Basil Rathbone
Age: 75 | From: Johannesburg, South African Republic
Person Details
Birthday: 1892-06-13 02:23:54
Death: 1967-07-21 02:23:54
Aliases: Sir Basil Rathbone , Philip St. John Basil Rathbone , Бэзил Рэтбоун
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Johannesburg, South African Republic
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 77
TV Involvements: 14
Most Famous Work
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Sir Basil Rathbone, KBE, MC, Kt (13 June 1892, Johannesburg – 21 July 1967, New York City) was a South African 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Basil Rathbone, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Most Famous Work
Dr. Kildare
(1961) Frederick Foray
What's My Line?
(1950) Self - Mystery Guest
Lux Video Theatre
(1950) Ambrose Wallington
Suspense
(1949) Sherlock Holmes
The Great Mouse Detective
(1986) Sherlock Holmes (voice)
Burke's Law
(1963) Milo James
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
(1949) Narrator (segment "The Wind in the Willows")
Studio One
(1948) Hazelton CromeActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2005 | Self / Various Roles (archive sound) (archive footage) | |
| 1996 | N/A | |
| 1991 | Baron Wolf von Frankenstein (archive footage) | |
| 1986 | Sherlock Holmes (voice) | |
| 1985 | Sherlock Holmes (archive footage) | |
| 1983 | Carmichael (archive footage) | |
| 1979 | (archive footage) | |
| 1974 | Basil (archive footage) | |
| 1968 | Canuto Pérez | |
| Self (archival footage) | ||
| 1967 | Gregor | |
| Duke of York | ||
| 1966 | N/A | |
| Reginald Ripper | ||
| Dr. Farraday | ||
| 1965 | Prof. Hartman, Lunar 7 | |
| 1964 | John F. Black | |
| 1963 | Milo James | |
| 1962 | N/A | |
| Self | ||
| Carmichael ("The Case of M. Valdemar") | ||
| Lodac | ||
| Caiaphas | ||
| 1961 | Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli (Lord Beaconsfield) | |
| Frederick Foray | ||
| 1959 | Scrooge | |
| Scrooge | ||
| 1958 | Norman Cass Sr. | |
| Emperor | ||
| Dr. Boekman | ||
| 1957 | Emperor | |
| Chief Inquisitor | ||
| 1956 | Ebenezer Scrooge | |
| Sir Joel Cadman | ||
| 1955 | Sir Ravenhurst | |
| Andre Trochard | ||
| 1954 | Marley's Ghost | |
| General Lee | ||
| Lucio / Narrator | ||
| 1951 | Inquisitor | |
| Dr. Boekman | ||
| Lord Beaconsfield | ||
| The Duke of York | ||
| Self - Host / General Lee | ||
| The Jewel Thief | ||
| 1950 | Basil Rathbone | |
| Frampton | ||
| Sir Paul Maxim | ||
| Ambrose Wallington | ||
| N/A | ||
| Self - Mystery Guest | ||
| 1949 | Narrator (segment "The Wind in the Willows") | |
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde | ||
| Sherlock Holmes | ||
| 1948 | Hazelton Crome | |
| 1946 | N/A | |
| Sherlock Holmes | ||
| Professor Aristide | ||
| Sherlock Holmes | ||
| 1945 | Sherlock Holmes | |
| Sherlock Holmes | ||
| Sherlock Holmes | ||
| 1944 | Lord Rockingham | |
| Sherlock Holmes | ||
| George Adams | ||
| Sherlock Holmes | ||
| 1943 | Sherlock Holmes | |
| Sherlock Holmes | ||
| Sherlock Holmes | ||
| Sig von Aschenhausen | ||
| Sherlock Holmes | ||
| 1942 | Sherlock Holmes | |
| Himself | ||
| Sherlock Holmes | ||
| Henri Sarrou | ||
| Cesar Ferrari / Dr. H. Santelle | ||
| 1941 | Andre Benoit | |
| Reggie Oliver | ||
| Montague Hartley | ||
| 1940 | Dr. George Sebastian / Dr. Langamann | |
| Captain Esteban Pasquale | ||
| Oliver Courtney | ||
| 1939 | Richard - Duke of Gloucester | |
| Paul Reynard | ||
| Sherlock Holmes | ||
| Clive Randolph | ||
| Sherlock Holmes | ||
| Baron Wolf von Frankenstein | ||
| 1938 | Basil (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Maj. Brand | ||
| King Louis XI | ||
| Sir Guy of Gisbourne | ||
| Ahmed | ||
| 1937 | Commissar Dimitri Gorotchenko | |
| Johnny Selden | ||
| Michael Michailow | ||
| Gerald Lovell | ||
| 1936 | Count Ferdinand Anteoni | |
| Tybalt | ||
| Thomas Wroxton | ||
| 1935 | Levasseur | |
| Marquis St. Evremonde | ||
| Henry Abbott | ||
| Captain Randolph Courtney | ||
| Pontius Pilate | ||
| Alexei Alexandrovitch Karenin | ||
| Mr. Edward Murdstone | ||
| 1933 | Ferdinand de Levis | |
| Derek Nagel | ||
| 1932 | Jack Harrowby | |
| Capt. Alex Pastitsch | ||
| 1930 | Reginald 'Reggie' Durant | |
| Carl Vandry | ||
| Edward | ||
| Col. Smith | ||
| Paul Gherardi | ||
| Paul Parisot | ||
| 1929 | Philo Vance | |
| Lord Arthur Dilling | ||
| 1926 | Rizzio | |
| 1925 | Antoine | |
| 1924 | Tony Winterslip | |
| Undetermined Subordinate Role | ||
| 1923 | Joseph Surface | |
| 1921 | Don Cesare Carelli | |
| Amadis de Jocelyn | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
