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

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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
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5

Dr. Kildare

(1961) Frederick Foray
What's My Line?
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7

What's My Line?

(1950) Self - Mystery Guest
Lux Video Theatre
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6

Lux Video Theatre

(1950) Ambrose Wallington
Suspense
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4

Suspense

(1949) Sherlock Holmes
The Great Mouse Detective
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7

The Great Mouse Detective

(1986) Sherlock Holmes (voice)
Burke's Law
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6

Burke's Law

(1963) Milo James
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
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6

The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad

(1949) Narrator (segment "The Wind in the Willows")
Studio One
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4

Studio One

(1948) Hazelton Crome

Acting

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

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