Basil Rathbone
Acting · Born 1892-06-13 · age 75 at death · 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.
Titles
The Great Mouse Detective
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Son of Frankenstein
Captain Blood
The Mark of Zorro
The Hound of the Baskervilles
The Court Jester
We're No Angels
Tales of Terror
The Comedy of Terrors
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Terror by Night
The Woman in Green
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
Dressed to Kill
Madhouse
The House of Fear
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
The Scarlet Claw
The Spider Woman
Anna Karenina
The Pearl of Death
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
A Tale of Two Cities
Pursuit to Algiers
David Copperfield
The Last Hurrah
The Magic Sword
Tower of London
Queen of Blood
The Black Sleep
The Dawn Patrol
The Black Cat
Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet
Romeo and Juliet
Above Suspicion
Crossroads
Hillbillys in a Haunted House
The Garden of Allah
The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini
Bathing Beauty
The Last Days of Pompeii
Sin Takes a Holiday
Frenchman's Creek
Casanova's Big Night
Dr. Kildare
Fingers at the Window
Confession
The Adventures of Marco Polo
Kind Lady
A Christmas Carol
The Jack Benny Program
The Bishop Murder Case
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
Rio
Heartbeat
If I Were King
Love from a Stranger
Studio One