Basil Rathbone
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Basil Rathbone, 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.
Known for
Credits
The Great Mouse Detective (1986)
as Sherlock Holmes (voice)
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949)
as Narrator (segment "The Wind in the Willows")
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
as Sir Guy of Gisbourne
Son of Frankenstein (1939)
as Baron Wolf von Frankenstein
Captain Blood (1935)
as Levasseur
We're No Angels (1955)
as Andre Trochard
Bathing Beauty (1944)
as George Adams
The Court Jester (1955)
as Sir Ravenhurst
The Mark of Zorro (1940)
as Captain Esteban Pasquale
The Woman in Green (1945)
as Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1942)
as Sherlock Holmes
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)
as Sherlock Holmes
The Movie Orgy (1968)
as Self (archival footage)
Dressed to Kill (1946)
as Sherlock Holmes
Crossroads (1942)
as Henri Sarrou
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943)
as Sherlock Holmes
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)
as Sherlock Holmes
Anna Karenina (1935)
as Alexei Alexandrovitch Karenin
A Tale of Two Cities (1935)
as Marquis St. Evremonde
The Pearl of Death (1944)
as Sherlock Holmes
Terror by Night (1946)
as Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943)
as Sherlock Holmes
The Magic Sword (1962)
as Lodac
David Copperfield (1935)
as Mr. Edward Murdstone
The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938)
as Ahmed
Tales of Terror (1962)
as Carmichael ("The Case of M. Valdemar")
If I Were King (1938)
as Louis XI
The Comedy of Terrors (1964)
as John F. Black
Casanova's Big Night (1954)
as Lucio / Narrator
The Adventures of Errol Flynn (2005)
as Self / Various Roles (archive sound) (archive footage)
The Scarlet Claw (1944)
as Sherlock Holmes
The Wind in the Willows (1949)
as Narrator (voice)
Dracula in the Movies (1992)
as (archive footage)
The Last Hurrah (1958)
as Norman Cass Sr.
The House of Fear (1945)
as Sherlock Holmes
Fingers at the Window (1942)
as Cesar Ferrari / Dr. H. Santelle
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942)
as Sherlock Holmes
Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet (1965)
as Prof. Hartman, Lunar 7
Victoria Regina (1961)
as Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli (Lord Beaconsfield)
The Black Cat (1941)
as Montague Hartley
A Feather in Her Hat (1935)
as Captain Randolph Courtney
The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini (1966)
as Reginald Ripper
The Last Days of Pompeii (1935)
as Pontius Pilate
International Lady (1941)
as Reggie Oliver
Tower of London (1939)
as Richard - Duke of Gloucester
The Garden of Allah (1936)
as Count Ferdinand Anteoni
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991)
as Baron Wolf von Frankenstein (archive footage)
Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates (1958)
as Dr. Boekman
Marlene Dietrich: Home Movies (—)
as Himself
Above Suspicion (1943)
as Sig von Aschenhausen
Queen of Blood (1966)
as Dr. Farraday
Madhouse (1974)
as Basil (archive footage)
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6 (1942)
as Self
Pursuit to Algiers (1945)
as Sherlock Holmes
Romeo and Juliet (1936)
as Tybalt
Hillbillys in a Haunted House (1967)
as Gregor
The Black Sleep (1956)
as Sir Joel Cadman
The Lark (1957)
as Chief Inquisitor
The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes (1985)
as Sherlock Holmes (archive footage)
The Spider Woman (1943)
as Sherlock Holmes
Rio (1939)
as Paul Reynard
The Lady of Scandal (1930)
as Edward
Sin Takes a Holiday (1930)
as Reginald 'Reggie' Durant
A Christmas Carol (1954)
as Marley's Ghost
Autopsy of a Ghost (1968)
as Canuto Pérez
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1929)
as Lord Arthur Dilling
The Horror Show (1979)
as (archive footage)
The Horror of It All (1983)
as Carmichael (archive footage)
The Sun Never Sets (1939)
as Clive Randolph
Rhythm on the River (1940)
as Oliver Courtney
Breakdowns of 1938 (1938)
as Basil (archive footage) (uncredited)
Love from a Stranger (1937)
as Gerald Lovell
The Dawn Patrol (1938)
as Maj. Brand
Frenchman's Creek (1944)
as Lord Rockingham
In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes (1996)
Actor
The Stingiest Man in Town (1956)
as Ebenezer Scrooge
Paris Calling (1941)
as Benoit
Private Number (1936)
as Thomas Wroxton
Confession (1937)
as Michael Michailow
Tovarich (1937)
as Commissar Dimitri Gorotchenko
Pontius Pilate (1962)
as Caiaphas
The General's Boots (1954)
as General Lee
Innocent (1921)
as Amadis de Jocelyn
Soldier in Love (1967)
as Duke of York
Kind Lady (1935)
as Henry Abbott
Crazy House (1943)
as Sherlock Holmes
Heartbeat (1946)
as Professor Aristide
The Bishop Murder Case (1929)
as Philo Vance
A Notorious Affair (1930)
as Paul Gherardi
Make a Wish (1937)
as Johnny Selden
A Lady Surrenders (1930)
as Carl Vandry
The Loves of Mary, Queen of Scots (1924)
as Undetermined Subordinate Role
The School for Scandal (1923)
as Joseph Surface
Loyalties (1933)
as Ferdinand de Levis
A Woman Commands (1932)
as Capt. Alex Pastitsch
This Mad World (1930)
as Paul Parisot
The Mad Doctor (1940)
as Dr. George Sebastian / Dr. Langamann
Affair in Sumatra (1956)
as Paul Charters
A Christmas Carol (1959)
as Scrooge
Mystic Prophecies and Nostradamus (1961)
as Narrator
After the Ball (1932)
as Jack Harrowby
The Flirting Widow (1930)
as Col. Smith
Aladdin (1958)
as Emperor
The Great Deception (1926)
as Rizzio
Two Before Zero (1962)
Actor
The Masked Bride (1925)
as Antoine
One Precious Year (1933)
as Derek Nagel
The Black Cat (1960)
Actor
Trouping with Ellen (1924)
as Tony Winterslip
The Fruitful Vine (1921)
as Don Cesare Carelli