
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 Sher…
Known For
The Great Mouse Detective
Sherlock Holmes (voice)
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Sir Guy of Gisbourne
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
Narrator (segment "The Wind in the Willows")
Captain Blood
Levasseur
The Court Jester
Sir Ravenhurst
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Sherlock Holmes
We're No Angels
Andre Trochard
The Mark of Zorro
Captain Esteban Pasquale
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Filmography
Acting (124)
Movies (108)
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
2005as Self / Various Roles (archive sound) (archive footage)
In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes
1996Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991as Baron Wolf von Frankenstein (archive footage)
The Great Mouse Detective
1986as Sherlock Holmes (voice)
The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes
1985as Sherlock Holmes (archive footage)
The Horror of It All
1983as Carmichael (archive footage)
The Horror Show
1979as (archive footage)
Madhouse
1974as Basil (archive footage)
The Movie Orgy
1968as Self (archival footage)
Autopsy of a Ghost
1968as Canuto Pérez
Soldier in Love
1967as Duke of York
Hillbillys in a Haunted House
1967as Gregor
Queen of Blood
1966as Dr. Farraday
The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini
1966as Reginald Ripper
Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet
1965as Prof. Hartman, Lunar 7
The Comedy of Terrors
1964as John F. Black
Tales of Terror
1962as Carmichael ("The Case of M. Valdemar")
Two Before Zero
1962
The Magic Sword
1962as Lodac
Pontius Pilate
1962as Caiaphas
Victoria Regina
1961as Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli (Lord Beaconsfield)
Mystic Prophecies and Nostradamus
1961as Narrator
The Black Cat
1960
A Christmas Carol
1959as Scrooge
Aladdin
1958as Emperor
The Last Hurrah
1958as Norman Cass Sr.
Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates
1958as Dr. Boekman
The Lark
1957as Chief Inquisitor
The Black Sleep
1956as Sir Joel Cadman
The Stingiest Man in Town
1956as Ebenezer Scrooge
Affair in Sumatra
1956as Paul Charters
The Court Jester
1955as Sir Ravenhurst
We're No Angels
1955as Andre Trochard
A Christmas Carol
1954as Marley's Ghost
The General's Boots
1954as General Lee
Casanova's Big Night
1954as Lucio / Narrator
The Wind in the Willows
1949as Narrator (voice)
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
1949as Narrator (segment "The Wind in the Willows")
Terror by Night
1946as Sherlock Holmes
Dressed to Kill
1946as Sherlock Holmes
Heartbeat
1946as Professor Aristide
The Woman in Green
1945as Sherlock Holmes
The House of Fear
1945as Sherlock Holmes
Pursuit to Algiers
1945as Sherlock Holmes
Bathing Beauty
1944as George Adams
The Pearl of Death
1944as Sherlock Holmes
The Scarlet Claw
1944as Sherlock Holmes
Frenchman's Creek
1944as Lord Rockingham
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
1943as Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
1943as Sherlock Holmes
The Spider Woman
1943as Sherlock Holmes
Above Suspicion
1943as Sig von Aschenhausen
Crazy House
1943as Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
1942as Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
1942as Sherlock Holmes
Crossroads
1942as Henri Sarrou
Fingers at the Window
1942as Cesar Ferrari / Dr. H. Santelle
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
1942as Himself
The Black Cat
1941as Montague Hartley
International Lady
1941as Reggie Oliver
Paris Calling
1941as Andre Benoit
The Mark of Zorro
1940as Captain Esteban Pasquale
The Mad Doctor
1940as Dr. George Sebastian / Dr. Langamann
Rhythm on the River
1940as Oliver Courtney
Son of Frankenstein
1939as Baron Wolf von Frankenstein
Tower of London
1939as Richard - Duke of Gloucester
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1939as Sherlock Holmes
Rio
1939as Paul Reynard
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
1939as Sherlock Holmes
The Sun Never Sets
1939as Clive Randolph
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1938as Sir Guy of Gisbourne
The Dawn Patrol
1938as Maj. Brand
The Adventures of Marco Polo
1938as Ahmed
Breakdowns of 1938
1938as Basil (archive footage) (uncredited)
If I Were King
1938as Louis XI
Tovarich
1937as Commissar Dimitri Gorotchenko
Make a Wish
1937as Johnny Selden
Love from a Stranger
1937as Gerald Lovell
Confession
1937as Michael Michailow
Private Number
1936as Thomas Wroxton
The Garden of Allah
1936as Count Ferdinand Anteoni
Romeo and Juliet
1936as Tybalt
Captain Blood
1935as Levasseur
David Copperfield
1935as Mr. Edward Murdstone
Anna Karenina
1935as Alexei Alexandrovitch Karenin
A Tale of Two Cities
1935as Marquis St. Evremonde
The Last Days of Pompeii
1935as Pontius Pilate
Kind Lady
1935as Henry Abbott
A Feather in Her Hat
1935as Captain Randolph Courtney
Loyalties
1933as Ferdinand de Levis
One Precious Year
1933as Derek Nagel
After the Ball
1932as Jack Harrowby
A Woman Commands
1932as Capt. Alex Pastitsch
The Flirting Widow
1930as Col. Smith
This Mad World
1930as Paul Parisot
A Lady Surrenders
1930as Carl Vandry
A Notorious Affair
1930as Paul Gherardi
Sin Takes a Holiday
1930as Reginald 'Reggie' Durant
The Lady of Scandal
1930as Edward
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
1929as Lord Arthur Dilling
The Bishop Murder Case
1929as Philo Vance
The Great Deception
1926as Rizzio
The Masked Bride
1925as Antoine
The Loves of Mary, Queen of Scots
1924as Undetermined Subordinate Role
Trouping with Ellen
1924as Tony Winterslip
The School for Scandal
1923as Joseph Surface
Innocent
1921as Amadis de Jocelyn
The Fruitful Vine
1921as Don Cesare Carelli
Television (16)
Summer Fun
1966
Burke's Law
1963as Milo James
The Merv Griffin Show
1962as Self
Dr. Kildare
1961as Frederick Foray
Tales from Dickens
1959as Scrooge
DuPont Show of the Month
1957as Emperor
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955as Paul Charters
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951as Inquisitor
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951as Self - Host / General Lee
What's My Line?
1950as Self
The Jack Benny Program
1950as Basil Rathbone
Your Show of Shows
1950Lux Video Theatre
1950as Frampton
Suspense
1949as Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde
Lights Out
1949
Studio One
1948as Hazelton Crome
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