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 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 (102 movies)
Son of Frankenstein
1939
The Spider Woman
1943
The Movie Orgy
1968
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1938
Terror by Night
1946
Dressed to Kill
1946
We're No Angels
1955
The Court Jester
1955
The Mark of Zorro
1940
Above Suspicion
1943
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
1942
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1939
Autopsy of a Ghost
1968
The Magic Sword
1962
The House of Fear
1945
The Pearl of Death
1944
The Scarlet Claw
1944
The Great Mouse Detective
1986
Rio
1939
Queen of Blood
1966
The Woman in Green
1945
The Horror Show
1979
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
1949
Tower of London
1939
The Black Sleep
1956
The Black Cat
1941
Love from a Stranger
1937
Crazy House
1943
The Mad Doctor
1940
Tales of Terror
1962
Heartbeat
1946
The Comedy of Terrors
1964
Crossroads
1942
Tovarich
1937
Bathing Beauty
1944
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
1943
The Bishop Murder Case
1929
Romeo and Juliet
1936
David Copperfield
1935
Captain Blood
1935
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
1939
Fingers at the Window
1942
The Dawn Patrol
1938
A Tale of Two Cities
1935
The Masked Bride
1925
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
1942
Trouping with Ellen
1924
The Loves of Mary, Queen of Scots
1924
One Precious Year
1933
Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates
1958
Pursuit to Algiers
1945
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
1943
Anna Karenina
1935
Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet
1965
The Last Hurrah
1958
Confession
1937
Casanova's Big Night
1954
The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini
1966
Paris Calling
1941
Hillbillys in a Haunted House
1967
The Wind in the Willows
1949
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
2005
If I Were King
1938
Rhythm on the River
1940
The Garden of Allah
1936
Frenchman's Creek
1944
The Adventures of Marco Polo
1938
Sin Takes a Holiday
1930
A Notorious Affair
1930
The Last Days of Pompeii
1935
Pontius Pilate
1962
Kind Lady
1935
The Sun Never Sets
1939
Make a Wish
1937
Loyalties
1933
The Lady of Scandal
1930
The Flirting Widow
1930
A Feather in Her Hat
1935
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
1929
Private Number
1936
A Lady Surrenders
1930
The Horror of It All
1983
This Mad World
1930
A Christmas Carol
1954
Victoria Regina
1961
After the Ball
1932
Soldier in Love
1967
The Great Deception
1926
A Woman Commands
1932
International Lady
1941
Breakdowns of 1938
1938
The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes
1985
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
1942
The School for Scandal
1923
A Christmas Carol
1959
Innocent
1921
Two Before Zero
1962
Aladdin
1958
The Stingiest Man in Town
1956
In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes
1996
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