Basil Rathbone

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1892-06-13 (75 years old)

Deathday

1967-07-21

Place of Birth

Johannesburg, South African Republic

Basil Rathbone

Biography

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 Broadw...

Acting

1939

Son of Frankenstein

as Baron Wolf von Frankenstein

1943

The Spider Woman

as Sherlock Holmes

1968

The Movie Orgy

as Self (archival footage)

1938

The Adventures of Robin Hood

as Sir Guy of Gisbourne

1946

Terror by Night

as Sherlock Holmes

1946

Dressed to Kill

as Sherlock Holmes

1955

We're No Angels

as Andre Trochard

1955

The Court Jester

as Sir Ravenhurst

1940

The Mark of Zorro

as Captain Esteban Pasquale

1943

Above Suspicion

as Sig von Aschenhausen

1939

1968

Autopsy of a Ghost

as Canuto Pérez

1962

1945

The House of Fear

as Sherlock Holmes

1944

The Pearl of Death

as Sherlock Holmes

1944

The Scarlet Claw

as Sherlock Holmes

1986

The Great Mouse Detective

as Sherlock Holmes (voice)

1939

Rio

as Paul Reynard

1966

Queen of Blood

as Dr. Farraday

1945

The Woman in Green

as Sherlock Holmes

1979

The Horror Show

as (archive footage)

1949

The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad

as Narrator (segment "The Wind in the Willows")

1939

Tower of London

as Richard - Duke of Gloucester

1956

The Black Sleep

as Sir Joel Cadman

1941

The Black Cat

as Montague Hartley

1937

Love from a Stranger

as Gerald Lovell

1943

Crazy House

as Sherlock Holmes

1940

The Mad Doctor

as Dr. George Sebastian / Dr. Langamann

1962

Tales of Terror

as Carmichael ("The Case of M. Valdemar")

1946

Heartbeat

as Professor Aristide

1964

The Comedy of Terrors

as John F. Black

1942

Crossroads

as Henri Sarrou

1937

Tovarich

as Commissar Dimitri Gorotchenko

1944

Bathing Beauty

as George Adams

1943

1929

1936

1935

David Copperfield

as Mr. Edward Murdstone

1935

Captain Blood

as Levasseur

1939

1942

Fingers at the Window

as Cesar Ferrari / Dr. H. Santelle

1938

The Dawn Patrol

as Maj. Brand

1935

A Tale of Two Cities

as Marquis St. Evremonde

1925

1924

The Loves of Mary, Queen of Scots

as Undetermined Subordinate Role

1924

Trouping with Ellen

as Tony Winterslip

1933

One Precious Year

as Derek Nagel

1945

Pursuit to Algiers

as Sherlock Holmes

1943

Sherlock Holmes Faces Death

as Sherlock Holmes

1935

Anna Karenina

as Alexei Alexandrovitch Karenin

1965

Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet

as Prof. Hartman, Lunar 7

1958

The Last Hurrah

as Norman Cass Sr.

1957

The Lark

as Chief Inquisitor

1937

Confession

as Michael Michailow

1954

Casanova's Big Night

as Lucio / Narrator

1966

1941

Paris Calling

as Andre Benoit

1949

The Wind in the Willows

as Narrator (voice)

2005

The Adventures of Errol Flynn

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

1938

If I Were King

as Louis XI

1940

Rhythm on the River

as Oliver Courtney

1936

The Garden of Allah

as Count Ferdinand Anteoni

1944

Frenchman's Creek

as Lord Rockingham

1991

Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook

as Baron Wolf von Frankenstein (archive footage)

1930

Sin Takes a Holiday

as Reginald Durant

1930

A Notorious Affair

as Paul Gherardi

1935

The Last Days of Pompeii

as Pontius Pilate

1962

Pontius Pilate

as Caiaphas

1935

Kind Lady

as Henry Abbott

1939

The Sun Never Sets

as Clive Randolph

1937

Make a Wish

as Johnny Selden

1933

Loyalties

as Ferdinand de Levis

1930

1930

The Flirting Widow

as Col. Smith

1929

The Last of Mrs. Cheyney

as Lord Arthur Dilling

1935

A Feather in Her Hat

as Captain Randolph Courtney

1936

Private Number

as Thomas Wroxton

1930

A Lady Surrenders

as Carl Vandry

1983

The Horror of It All

as Carmichael (archive footage)

1930

This Mad World

as Paul Parisot

1954

The General's Boots

as General Lee

1954

A Christmas Carol

as Marley's Ghost

1961

Victoria Regina

as Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli (Lord Beaconsfield)

1932

After the Ball

as Jack Harrowby

1967

Soldier in Love

as Duke of York

1926

1932

A Woman Commands

as Capt. Alex Pastitsch

1941

International Lady

as Reggie Oliver

1921

The Fruitful Vine

as Don Cesare Carelli

1938

Breakdowns of 1938

as Basil (archive footage) (uncredited)

1985

The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes

as Sherlock Holmes (archive footage)

1923

The School for Scandal

as Joseph Surface

1959

1921

Innocent

as Amadis de Jocelyn

1958

Aladdin

as Emperor

1956

The Stingiest Man in Town

as Ebenezer Scrooge

1974

Madhouse

as Basil (archive footage)

1956

Affair in Sumatra

as Paul Charters

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