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Basil Rathbone
- Name: Basil Rathbone
- Birthday: 1892-06-14
- Also known as: Sir Basil Rathbone,Philip St. John Basil Rathbone,Бэзил Рэтбоун
- Place of birth: Johannesburg, South African Republic
- Popularity: 8.241
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 Broadway and television work; he received a Tony... Read More
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| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| The Adventures of Errol Flynn as Self / Various Roles (archive sound) (archive footage) | 2005-04-05 |
| In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes | 1996-07-01 |
| Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook as Baron Wolf von Frankenstein (archive footage) | 1991-01-01 |
| The Great Mouse Detective as Sherlock Holmes (voice) | 1986-07-02 |
| The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes as Sherlock Holmes (archive footage) | 1985-01-01 |
| The Horror of It All as Carmichael (archive footage) | 1983-02-23 |
| The Horror Show as (archive footage) | 1979-02-06 |
| Madhouse as Basil (archive footage) | 1974-05-22 |
| Autopsy of a Ghost as Canuto Pérez | 1968-11-07 |
| The Movie Orgy as Self (archival footage) | 1968-01-01 |
| Hillbillys in a Haunted House as Gregor | 1967-05-01 |
| Soldier in Love as Duke of York | 1967-04-26 |
| The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini as Reginald Ripper | 1966-04-06 |
| Queen of Blood as Dr. Farraday | 1966-03-01 |
| Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet as Prof. Hartman, Lunar 7 | 1965-08-01 |
| The Son of Frankenstein as Frankenstein (archive footage) | 1965-01-01 |
| The Comedy of Terrors as John F. Black | 1964-01-22 |
| Two Before Zero | 1962-10-31 |
| Tales of Terror as Carmichael ("The Case of M. Valdemar") | 1962-07-04 |
| The Magic Sword as Lodac | 1962-04-01 |
| Pontius Pilate as Caiaphas | 1962-02-15 |
| Victoria Regina as Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli (Lord Beaconsfield) | 1961-11-30 |
| The Black Cat | 1960-01-01 |
| A Christmas Carol as Scrooge | 1959-12-27 |
| The Last Hurrah as Norman Cass Sr. | 1958-12-31 |
| Aladdin as Emperor | 1958-02-21 |
| Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates as Dr. Boekman | 1958-02-09 |
| The Lark as Chief Inquisitor | 1957-02-10 |
| The Stingiest Man in Town as Ebenezer Scrooge | 1956-12-23 |
| The Black Sleep as Sir Joel Cadman | 1956-06-15 |
| The Court Jester as Sir Ravenhurst | 1955-12-24 |
| We're No Angels as Andre Trochard | 1955-07-07 |
| A Christmas Carol as Marley's Ghost | 1954-12-01 |
| The General's Boots as General Lee | 1954-07-23 |
| Casanova's Big Night as Lucio / Narrator | 1954-04-07 |
| The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad as Narrator (segment "The Wind in the Willows") | 1949-10-05 |
| The Wind in the Willows as Narrator (voice) | 1949-05-10 |
| Dressed to Kill as Sherlock Holmes | 1946-05-24 |
| Heartbeat as Professor Aristide | 1946-05-01 |
| Terror by Night as Sherlock Holmes | 1946-02-01 |
| Pursuit to Algiers as Sherlock Holmes | 1945-10-26 |
| The Woman in Green as Sherlock Holmes | 1945-06-15 |
| The House of Fear as Sherlock Holmes | 1945-03-16 |
| Frenchman's Creek as Lord Rockingham | 1944-09-20 |
| The Pearl of Death as Sherlock Holmes | 1944-08-01 |
| Bathing Beauty as George Adams | 1944-06-27 |
| The Scarlet Claw as Sherlock Holmes | 1944-05-18 |
| The Spider Woman as Sherlock Holmes | 1943-12-24 |
| Crazy House as Sherlock Holmes | 1943-10-08 |
| Sherlock Holmes Faces Death as Sherlock Holmes | 1943-09-17 |
| Above Suspicion as Sig von Aschenhausen | 1943-05-31 |
| Sherlock Holmes in Washington as Sherlock Holmes | 1943-03-24 |
| Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon as Sherlock Holmes | 1942-12-25 |
| Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6 as Himself | 1942-10-05 |
| Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror as Sherlock Holmes | 1942-09-18 |
| Crossroads as Henri Sarrou | 1942-07-23 |
| Fingers at the Window as Cesar Ferrari / Dr. H. Santelle | 1942-04-22 |
| Paris Calling as Andre Benoit | 1941-12-04 |
| International Lady as Reggie Oliver | 1941-10-16 |
| The Black Cat as Montague Hartley | 1941-05-02 |
| The Mad Doctor as Dr. George Sebastian / Dr. Langamann | 1940-12-20 |
| The Mark of Zorro as Captain Esteban Pasquale | 1940-11-08 |
| Rhythm on the River as Oliver Courtney | 1940-08-28 |
| Tower of London as Richard - Duke of Gloucester | 1939-11-17 |
| Rio as Paul Reynard | 1939-09-29 |
| The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes as Sherlock Holmes | 1939-09-01 |
| The Sun Never Sets as Clive Randolph | 1939-05-31 |
| The Hound of the Baskervilles as Sherlock Holmes | 1939-03-24 |
| Son of Frankenstein as Baron Wolf von Frankenstein | 1939-01-13 |
| Breakdowns of 1938 as Basil (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1938-12-31 |
| The Dawn Patrol as Maj. Brand | 1938-12-24 |
| If I Were King as King Louis XI | 1938-09-28 |
| The Adventures of Robin Hood as Sir Guy of Gisbourne | 1938-05-13 |
| The Adventures of Marco Polo as Ahmed | 1938-04-07 |
| Tovarich as Commissar Dimitri Gorotchenko | 1937-12-25 |
| Make a Wish as Johnny Selden | 1937-09-01 |
| Confession as Michael Michailow | 1937-08-19 |
| Love from a Stranger as Gerald Lovell | 1937-04-18 |
| The Garden of Allah as Count Ferdinand Anteoni | 1936-10-14 |
| Romeo and Juliet as Tybalt | 1936-09-03 |
| Private Number as Thomas Wroxton | 1936-06-05 |
| Captain Blood as Levasseur | 1935-12-26 |
| A Tale of Two Cities as Marquis St. Evremonde | 1935-12-25 |
| Kind Lady as Henry Abbott | 1935-12-06 |
| A Feather in Her Hat as Captain Randolph Courtney | 1935-10-25 |
| The Last Days of Pompeii as Pontius Pilate | 1935-10-18 |
| Anna Karenina as Alexei Alexandrovitch Karenin | 1935-08-30 |
| David Copperfield as Mr. Edward Murdstone | 1935-01-18 |
| Loyalties as Ferdinand de Levis | 1933-07-02 |
| One Precious Year as Derek Nagel | 1933-02-01 |
| After the Ball as Jack Harrowby | 1932-11-23 |
| A Woman Commands as Capt. Alex Pastitsch | 1932-02-12 |
| Sin Takes a Holiday as Reginald 'Reggie' Durant | 1930-11-10 |
| A Lady Surrenders as Carl Vandry | 1930-10-06 |
| The Lady of Scandal as Edward | 1930-05-24 |
| The Flirting Widow as Col. Smith | 1930-05-11 |
| A Notorious Affair as Paul Gherardi | 1930-04-26 |
| This Mad World as Paul Parisot | 1930-04-11 |
| The Bishop Murder Case as Philo Vance | 1929-12-31 |
| The Last of Mrs. Cheyney as Lord Arthur Dilling | 1929-07-06 |
| The Great Deception as Rizzio | 1926-07-26 |
| The Masked Bride as Antoine | 1925-12-13 |
| Trouping with Ellen as Tony Winterslip | 1924-10-05 |
| The Loves of Mary, Queen of Scots as Undetermined Subordinate Role | 1924-02-04 |
| The School for Scandal as Joseph Surface | 1923-09-12 |
| The Fruitful Vine as Don Cesare Carelli | 1921-09-01 |
| Innocent as Amadis de Jocelyn | 1921-03-01 |
