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.
Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1892-06-13
Place of birth
Johannesburg, South African Republic
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Cast
Son of Frankenstein
1939
6.70
The Spider Woman
1943
6.90
The Movie Orgy
1968
6.33
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1938
7.50
Terror by Night
1946
6.50
Dressed to Kill
1946
6.60
We're No Angels
1955
7.22
The Court Jester
1955
7.25
The Mark of Zorro
1940
7.05
Above Suspicion
1943
6.09
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1939
7.12
Autopsy of a Ghost
1968
4.80
The Magic Sword
1962
4.20
The House of Fear
1945
6.85
The Pearl of Death
1944
7.10
The Scarlet Claw
1944
6.90
The Great Mouse Detective
1986
7.00
Rio
1939
4.92
Queen of Blood
1966
5.20
The Woman in Green
1945
6.42
The Horror Show
1979
3.80
Tower of London
1939
6.04
The Black Sleep
1956
6.10
The Black Cat
1941
6.46
Love from a Stranger
1937
6.00
Crazy House
1943
5.00
The Mad Doctor
1940
6.18
Tales of Terror
1962
6.62
Heartbeat
1946
4.58
The Comedy of Terrors
1964
6.45
Crossroads
1942
5.81
Tovarich
1937
6.20
Bathing Beauty
1944
5.70
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
1943
6.70
The Bishop Murder Case
1929
5.20
Romeo and Juliet
1936
6.21
David Copperfield
1935
6.60
Captain Blood
1935
7.20
Fingers at the Window
1942
5.50
The Dawn Patrol
1938
6.80
A Tale of Two Cities
1935
6.80
The Masked Bride
1925
0.00
Trouping with Ellen
1924
0.00
One Precious Year
1933
0.00
Pursuit to Algiers
1945
6.81
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
1943
6.85
Anna Karenina
1935
6.50
Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet
1965
3.97
The Last Hurrah
1958
7.17
The Lark
1957
0.00
Confession
1937
6.10
Casanova's Big Night
1954
5.82
Paris Calling
1941
5.40
Hillbillys in a Haunted House
1967
2.63
The Wind in the Willows
1949
6.68
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
2005
7.80
If I Were King
1938
6.80
Rhythm on the River
1940
6.80
The Garden of Allah
1936
5.80
Frenchman's Creek
1944
5.30
The Adventures of Marco Polo
1938
6.00
Sin Takes a Holiday
1930
5.40
A Notorious Affair
1930
4.00
The Last Days of Pompeii
1935
5.60
Pontius Pilate
1962
6.40
Kind Lady
1935
6.60
The Sun Never Sets
1939
4.80
Make a Wish
1937
5.50
Loyalties
1933
6.00
The Lady of Scandal
1930
5.10
The Flirting Widow
1930
4.00
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
1929
5.60
A Feather in Her Hat
1935
6.80
Private Number
1936
6.60
A Lady Surrenders
1930
2.70
The Horror of It All
1983
8.00
This Mad World
1930
7.00
The General's Boots
1954
0.00
A Christmas Carol
1954
6.63
Victoria Regina
1961
0.00
After the Ball
1932
0.00
Soldier in Love
1967
0.00
The Great Deception
1926
0.00
A Woman Commands
1932
8.00
International Lady
1941
6.50
The Black Cat
1960
0.00
The Fruitful Vine
1921
0.00
Breakdowns of 1938
1938
4.70
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
1942
6.00
The School for Scandal
1923
0.00
A Christmas Carol
1959
8.67
Innocent
1921
0.00
Two Before Zero
1962
5.00
Aladdin
1958
0.00
The Stingiest Man in Town
1956
3.50
Madhouse
1974
6.23
Affair in Sumatra
1956
0.00