Basil Rathbone
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Sir Basil Rathbone, KBE, MC, Kt (13 June 1892, Johannesburg – 21 July 1967, New York City) was a South African 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.
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- Born:
- Jun 13, 1892 In Johannesburg, South African Republic
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 90
- First Appeared:
- In the movie The Fruitful Vine 1921-09-01
- Latest Project:
- Movie Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn 2015-08-18
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn | Self (archive footage) | 2015-08-18 |
| Movie | The Adventures of Errol Flynn | Self / Various Roles (archive sound) (archive footage) | 2005-04-05 |
| Movie | The Great Mouse Detective | Sherlock Holmes (voice) | 1986-07-02 |
| Movie | The Horror of It All | Carmichael (archive footage) | 1983-02-23 |
| Movie | The Horror Show | (archive footage) | 1979-02-06 |
| Movie | Madhouse | Basil (archive footage) | 1974-05-22 |
| Movie | The Movie Orgy | Self (archival footage) | 1968-01-01 |
| Movie | Autopsy of a Ghost | Canuto Pérez | 1968-11-07 |
| Movie | Soldier in Love | Duke of York | 1967-04-26 |
| Movie | Hillbillys in a Haunted House | Gregor | 1967-05-01 |
| Movie | Queen of Blood | Dr. Farraday | 1966-03-01 |
| Movie | The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini | Reginald Ripper | 1966-04-06 |
| Movie | Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet | Prof. Hartman, Lunar 7 | 1965-08-01 |
| Movie | The Comedy of Terrors | John F. Black | 1964-01-22 |
| Series | Burke's Law | Unknown | 1963-09-20 |
| Movie | Pontius Pilate | Caiaphas | 1962-02-15 |
| Movie | Tales of Terror | Carmichael ("The Case of M. Valdemar") | 1962-07-04 |
| Series | Dr. Kildare | Unknown | 1961-09-27 |
| Movie | The Last Hurrah | Norman Cass Sr. | 1958-12-31 |
| Movie | The Black Sleep | Sir Joel Cadman | 1956-06-15 |
| Movie | We're No Angels | Andre Trochard | 1955-07-07 |
| Movie | The Court Jester | Sir Ravenhurst | 1955-12-24 |
| Movie | Casanova's Big Night | Lucio / Narrator | 1954-04-07 |
| Movie | A Christmas Carol | Marley's Ghost | 1954-12-01 |
| Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Unknown | 1951-12-24 |
| Series | Your Show of Shows | Unknown | 1950-02-25 |
| Series | Lux Video Theatre | Unknown | 1950-10-02 |
| Series | The Arthur Murray Party | 1950-07-20 | |
| Series | Suspense | Unknown | 1949-01-06 |
| Movie | The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad | Narrator (segment "The Wind in the Willows") | 1949-10-05 |
| Movie | The Wind in the Willows | Narrator (voice) | 1949-05-10 |
| Series | Studio One | Unknown | 1948-11-07 |
| Movie | Dressed to Kill | Sherlock Holmes | 1946-05-24 |
| Movie | Terror by Night | Sherlock Holmes | 1946-02-01 |
| Movie | Heartbeat | Professor Aristide | 1946-05-01 |
| Movie | The Woman in Green | Sherlock Holmes | 1945-06-15 |
| Movie | The House of Fear | Sherlock Holmes | 1945-03-16 |
| Movie | Pursuit to Algiers | Sherlock Holmes | 1945-10-26 |
| Movie | The Scarlet Claw | Sherlock Holmes | 1944-05-18 |
| Movie | Bathing Beauty | George Adams | 1944-06-27 |
| Movie | The Pearl of Death | Sherlock Holmes | 1944-08-01 |
| Movie | Frenchman's Creek | Lord Rockingham | 1944-09-20 |
| Movie | Sherlock Holmes in Washington | Sherlock Holmes | 1943-03-24 |
| Movie | Above Suspicion | Sig von Aschenhausen | 1943-05-31 |
| Movie | Sherlock Holmes Faces Death | Sherlock Holmes | 1943-09-17 |
| Movie | Crazy House | Sherlock Holmes | 1943-10-08 |
| Movie | Crossroads | Henri Sarrou | 1942-07-23 |
| Movie | Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon | Sherlock Holmes | 1942-12-25 |
| Movie | International Lady | Reggie Oliver | 1941-10-16 |
| Movie | The Black Cat | Montague Hartley | 1941-05-02 |
| Movie | Paris Calling | Andre Benoit | 1941-12-04 |
| Movie | The Mark of Zorro | Captain Esteban Pasquale | 1940-11-08 |
| Movie | Rhythm on the River | Oliver Courtney | 1940-08-28 |
| Movie | The Mad Doctor | Dr. George Sebastian / Dr. Langamann | 1940-12-20 |
| Movie | The Hound of the Baskervilles | Sherlock Holmes | 1939-03-24 |
| Movie | Son of Frankenstein | Baron Wolf von Frankenstein | 1939-01-13 |
| Movie | The Sun Never Sets | Clive Randolph | 1939-05-31 |
| Movie | Rio | Paul Reynard | 1939-09-29 |
| Movie | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | Sherlock Holmes | 1939-09-01 |
| Movie | Tower of London | Richard - Duke of Gloucester | 1939-11-17 |
| Movie | The Adventures of Robin Hood | Sir Guy of Gisbourne | 1938-05-13 |
| Movie | The Adventures of Marco Polo | Ahmed | 1938-04-07 |
| Movie | If I Were King | King Louis XI | 1938-09-28 |
| Movie | The Dawn Patrol | Maj. Brand | 1938-12-24 |
| Movie | Breakdowns of 1938 | Basil (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1938-12-31 |
| Movie | Confession | Michael Michailow | 1937-08-19 |
| Movie | Love from a Stranger | Gerald Lovell | 1937-04-18 |
| Movie | Make a Wish | Johnny Selden | 1937-09-01 |
| Movie | Tovarich | Commissar Dimitri Gorotchenko | 1937-12-25 |
| Movie | Private Number | Thomas Wroxton | 1936-06-05 |
| Movie | The Garden of Allah | Count Ferdinand Anteoni | 1936-10-14 |
| Movie | Anna Karenina | Alexei Alexandrovitch Karenin | 1935-08-30 |
| Movie | David Copperfield | Mr. Edward Murdstone | 1935-01-18 |
| Movie | The Last Days of Pompeii | Pontius Pilate | 1935-10-18 |
| Movie | A Tale of Two Cities | Marquis St. Evremonde | 1935-12-25 |
| Movie | Captain Blood | Levasseur | 1935-12-26 |
| Movie | Kind Lady | Henry Abbott | 1935-12-06 |
| Movie | A Feather in Her Hat | Captain Randolph Courtney | 1935-10-25 |
| Movie | Loyalties | Ferdinand de Levis | 1933-07-02 |
| Movie | After the Ball | Jack Harrowby | 1932-11-23 |
| Movie | A Woman Commands | Capt. Alex Pastitsch | 1932-02-12 |
| Movie | A Notorious Affair | Paul Gherardi | 1930-04-26 |
| Movie | This Mad World | Paul Parisot | 1930-04-11 |
| Movie | The Flirting Widow | Col. Smith | 1930-05-11 |
| Movie | The Lady of Scandal | Edward | 1930-05-24 |
| Movie | Sin Takes a Holiday | Reginald 'Reggie' Durant | 1930-11-10 |
| Movie | A Lady Surrenders | Carl Vandry | 1930-10-06 |
| Movie | The Last of Mrs. Cheyney | Lord Arthur Dilling | 1929-07-06 |
| Movie | The Great Deception | Rizzio | 1926-07-26 |
| Movie | The Fruitful Vine | Don Cesare Carelli | 1921-09-01 |