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