Birth Day: 1892-06-13
Place of birth: Johannesburg, South African Republic
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.
Credits
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As Self / Various Roles (archive sound) (archive footage) -
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As Baron Wolf von Frankenstein (archive footage)
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As Sherlock Holmes (voice) -
As Sherlock Holmes (archive footage) -
As Carmichael (archive footage) -
As (archive footage) -
As Basil (archive footage) -
As Self (archival footage) -
As Canuto Pérez -
As Gregor -
As Duke of York -
As Reginald Ripper -
As Dr. Farraday -
As Prof. Hartman, Lunar 7 -
As John F. Black -
As Caiaphas -
As Carmichael ("The Case of M. Valdemar") -
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As Lodac -
As Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli (Lord Beaconsfield) -
As Narrator
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As Scrooge -
As Emperor -
As Dr. Boekman -
As Norman Cass Sr. -
As Chief Inquisitor -
As Ebenezer Scrooge -
As Paul Charters -
As Sir Joel Cadman -
As Andre Trochard -
As Sir Ravenhurst -
As Marley's Ghost -
As Lucio / Narrator -
As General Lee
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As Narrator (voice) -
As Narrator (segment "The Wind in the Willows") -
As Professor Aristide -
As Sherlock Holmes -
As Sherlock Holmes -
As Sherlock Holmes -
As Sherlock Holmes -
As Sherlock Holmes -
As Sherlock Holmes -
As Lord Rockingham -
As Sherlock Holmes -
As George Adams -
As Sherlock Holmes -
As Sherlock Holmes -
As Sig von Aschenhausen -
As Sherlock Holmes -
As Sherlock Holmes -
As Sherlock Holmes -
As Himself -
As Cesar Ferrari / Dr. H. Santelle -
As Henri Sarrou -
As Sherlock Holmes -
As Reggie Oliver -
As Montague Hartley -
As Andre Benoit -
As Oliver Courtney -
As Dr. George Sebastian / Dr. Langamann -
As Captain Esteban Pasquale -
As Clive Randolph -
As Sherlock Holmes -
As Baron Wolf von Frankenstein -
As Paul Reynard -
As Richard - Duke of Gloucester -
As Sherlock Holmes -
As Sir Guy of Gisbourne -
As Maj. Brand -
As Basil (archive footage) (uncredited) -
As Ahmed -
As Louis XI -
As Michael Michailow -
As Johnny Selden -
As Commissar Dimitri Gorotchenko -
As Gerald Lovell -
As Tybalt -
As Thomas Wroxton -
As Count Ferdinand Anteoni -
As Captain Randolph Courtney -
As Mr. Edward Murdstone -
As Levasseur -
As Alexei Alexandrovitch Karenin -
As Pontius Pilate -
As Marquis St. Evremonde -
As Henry Abbott -
As Ferdinand de Levis -
As Derek Nagel -
As Jack Harrowby -
As Capt. Alex Pastitsch -
As Reginald 'Reggie' Durant -
As Paul Parisot -
As Carl Vandry -
As Col. Smith -
As Edward -
As Paul Gherardi -
As Lord Arthur Dilling -
As Philo Vance -
As Rizzio -
As Antoine -
As Tony Winterslip -
As Undetermined Subordinate Role -
As Joseph Surface -
As Don Cesare Carelli
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As Amadis de Jocelyn