Basil Rathbone
Acting
Born 1892-06-13 · Johannesburg, South African Republic · Died 1967-07-21
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.
Acting
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
Self / Various Roles (archive sound) (archive footage)
In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes
Dracula in the Movies
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Baron Wolf von Frankenstein (archive footage)
The Great Mouse Detective
Sherlock Holmes (voice)
The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes (archive footage)
The Horror of It All
Carmichael (archive footage)
The Horror Show
(archive footage)
Madhouse
Basil (archive footage)
Autopsy of a Ghost
Canuto Pérez
The Movie Orgy
Self (archival footage)
Hillbillys in a Haunted House
Gregor
Soldier in Love
Duke of York
Summer Fun
The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini
Reginald Ripper
Queen of Blood
Dr. Farraday
Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet
Prof. Hartman, Lunar 7
The Comedy of Terrors
John F. Black
Burke's Law
Milo James
Two Before Zero
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
Tales of Terror
Carmichael ("The Case of M. Valdemar")
The Magic Sword
Lodac
Pontius Pilate
Caiaphas
Victoria Regina
Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli (Lord Beaconsfield)
Dr. Kildare
Frederick Foray
Mystic Prophecies and Nostradamus
Narrator
The Black Cat
A Christmas Carol
Scrooge
Tales from Dickens
Scrooge