Horror of It All
as Carmichael (archive footage)
1983
The Horror Show
as (archive footage)
1979
Madhouse
as Basil (archive footage)
1974
Autopsy of a Ghost
as Canuto Pérez
1968
The Movie Orgy
as Self (archival footage)
1968
Hillbillys in a Haunted House
as Gregor
1967
Soldier in Love
as Duke of York
1967
The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini
as Reginald Ripper
1966
Queen of Blood
as Dr. Farraday
1966
Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet
as Prof. Hartman, Lunar 7
1965
The Son of Frankenstein
as Frankenstein (archive footage)
1965
The Comedy of Terrors
as John F. Black
1964
1962
Tales of Terror
as Carmichael ("The Case of M. Valdemar")
1962
The Magic Sword
as Lodac
1962
Pontius Pilate
as Caiaphas
1962
Victoria Regina
as Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli (Lord Beaconsfield)
1961
A Christmas Carol
as Scrooge
1959
The Last Hurrah
as Norman Cass Sr.
1958
Cole Porter's Aladdin
as Emperor
1958
Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates
as Dr. Boekman
1958
The Lark
as Chief Inquisitor
1957
The Stingiest Man in Town
as Ebenezer Scrooge
1956
The Black Sleep
as Sir Joel Cadman
1956
The Court Jester
as Sir Ravenhurst
1955
We're No Angels
as Andre Trochard
1955
A Christmas Carol
as Marley's Ghost
1954
The General's Boots
as General Lee
1954
Casanova's Big Night
as Lucio / Narrator
1954
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
as Narrator (segment "The Wind in the Willows")
1949
The Wind in the Willows
as Narrator (voice)
1949
Dressed to Kill
as Sherlock Holmes
1946
Heartbeat
as Professor Aristide
1946
Terror by Night
as Sherlock Holmes
1946
Pursuit to Algiers
as Sherlock Holmes
1945
The Woman in Green
as Sherlock Holmes
1945
The House of Fear
as Sherlock Holmes
1945
Frenchman's Creek
as Lord Rockingham
1944
The Pearl of Death
as Sherlock Holmes
1944
Bathing Beauty
as George Adams
1944
The Scarlet Claw
as Sherlock Holmes
1944
The Spider Woman
as Sherlock Holmes
1943
Crazy House
as Sherlock Holmes
1943
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
as Sherlock Holmes
1943
Above Suspicion
as Sig von Aschenhausen
1943
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
as Sherlock Holmes
1943
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
as Sherlock Holmes
1942
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
as Himself
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
Paris Calling
as Andre Benoit
1941
International Lady
as Reggie Oliver
1941
The Black Cat
as Montague Hartley
1941
The Mad Doctor
as Dr. George Sebastian / Dr. Langamann
1940
The Mark of Zorro
as Captain Esteban Pasquale
1940
Rhythm on the River
as Oliver Courtney
1940
Tower of London
as Richard - Duke of Gloucester
1939
Rio
as Paul Reynard
1939
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
as Sherlock Holmes
1939
The Sun Never Sets
as Clive Randolph
1939
The Hound of the Baskervilles
as Sherlock Holmes
1939
Son of Frankenstein
as Baron Wolf von Frankenstein
1939
Breakdowns of 1938
as Basil (archive footage) (uncredited)
1938
The Dawn Patrol
as Maj. Brand
1938
If I Were King
as King Louis XI
1938
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Sir Guy of Gisbourne
1938
The Adventures of Marco Polo
as Ahmed
1938
Tovarich
as Commissar Dimitri Gorotchenko
1937
Make a Wish
as Johnny Selden
1937
Confession
as Michael Michailow
1937
Love from a Stranger
as Gerald Lovell
1937
The Garden of Allah
as Count Ferdinand Anteoni
1936
Romeo and Juliet
as Tybalt
1936
Private Number
as Thomas Wroxton
1936
Captain Blood
as Levasseur
1935
A Tale of Two Cities
as Marquis St. Evremonde
1935
Kind Lady
as Henry Abbott
1935
A Feather in Her Hat
as Captain Randolph Courtney
1935
The Last Days of Pompeii
as Pontius Pilate
1935
Anna Karenina
as Alexei Alexandrovitch Karenin
1935
David Copperfield
as Mr. Edward Murdstone
1935
Loyalties
as Ferdinand de Levis
1933
One Precious Year
as Derek Nagel
1933
After the Ball
as Jack Harrowby
1932
A Woman Commands
as Capt. Alex Pastitsch
1932
Sin Takes a Holiday
as Reginald 'Reggie' Durant
1930
A Lady Surrenders
as Carl Vandry
1930
The Lady of Scandal
as Edward
1930
The Flirting Widow
as Col. Smith
1930
A Notorious Affair
as Paul Gherardi
1930
This Mad World
as Paul Parisot
1930
The Bishop Murder Case
as Philo Vance
1929
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
as Lord Arthur Dilling
1929
The Great Deception
as Rizzio
1926
The Masked Bride
as Antoine
1925
Trouping with Ellen
as Tony Winterslip
1924
The Loves of Mary, Queen of Scots
as Undetermined Subordinate Role
1924
The School for Scandal
as Joseph Surface
1923
The Fruitful Vine
as Don Cesare Carelli
1921
Innocent
as Amadis de Jocelyn
1921
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