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