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Basil Rathbone

Basil Rathbone

Known for
Acting
Born
Jun 13, 1892
Died
Jul 21, 1967 (aged 75)
Place of birth
Johannesburg, South African Republic
Credits
126

Basil Rathbone, MC, Kt (13 June 1892 – 21 July 1967), 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.

Known for

MovieRated 7.0

The Great Mouse Detective

1986Movie

Sherlock Holmes (voice)

MovieRated 7.5

The Adventures of Robin Hood

1938Movie

Sir Guy of Gisbourne

MovieRated 6.5

The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad

1949Movie

Narrator (segment "The Wind in the Willows")

MovieRated 6.7

Son of Frankenstein

1939Movie

Baron Wolf von Frankenstein

MovieRated 7.3

Captain Blood

1935Movie

Levasseur

MovieRated 7.2

The Mark of Zorro

1940Movie

Captain Esteban Pasquale

Filmography

MovieRated 7.7

The Adventures of Errol Flynn

2005Movie

Self / Various Roles (archive sound) (archive footage)

Movie

In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes

1996Movie

MovieRated 10.0

Dracula in the Movies

1992Movie

(archive footage)

MovieRated 6.2

Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook

1991Movie

Baron Wolf von Frankenstein (archive footage)

MovieRated 7.0

The Great Mouse Detective

1986Movie

Sherlock Holmes (voice)

MovieRated 8.5

The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes

1985Movie

Sherlock Holmes (archive footage)

MovieRated 8.3

The Horror of It All

1983Movie

Carmichael (archive footage)

MovieRated 3.4

The Horror Show

1979Movie

(archive footage)

MovieRated 6.2

Madhouse

1974Movie

Basil (archive footage)

MovieRated 5.1

Autopsy of a Ghost

1968Movie

Canuto Pérez

MovieRated 6.8

The Movie Orgy

1968Movie

Self (archival footage)

MovieRated 2.8

Hillbillys in a Haunted House

1967Movie

Gregor

MovieRated 7.0

Soldier in Love

1967Movie

Duke of York

TV

Summer Fun

1966TV

MovieRated 5.1

The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini

1966Movie

Reginald Ripper

MovieRated 5.2

Queen of Blood

1966Movie

Dr. Farraday

MovieRated 4.1

Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet

1965Movie

Prof. Hartman, Lunar 7

MovieRated 6.5

The Comedy of Terrors

1964Movie

John F. Black

TVRated 6.2

Burke's Law

1963TV

Milo James

MovieRated 7.5

Two Before Zero

1962Movie

TVRated 6.8

The Merv Griffin Show

1962TV

Self

MovieRated 6.7

Tales of Terror

1962Movie

Carmichael ("The Case of M. Valdemar")

MovieRated 4.3

The Magic Sword

1962Movie

Lodac

MovieRated 6.7

Pontius Pilate

1962Movie

Caiaphas

MovieRated 8.0

Victoria Regina

1961Movie

Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli (Lord Beaconsfield)

TVRated 5.7

Dr. Kildare

1961TV

Frederick Foray

MovieRated 7.0

Mystic Prophecies and Nostradamus

1961Movie

Narrator

MovieRated 10.0

The Black Cat

1960Movie

MovieRated 8.7

A Christmas Carol

1959Movie

Scrooge

TVRated 7.5

Tales from Dickens

1959TV

Scrooge

MovieRated 7.2

The Last Hurrah

1958Movie

Norman Cass Sr.

MovieRated 10.0

Aladdin

1958Movie

Emperor

MovieRated 9.0

Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates

1958Movie

Dr. Boekman

TVRated 7.4

DuPont Show of the Month

1957TV

Emperor

Movie

The Lark

1957Movie

Chief Inquisitor

MovieRated 5.7

The Stingiest Man in Town

1956Movie

Ebenezer Scrooge

MovieRated 6.2

The Black Sleep

1956Movie

Sir Joel Cadman

Movie

Affair in Sumatra

1956Movie

Paul Charters

MovieRated 7.3

The Court Jester

1955Movie

Sir Ravenhurst

TVRated 7.0

Screen Director's Playhouse

1955TV

Paul Charters

MovieRated 7.2

We're No Angels

1955Movie

Andre Trochard

MovieRated 6.7

A Christmas Carol

1954Movie

Marley's Ghost

Movie

The General's Boots

1954Movie

General Lee

MovieRated 6.1

Casanova's Big Night

1954Movie

Lucio / Narrator

TVRated 8.8

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951TV

Inquisitor, Dr. Boekman, Lord Beaconsfield, The Duke of York

TVRated 7.2

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1951TV

Self - Host / General Lee, The Jewel Thief

TVRated 7.8

The Jack Benny Program

1950TV

Basil Rathbone

TVRated 6.7

Lux Video Theatre

1950TV

Frampton, Sir Paul Maxim, Ambrose Wallington

TVRated 7.2

Your Show of Shows

1950TV

TVRated 7.0

What's My Line?

1950TV

Self

MovieRated 6.5

The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad

1949Movie

Narrator (segment "The Wind in the Willows")

TVRated 6.0

Lights Out

1949TV

MovieRated 6.8

The Wind in the Willows

1949Movie

Narrator (voice)

TVRated 5.1

Suspense

1949TV

Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde, Sherlock Holmes

TVRated 5.4

Studio One

1948TV

Hazelton Crome

MovieRated 6.7

Dressed to Kill

1946Movie

Sherlock Holmes

MovieRated 5.2

Heartbeat

1946Movie

Professor Aristide

MovieRated 6.6

Terror by Night

1946Movie

Sherlock Holmes

MovieRated 6.9

Pursuit to Algiers

1945Movie

Sherlock Holmes

MovieRated 6.5

The Woman in Green

1945Movie

Sherlock Holmes

MovieRated 6.9

The House of Fear

1945Movie

Sherlock Holmes

MovieRated 5.8

Frenchman's Creek

1944Movie

Lord Rockingham

MovieRated 7.1

The Pearl of Death

1944Movie

Sherlock Holmes

MovieRated 5.9

Bathing Beauty

1944Movie

George Adams

MovieRated 7.0

The Scarlet Claw

1944Movie

Sherlock Holmes

MovieRated 7.0

The Spider Woman

1943Movie

Sherlock Holmes

MovieRated 6.0

Crazy House

1943Movie

Sherlock Holmes

MovieRated 6.9

Sherlock Holmes Faces Death

1943Movie

Sherlock Holmes

MovieRated 6.2

Above Suspicion

1943Movie

Sig von Aschenhausen

MovieRated 6.8

Sherlock Holmes in Washington

1943Movie

Sherlock Holmes

MovieRated 6.4

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon

1942Movie

Sherlock Holmes

MovieRated 6.0

Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6

1942Movie

Self

MovieRated 6.5

Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror

1942Movie

Sherlock Holmes

MovieRated 5.9

Crossroads

1942Movie

Henri Sarrou

MovieRated 5.7

Fingers at the Window

1942Movie

Cesar Ferrari / Dr. H. Santelle

MovieRated 6.0

Paris Calling

1941Movie

Benoit

MovieRated 6.6

International Lady

1941Movie

Reggie Oliver

MovieRated 6.4

The Black Cat

1941Movie

Montague Hartley

MovieRated 6.2

The Mad Doctor

1940Movie

Dr. George Sebastian / Dr. Langamann

MovieRated 7.2

The Mark of Zorro

1940Movie

Captain Esteban Pasquale

MovieRated 6.9

Rhythm on the River

1940Movie

Oliver Courtney

MovieRated 6.2

Tower of London

1939Movie

Richard - Duke of Gloucester

MovieRated 5.4

Rio

1939Movie

Paul Reynard

MovieRated 6.9

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

1939Movie

Sherlock Holmes

MovieRated 5.5

The Sun Never Sets

1939Movie

Clive Randolph

MovieRated 7.1

The Hound of the Baskervilles

1939Movie

Sherlock Holmes

MovieRated 6.7

Son of Frankenstein

1939Movie

Baron Wolf von Frankenstein

MovieRated 5.8

Breakdowns of 1938

1938Movie

Basil (archive footage) (uncredited)

MovieRated 6.8

The Dawn Patrol

1938Movie

Maj. Brand

MovieRated 7.1

If I Were King

1938Movie

Louis XI

MovieRated 7.5

The Adventures of Robin Hood

1938Movie

Sir Guy of Gisbourne

MovieRated 6.2

The Adventures of Marco Polo

1938Movie

Ahmed

MovieRated 6.4

Tovarich

1937Movie

Commissar Dimitri Gorotchenko

MovieRated 5.8

Make a Wish

1937Movie

Johnny Selden

MovieRated 6.2

Confession

1937Movie

Michael Michailow

MovieRated 6.3

Love from a Stranger

1937Movie

Gerald Lovell

MovieRated 6.0

The Garden of Allah

1936Movie

Count Ferdinand Anteoni

MovieRated 6.3

Romeo and Juliet

1936Movie

Tybalt

MovieRated 6.7

Private Number

1936Movie

Thomas Wroxton

MovieRated 7.3

Captain Blood

1935Movie

Levasseur

MovieRated 6.9

A Tale of Two Cities

1935Movie

Marquis St. Evremonde

MovieRated 6.8

Kind Lady

1935Movie

Henry Abbott

MovieRated 7.0

A Feather in Her Hat

1935Movie

Captain Randolph Courtney

MovieRated 5.8

The Last Days of Pompeii

1935Movie

Pontius Pilate

MovieRated 6.6

Anna Karenina

1935Movie

Alexei Alexandrovitch Karenin

MovieRated 6.7

David Copperfield

1935Movie

Mr. Edward Murdstone

MovieRated 7.0

Loyalties

1933Movie

Ferdinand de Levis

MovieRated 8.0

One Precious Year

1933Movie

Derek Nagel

MovieRated 10.0

After the Ball

1932Movie

Jack Harrowby

MovieRated 9.0

A Woman Commands

1932Movie

Capt. Alex Pastitsch

MovieRated 5.6

Sin Takes a Holiday

1930Movie

Reginald 'Reggie' Durant

MovieRated 4.5

A Lady Surrenders

1930Movie

Carl Vandry

MovieRated 5.5

The Lady of Scandal

1930Movie

Edward

MovieRated 5.7

The Flirting Widow

1930Movie

Col. Smith

MovieRated 4.5

A Notorious Affair

1930Movie

Paul Gherardi

MovieRated 7.5

This Mad World

1930Movie

Paul Parisot

MovieRated 5.4

The Bishop Murder Case

1929Movie

Philo Vance

MovieRated 6.0

The Last of Mrs. Cheyney

1929Movie

Lord Arthur Dilling

MovieRated 7.0

The Great Deception

1926Movie

Rizzio

MovieRated 10.0

The Masked Bride

1925Movie

Antoine

MovieRated 10.0

Trouping with Ellen

1924Movie

Tony Winterslip

MovieRated 10.0

The Loves of Mary, Queen of Scots

1924Movie

Undetermined Subordinate Role

MovieRated 8.0

The School for Scandal

1923Movie

Joseph Surface

MovieRated 10.0

The Fruitful Vine

1921Movie

Don Cesare Carelli

MovieRated 7.0

Innocent

1921Movie

Amadis de Jocelyn

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