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Basil Rathbone

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

13/06/1892

Day of Death

21/07/1967
(75) years old

Place of Birth

Johannesburg, South African Republic

Basil Rathbone

Biography

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 villain... Read More

Known For

The Adventures of Errol Flynn

In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes

The Great Mouse Detective

The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes

The Horror of It All

The Horror Show

Madhouse

Autopsy of a Ghost

The Movie Orgy

Filmography

Cast

2005

The Adventures of Errol Flynn

as Self / Various Roles (archive sound) (ar...

1996

In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes

1991

Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook

as Baron Wolf von Frankenstein (archive foo...

1986

The Great Mouse Detective

as Sherlock Holmes (voice)

1985

The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes

as Sherlock Holmes (archive footage)

1983

The Horror of It All

as Carmichael (archive footage)

1979

The Horror Show

as (archive footage)

1974

Madhouse

as Basil (archive footage)

1968

Autopsy of a Ghost

as Canuto Pérez

1968

The Movie Orgy

as Self (archival footage)

1967

Hillbillys in a Haunted House

as Gregor

1967

Soldier in Love

as Duke of York

1966

The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini

as Reginald Ripper

1966

Queen of Blood

as Dr. Farraday

1965

Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet

as Prof. Hartman, Lunar 7

1964

The Comedy of Terrors

as John F. Black

1962

Two Before Zero

1962

Tales of Terror

as Carmichael ("The Case of M. Valdemar")

1962

The Magic Sword

as Lodac

1962

Pontius Pilate

as Caiaphas

1961

Victoria Regina

as Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli (Lord B...

1961

Mystic Prophecies and Nostradamus

as Narrator

1960

The Black Cat

1959

A Christmas Carol

as Scrooge

1958

The Last Hurrah

as Norman Cass Sr.

1958

Aladdin

as Emperor

1958

Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates

as Dr. Boekman

1957

The Lark

as Chief Inquisitor

1956

The Stingiest Man in Town

as Ebenezer Scrooge

1956

The Black Sleep

as Sir Joel Cadman

1956

Affair in Sumatra

as Paul Charters

1955

The Court Jester

as Sir Ravenhurst

1955

We're No Angels

as Andre Trochard

1954

A Christmas Carol

as Marley's Ghost

1954

The General's Boots

as General Lee

1954

Casanova's Big Night

as Lucio / Narrator

1949

The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad

as Narrator (segment "The Wind in the Willo...

1949

The Wind in the Willows

as Narrator (voice)

1946

Dressed to Kill

as Sherlock Holmes

1946

Heartbeat

as Professor Aristide

1946

Terror by Night

as Sherlock Holmes

1945

Pursuit to Algiers

as Sherlock Holmes

1945

The Woman in Green

as Sherlock Holmes

1945

The House of Fear

as Sherlock Holmes

1944

Frenchman's Creek

as Lord Rockingham

1944

The Pearl of Death

as Sherlock Holmes

1944

Bathing Beauty

as George Adams

1944

The Scarlet Claw

as Sherlock Holmes

1943

The Spider Woman

as Sherlock Holmes

1943

Crazy House

as Sherlock Holmes

1943

Sherlock Holmes Faces Death

as Sherlock Holmes

1943

Above Suspicion

as Sig von Aschenhausen

1943

Sherlock Holmes in Washington

as Sherlock Holmes

1942

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon

as Sherlock Holmes

1942

Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6

as Himself

1942

Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror

as Sherlock Holmes

1942

Crossroads

as Henri Sarrou

1942

Fingers at the Window

as Cesar Ferrari / Dr. H. Santelle

1941

Paris Calling

as Andre Benoit

1941

International Lady

as Reggie Oliver

1941

The Black Cat

as Montague Hartley

1940

The Mad Doctor

as Dr. George Sebastian / Dr. Langamann

1940

The Mark of Zorro

as Captain Esteban Pasquale

1940

Rhythm on the River

as Oliver Courtney

1939

Tower of London

as Richard - Duke of Gloucester

1939

Rio

as Paul Reynard

1939

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

as Sherlock Holmes

1939

The Sun Never Sets

as Clive Randolph

1939

The Hound of the Baskervilles

as Sherlock Holmes

1939

Son of Frankenstein

as Baron Wolf von Frankenstein

1938

Breakdowns of 1938

as Basil (archive footage) (uncredited)

1938

The Dawn Patrol

as Maj. Brand

1938

If I Were King

as Louis XI

1938

The Adventures of Robin Hood

as Sir Guy of Gisbourne

1938

The Adventures of Marco Polo

as Ahmed

1937

Tovarich

as Commissar Dimitri Gorotchenko

1937

Make a Wish

as Johnny Selden

1937

Confession

as Michael Michailow

1937

Love from a Stranger

as Gerald Lovell

1936

The Garden of Allah

as Count Ferdinand Anteoni

1936

Romeo and Juliet

as Tybalt

1936

Private Number

as Thomas Wroxton

1935

Captain Blood

as Levasseur

1935

A Tale of Two Cities

as Marquis St. Evremonde

1935

Kind Lady

as Henry Abbott

1935

A Feather in Her Hat

as Captain Randolph Courtney

1935

The Last Days of Pompeii

as Pontius Pilate

1935

Anna Karenina

as Alexei Alexandrovitch Karenin

1935

David Copperfield

as Mr. Edward Murdstone

1933

Loyalties

as Ferdinand de Levis

1933

One Precious Year

as Derek Nagel

1932

After the Ball

as Jack Harrowby

1932

A Woman Commands

as Capt. Alex Pastitsch

1930

Sin Takes a Holiday

as Reginald 'Reggie' Durant

1930

A Lady Surrenders

as Carl Vandry

1930

The Lady of Scandal

as Edward

1930

The Flirting Widow

as Col. Smith

1930

A Notorious Affair

as Paul Gherardi

1930

This Mad World

as Paul Parisot

1929

The Bishop Murder Case

as Philo Vance

1929

The Last of Mrs. Cheyney

as Lord Arthur Dilling

1926

The Great Deception

as Rizzio

1925

The Masked Bride

as Antoine

1924

Trouping with Ellen

as Tony Winterslip

1924

The Loves of Mary, Queen of Scots

as Undetermined Subordinate Role

1923

The School for Scandal

as Joseph Surface

1921

The Fruitful Vine

as Don Cesare Carelli

1921

Innocent

as Amadis de Jocelyn