Basil Rathbone
Acting
Born: June 13, 1892 · Johannesburg, South African Republic
Died: July 21, 1967 (aged 75)
Highest Rated
Biography
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
The Great Mouse Detective
1986
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1938
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
1949
Son of Frankenstein
1939
Captain Blood
1935
The Mark of Zorro
1940
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1939
The Court Jester
1955
We're No Angels
1955
Tales of Terror
1962
The Comedy of Terrors
1964
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
1939
Photos (8)
Movies (101)
The Great Mouse Detective
Sherlock Holmes (voice)
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
Narrator (segment "The Wind in the Willows")
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Sir Guy of Gisbourne
Bathing Beauty
George Adams
The Mark of Zorro
Captain Esteban Pasquale
Tales of Terror
Carmichael ("The Case of M. Valdemar")
Terror by Night
Sherlock Holmes
The Comedy of Terrors
John F. Black
The Court Jester
Sir Ravenhurst
Captain Blood
Levasseur
The Spider Woman
Sherlock Holmes
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes
We're No Angels
Andre Trochard
Son of Frankenstein
Baron Wolf von Frankenstein
Anna Karenina
Alexei Alexandrovitch Karenin
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Sherlock Holmes
The Woman in Green
Sherlock Holmes
Dressed to Kill
Sherlock Holmes
The Pearl of Death
Sherlock Holmes
Madhouse
Basil (archive footage)
Queen of Blood
Dr. Farraday
David Copperfield
Mr. Edward Murdstone
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
Sherlock Holmes
Casanova's Big Night
Lucio / Narrator
The Adventures of Marco Polo
Ahmed
Romeo and Juliet
Tybalt
The Last Hurrah
Norman Cass Sr.
The Masked Bride
Antoine
The Scarlet Claw
Sherlock Holmes
The Magic Sword
Lodac
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
Sherlock Holmes
The Black Sleep
Sir Joel Cadman
Above Suspicion
Sig von Aschenhausen
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
Sherlock Holmes
A Tale of Two Cities
Marquis St. Evremonde
The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini
Reginald Ripper
Victoria Regina
Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli (Lord Beaconsfield)
Tower of London
Richard - Duke of Gloucester
The Black Cat
Montague Hartley
Crazy House
Sherlock Holmes
Pursuit to Algiers
Sherlock Holmes
The Wind in the Willows
Narrator (voice)
International Lady
Reggie Oliver
The House of Fear
Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
Sherlock Holmes
Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet
Prof. Hartman, Lunar 7
The Dawn Patrol
Maj. Brand
If I Were King
Louis XI
The Horror Show
(archive footage)
Rio
Paul Reynard
Innocent
Amadis de Jocelyn
Private Number
Thomas Wroxton
Fingers at the Window
Cesar Ferrari / Dr. H. Santelle
Pontius Pilate
Caiaphas
Tovarich
Commissar Dimitri Gorotchenko
Love from a Stranger
Gerald Lovell
The Sun Never Sets
Clive Randolph
Confession
Michael Michailow
Heartbeat
Professor Aristide
Paris Calling
Andre Benoit
The Garden of Allah
Count Ferdinand Anteoni
Frenchman's Creek
Lord Rockingham
The Lark
Chief Inquisitor
Sin Takes a Holiday
Reginald 'Reggie' Durant
The Last Days of Pompeii
Pontius Pilate
A Christmas Carol
Marley's Ghost
Breakdowns of 1938
Basil (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Mad Doctor
Dr. George Sebastian / Dr. Langamann
Dracula in the Movies
(archive footage)
Make a Wish
Johnny Selden
Kind Lady
Henry Abbott
Crossroads
Henri Sarrou
Hillbillys in a Haunted House
Gregor
This Mad World
Paul Parisot
The Horror of It All
Carmichael (archive footage)
Soldier in Love
Duke of York
Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates
Dr. Boekman
Aladdin
Emperor
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
Lord Arthur Dilling
Autopsy of a Ghost
Canuto Pérez
Rhythm on the River
Oliver Courtney
A Woman Commands
Capt. Alex Pastitsch
A Lady Surrenders
Carl Vandry
A Feather in Her Hat
Captain Randolph Courtney
The Great Deception
Rizzio
The Lady of Scandal
Edward
Trouping with Ellen
Tony Winterslip
The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes (archive footage)
Affair in Sumatra
Paul Charters
The Bishop Murder Case
Philo Vance
In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes
1996
Loyalties
Ferdinand de Levis
The Flirting Widow
Col. Smith
A Notorious Affair
Paul Gherardi
One Precious Year
Derek Nagel
The Loves of Mary, Queen of Scots
Undetermined Subordinate Role
A Christmas Carol
Scrooge
The School for Scandal
Joseph Surface
After the Ball
Jack Harrowby
The Stingiest Man in Town
Ebenezer Scrooge
Two Before Zero
1962
TV Shows (15)
Dr. Kildare
Frederick Foray · 2 eps
Studio One
Hazelton Crome · 1 eps
Burke's Law
Milo James · 1 eps
Lights Out
1 eps
Suspense
Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde · 1 eps
Suspense
Sherlock Holmes · 1 eps
The Jack Benny Program
Basil Rathbone · 1 eps
Your Show of Shows
1 eps
Screen Director's Playhouse
Paul Charters · 1 eps
DuPont Show of the Month
Emperor · 1 eps
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
The Jewel Thief · 1 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Inquisitor · 1 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Dr. Boekman · 1 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Lord Beaconsfield · 1 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
The Duke of York · 1 eps
Self / Appearances (6)
The Merv Griffin Show
Self · 3 eps
What's My Line?
Self · 1 eps
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Self - Host / General Lee · 1 eps
The Movie Orgy
Self (archival footage)
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
Self / Various Roles (archive sound) (archive footage)
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
Himself
