Basil Rathbone
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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
Credits
The Great Mouse Detective (1986)
as Sherlock Holmes (voice)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
as Sir Guy of Gisbourne
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949)
as Narrator (segment "The Wind in the Willows")
Bathing Beauty (1944)
as George Adams
We're No Angels (1955)
as Andre Trochard
Casanova's Big Night (1954)
as Lucio / Narrator
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)
as Sherlock Holmes
The Movie Orgy (1968)
as Self (archival footage)
Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet (1965)
as Prof. Hartman, Lunar 7
Captain Blood (1935)
as Levasseur
Terror by Night (1946)
as Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1942)
as Sherlock Holmes
Anna Karenina (1935)
as Alexei Alexandrovitch Karenin
The Mark of Zorro (1940)
as Captain Esteban Pasquale
Son of Frankenstein (1939)
as Baron Wolf von Frankenstein
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)
as Sherlock Holmes
Tales of Terror (1962)
as Carmichael ("The Case of M. Valdemar")
The Court Jester (1955)
as Sir Ravenhurst
Dracula in the Movies (1992)
as (archive footage)
The Pearl of Death (1944)
as Sherlock Holmes
Victoria Regina (1961)
as Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli (Lord Beaconsfield)
The Woman in Green (1945)
as Sherlock Holmes
David Copperfield (1935)
as Mr. Edward Murdstone
The Comedy of Terrors (1964)
as John F. Black
Romeo and Juliet (1936)
as Tybalt
Dressed to Kill (1946)
as Sherlock Holmes
The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938)
as Ahmed
Marlene Dietrich: Home Movies (2024)
as Self
The Scarlet Claw (1944)
as Sherlock Holmes
Madhouse (1974)
as Basil (archive footage)
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943)
as Sherlock Holmes
Love from a Stranger (1937)
as Gerald Lovell
The House of Fear (1945)
as Sherlock Holmes
A Tale of Two Cities (1935)
as Marquis St. Evremonde
The Last Hurrah (1958)
as Norman Cass Sr.
The Spider Woman (1943)
as Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942)
as Sherlock Holmes
Rio (1939)
as Paul Reynard
The Garden of Allah (1936)
as Count Ferdinand Anteoni
The Magic Sword (1962)
as Lodac
Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943)
as Sherlock Holmes
International Lady (1941)
as Reggie Oliver
The Wind in the Willows (1949)
as Narrator (voice)
Soldier in Love (1967)
as Duke of York
The Black Cat (1941)
as Montague Hartley
Frenchman's Creek (1944)
as Lord Rockingham
Queen of Blood (1966)
as Dr. Farraday
The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini (1966)
as Reginald Ripper
If I Were King (1938)
as Louis XI
The Black Sleep (1956)
as Sir Joel Cadman
Pursuit to Algiers (1945)
as Sherlock Holmes
Tower of London (1939)
as Richard - Duke of Gloucester
The Horror Show (1979)
as (archive footage)
Fingers at the Window (1942)
as Cesar Ferrari / Dr. H. Santelle
A Lady Surrenders (1930)
as Carl Vandry
Above Suspicion (1943)
as Sig von Aschenhausen
Pontius Pilate (1962)
as Caiaphas
The Adventures of Errol Flynn (2005)
as Self / Various Roles (archive sound) (archive footage)
Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates (1958)
as Dr. Boekman
Sin Takes a Holiday (1930)
as Reginald 'Reggie' Durant
Hillbillys in a Haunted House (1967)
as Gregor
Tovarich (1937)
as Commissar Dimitri Gorotchenko
The Dawn Patrol (1938)
as Maj. Brand
The Horror of It All (1983)
as Carmichael (archive footage)
Rhythm on the River (1940)
as Oliver Courtney
The Bishop Murder Case (1929)
as Philo Vance
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991)
as Baron Wolf von Frankenstein (archive footage)
The Last Days of Pompeii (1935)
as Pontius Pilate
The Sun Never Sets (1939)
as Clive Randolph
A Feather in Her Hat (1935)
as Captain Randolph Courtney
Make a Wish (1937)
as Johnny Selden
Heartbeat (1946)
as Professor Aristide
Crossroads (1942)
as Henri Sarrou
The General's Boots (1954)
as General Lee
The Lady of Scandal (1930)
as Edward
This Mad World (1930)
as Paul Parisot
Autopsy of a Ghost (1968)
as Canuto Pérez
The Loves of Mary, Queen of Scots (1924)
as Undetermined Subordinate Role
Private Number (1936)
as Thomas Wroxton
Crazy House (1943)
as Sherlock Holmes
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1929)
as Lord Arthur Dilling
Paris Calling (1941)
as Benoit
Aladdin (1958)
as Emperor
A Christmas Carol (1954)
as Marley's Ghost
Kind Lady (1935)
as Henry Abbott
The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes (1985)
as Sherlock Holmes (archive footage)
The Mad Doctor (1940)
as Dr. George Sebastian / Dr. Langamann
Breakdowns of 1938 (1938)
as Basil (archive footage) (uncredited)
The School for Scandal (1923)
as Joseph Surface
Mystic Prophecies and Nostradamus (1961)
as Narrator
Confession (1937)
as Michael Michailow
Two Before Zero (1962)
Actor
The Stingiest Man in Town (1956)
as Ebenezer Scrooge
The Lark (1957)
as Chief Inquisitor
Innocent (1921)
as Amadis de Jocelyn
In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes (1996)
Actor
A Woman Commands (1932)
as Capt. Alex Pastitsch
Loyalties (1933)
as Ferdinand de Levis
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6 (1942)
as Self
A Notorious Affair (1930)
as Paul Gherardi
Affair in Sumatra (1956)
as Paul Charters
After the Ball (1932)
as Jack Harrowby
The Flirting Widow (1930)
as Col. Smith
The Masked Bride (1925)
as Antoine
A Christmas Carol (1959)
as Scrooge
Trouping with Ellen (1924)
as Tony Winterslip
The Black Cat (1960)
Actor
The Great Deception (1926)
as Rizzio
One Precious Year (1933)
as Derek Nagel
The Fruitful Vine (1921)
as Don Cesare Carelli