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