Cast
Basil Rathbone
Acting
Cast
Basil Rathbone
Known for
Acting
Born
1892-06-13
From
Johannesburg, South African Republic
Died
1967-07-21
Also known as Sir Basil Rathbone, Philip St. John Basil Rathbone, Бэзил Рэтбоун
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 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.
★7.1
MOVIE1986
The Great Mouse Detective
as Sherlock Holmes (voice)
★7.5
MOVIE1938
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Sir Guy of Gisbourne
★6.5
MOVIE1949
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
as Narrator (segment "The Wind in the Willows")
★5.9
MOVIE1944
Bathing Beauty
as George Adams
★7.2
MOVIE1955
We're No Angels
as Andre Trochard
★6.6
MOVIE1946
Terror by Night
as Sherlock Holmes
★6.7
MOVIE1939
Son of Frankenstein
as Baron Wolf von Frankenstein
★7.3
MOVIE1955
The Court Jester
as Sir Ravenhurst
★6.7
MOVIE1968
The Movie Orgy
as Self (archival footage)
★7.2
MOVIE1935
Captain Blood
as Levasseur
★6.5
MOVIE1935
Anna Karenina
as Alexei Alexandrovitch Karenin
★6.6
MOVIE1941
International Lady
as Reggie Oliver
★4.1
MOVIE1965
Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet
as Prof. Hartman, Lunar 7
★6.1
MOVIE1954
Casanova's Big Night
as Lucio / Narrator
★6.5
MOVIE1945
The Woman in Green
as Sherlock Holmes
★6.9
MOVIE1939
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
as Sherlock Holmes
★7.1
MOVIE1940
The Mark of Zorro
as Captain Esteban Pasquale
★6.4
MOVIE1942
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
as Sherlock Holmes
★7.1
MOVIE1944
The Pearl of Death
as Sherlock Holmes
★7.1
MOVIE1939
The Hound of the Baskervilles
as Sherlock Holmes
★6.8
MOVIE1949
The Wind in the Willows
as Narrator (voice)
★7.2
MOVIE1958
The Last Hurrah
as Norman Cass Sr.
★6.3
MOVIE1936
Romeo and Juliet
as Tybalt
★6.7
MOVIE1962
Tales of Terror
as Carmichael ("The Case of M. Valdemar")
★6.2
MOVIE1938
The Adventures of Marco Polo
as Ahmed
★6.6
MOVIE1946
Dressed to Kill
as Sherlock Holmes
★6.9
MOVIE1945
The House of Fear
as Sherlock Holmes
★8.0
MOVIE1961
Victoria Regina
as Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli (Lord Beaconsfield)
★6.7
MOVIE1935
David Copperfield
as Mr. Edward Murdstone
★6.8
MOVIE1945
Pursuit to Algiers
as Sherlock Holmes
★5.1
MOVIE1966
The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini
as Reginald Ripper
★6.5
MOVIE1942
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
as Sherlock Holmes
★7.7
MOVIE2005
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
as Self / Various Roles (archive sound) (archive footage)
★6.9
MOVIE1943
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
as Sherlock Holmes
★10.0
MOVIE1992
Dracula in the Movies
as (archive footage)
★7.0
MOVIE1921
Innocent
as Amadis de Jocelyn
★6.3
MOVIE1937
Love from a Stranger
as Gerald Lovell
★6.8
MOVIE1943
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
as Sherlock Holmes
★5.6
MOVIE1944
Frenchman's Creek
as Lord Rockingham
★5.8
MOVIE1937
Make a Wish
as Johnny Selden
★6.2
MOVIE1974
Madhouse
as Basil (archive footage)
★5.7
MOVIE1942
Fingers at the Window
as Cesar Ferrari / Dr. H. Santelle
★4.3
MOVIE1962
The Magic Sword
as Lodac
★7.0
MOVIE1967
Soldier in Love
as Duke of York
★5.2
MOVIE1966
Queen of Blood
as Dr. Farraday
★4.5
MOVIE1930
A Lady Surrenders
as Carl Vandry
★6.9
MOVIE1935
A Tale of Two Cities
as Marquis St. Evremonde
★6.2
MOVIE1943
Above Suspicion
as Sig von Aschenhausen
★6.2
MOVIE1956
The Black Sleep
as Sir Joel Cadman
★6.5
MOVIE1964
The Comedy of Terrors
as John F. Black
★6.0
MOVIE1941
Paris Calling
as Andre Benoit
★5.2
MOVIE1946
Heartbeat
as Professor Aristide
★7.0
MOVIE1944
The Scarlet Claw
as Sherlock Holmes
★6.1
MOVIE1939
Tower of London
as Richard - Duke of Gloucester
★6.0
MOVIE1936
The Garden of Allah
as Count Ferdinand Anteoni
★5.4
MOVIE1939
Rio
as Paul Reynard
★5.8
MOVIE1938
Breakdowns of 1938
as Basil (archive footage) (uncredited)
★7.5
MOVIE1930
This Mad World
as Paul Parisot
★6.8
MOVIE1938
The Dawn Patrol
as Maj. Brand
★6.4
MOVIE1941
The Black Cat
as Montague Hartley
★6.3
MOVIE1991
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as Baron Wolf von Frankenstein (archive footage)
★7.1
MOVIE1938
If I Were King
as Louis XI
★5.8
MOVIE1935
The Last Days of Pompeii
as Pontius Pilate
★5.2
MOVIE1968
Autopsy of a Ghost
as Canuto Pérez
★6.7
MOVIE1936
Private Number
as Thomas Wroxton
★6.0
MOVIE1943
Crazy House
as Sherlock Holmes
★6.9
MOVIE1940
Rhythm on the River
as Oliver Courtney
★5.7
MOVIE1956
The Stingiest Man in Town
as Ebenezer Scrooge
★8.3
MOVIE1983
The Horror of It All
as Carmichael (archive footage)
★6.4
MOVIE1937
Tovarich
as Commissar Dimitri Gorotchenko
★5.4
MOVIE1929
The Bishop Murder Case
as Philo Vance
★6.2
MOVIE1940
The Mad Doctor
as Dr. George Sebastian / Dr. Langamann
★6.8
MOVIE1962
Pontius Pilate
as Caiaphas
★7.0
MOVIE1943
The Spider Woman
as Sherlock Holmes
★6.7
MOVIE1954
A Christmas Carol
as Marley's Ghost
★7.0
MOVIE1935
A Feather in Her Hat
as Captain Randolph Courtney
★6.2
MOVIE1937
Confession
as Michael Michailow
★2.8
MOVIE1967
Hillbillys in a Haunted House
as Gregor
MOVIE1954
The General's Boots
as General Lee
★3.4
MOVIE1979
The Horror Show
as (archive footage)
MOVIE1956
Affair in Sumatra
as Paul Charters
★9.0
MOVIE1932
A Woman Commands
as Capt. Alex Pastitsch
★7.0
MOVIE1961
Mystic Prophecies and Nostradamus
as Narrator
★8.0
MOVIE1923
The School for Scandal
as Joseph Surface
★5.9
MOVIE1942
Crossroads
as Henri Sarrou
★6.8
MOVIE1935
Kind Lady
as Henry Abbott
★5.5
MOVIE1939
The Sun Never Sets
as Clive Randolph
MOVIE1957
The Lark
as Chief Inquisitor
★5.6
MOVIE1930
Sin Takes a Holiday
as Reginald 'Reggie' Durant
★6.0
MOVIE1942
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
as Himself
★8.5
MOVIE1985
The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes
as Sherlock Holmes (archive footage)
★5.5
MOVIE1930
The Lady of Scandal
as Edward
★10.0
MOVIE1924
The Loves of Mary, Queen of Scots
as Undetermined Subordinate Role
★5.7
MOVIE1930
The Flirting Widow
as Col. Smith
★9.0
MOVIE1958
Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates
as Dr. Boekman
★7.5
MOVIE1962
Two Before Zero
★10.0
MOVIE1925
The Masked Bride
as Antoine
★10.0
MOVIE1958
Aladdin
as Emperor
★4.5
MOVIE1930
A Notorious Affair
as Paul Gherardi
★10.0
MOVIE1921
The Fruitful Vine
as Don Cesare Carelli
MOVIE1996
In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes
★7.0
MOVIE1926
The Great Deception
as Rizzio
★6.0
MOVIE1929
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
as Lord Arthur Dilling
★7.0
MOVIE1933
Loyalties
as Ferdinand de Levis
★8.7
MOVIE1959
A Christmas Carol
as Scrooge
★10.0
MOVIE1924
Trouping with Ellen
as Tony Winterslip
★10.0
MOVIE1932
After the Ball
as Jack Harrowby
★8.0
MOVIE1933
One Precious Year
as Derek Nagel
★10.0
MOVIE1960