Basil Rathbone
Actor
Born June 13, 1892 in Johannesburg, South African Republic
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.
Filmography
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
Self / Various Roles (archive sound) (archive footage)
In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes
Dracula in the Movies
(archive footage)
The Great Mouse Detective
Sherlock Holmes (voice)
The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes (archive footage)
The Horror of It All
Carmichael (archive footage)
The Horror Show
(archive footage)
Madhouse
Basil (archive footage)
Autopsy of a Ghost
Canuto Pérez
The Movie Orgy
Self (archival footage)
Hillbillys in a Haunted House
Gregor
Soldier in Love
Duke of York
The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini
Reginald Ripper
Queen of Blood
Dr. Farraday
Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet
Prof. Hartman, Lunar 7
The Comedy of Terrors
John F. Black
Burke's Law
Milo James
Two Before Zero
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
Tales of Terror
Carmichael ("The Case of M. Valdemar")
The Magic Sword
Lodac
Pontius Pilate
Caiaphas
Victoria Regina
Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli (Lord Beaconsfield)
Dr. Kildare
Frederick Foray
A Christmas Carol
Scrooge
The Last Hurrah
Norman Cass Sr.
Aladdin
Emperor
Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates
Dr. Boekman
DuPont Show of the Month
Emperor
The Lark
Chief Inquisitor
The Stingiest Man in Town
Ebenezer Scrooge
The Black Sleep
Sir Joel Cadman
Affair in Sumatra
Paul Charters
The Court Jester
Sir Ravenhurst
Screen Director's Playhouse
Paul Charters
We're No Angels
Andre Trochard
A Christmas Carol
Marley's Ghost
Casanova's Big Night
Lucio / Narrator
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Inquisitor
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Self - Host / General Lee
The Jack Benny Program
Basil Rathbone
Your Show of Shows
What's My Line?
Self
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
Narrator (segment "The Wind in the Willows")
Lights Out
The Wind in the Willows
Narrator (voice)
Suspense
Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde
Studio One
Hazelton Crome
Dressed to Kill
Sherlock Holmes
Heartbeat
Professor Aristide
Terror by Night
Sherlock Holmes
Pursuit to Algiers
Sherlock Holmes
The Woman in Green
Sherlock Holmes
The House of Fear
Sherlock Holmes
Frenchman's Creek
Lord Rockingham
The Pearl of Death
Sherlock Holmes
Bathing Beauty
George Adams
The Scarlet Claw
Sherlock Holmes
The Spider Woman
Sherlock Holmes
Crazy House
Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
Sherlock Holmes
Above Suspicion
Sig von Aschenhausen
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
Sherlock Holmes
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
Himself
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
Sherlock Holmes
Crossroads
Henri Sarrou
Fingers at the Window
Cesar Ferrari / Dr. H. Santelle
Paris Calling
Andre Benoit
International Lady
Reggie Oliver
The Black Cat
Montague Hartley
The Mad Doctor
Dr. George Sebastian / Dr. Langamann
The Mark of Zorro
Captain Esteban Pasquale
Rhythm on the River
Oliver Courtney
Tower of London
Richard - Duke of Gloucester
Rio
Paul Reynard
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes
The Sun Never Sets
Clive Randolph
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Sherlock Holmes
Son of Frankenstein
Baron Wolf von Frankenstein
Breakdowns of 1938
Basil (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Dawn Patrol
Maj. Brand
If I Were King
Louis XI
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Sir Guy of Gisbourne
The Adventures of Marco Polo
Ahmed
Tovarich
Commissar Dimitri Gorotchenko
Make a Wish
Johnny Selden
Confession
Michael Michailow
Love from a Stranger
Gerald Lovell
The Garden of Allah
Count Ferdinand Anteoni
Romeo and Juliet
Tybalt
Private Number
Thomas Wroxton
Captain Blood
Levasseur
A Tale of Two Cities
Marquis St. Evremonde
Kind Lady
Henry Abbott
A Feather in Her Hat
Captain Randolph Courtney
The Last Days of Pompeii
Pontius Pilate
Anna Karenina
Alexei Alexandrovitch Karenin
David Copperfield
Mr. Edward Murdstone
Loyalties
Ferdinand de Levis
One Precious Year
Derek Nagel
After the Ball
Jack Harrowby
A Woman Commands
Capt. Alex Pastitsch
Sin Takes a Holiday
Reginald 'Reggie' Durant
A Lady Surrenders
Carl Vandry
The Lady of Scandal
Edward
The Flirting Widow
Col. Smith
A Notorious Affair
Paul Gherardi
This Mad World
Paul Parisot
The Bishop Murder Case
Philo Vance
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
Lord Arthur Dilling
The Great Deception
Rizzio
The Masked Bride
Antoine
Trouping with Ellen
Tony Winterslip
The Loves of Mary, Queen of Scots
Undetermined Subordinate Role
The School for Scandal
Joseph Surface
Innocent
Amadis de Jocelyn