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 Lodac -
As Caiaphas -
As Carmichael ("The Case of M. Valdemar") -
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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 Sir Joel Cadman -
As Paul Charters -
As Ebenezer Scrooge -
As Andre Trochard -
As Sir Ravenhurst -
As Lucio / Narrator -
As General Lee
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As Marley's Ghost -
As Narrator (voice) -
As Narrator (segment "The Wind in the Willows") -
As Sherlock Holmes -
As Sherlock Holmes -
As Professor Aristide -
As Sherlock Holmes -
As Sherlock Holmes -
As Sherlock Holmes -
As George Adams -
As Sherlock Holmes -
As Lord Rockingham -
As Sherlock Holmes -
As Sig von Aschenhausen -
As Sherlock Holmes -
As Sherlock Holmes -
As Sherlock Holmes -
As Sherlock Holmes -
As Sherlock Holmes -
As Henri Sarrou -
As Himself -
As Sherlock Holmes -
As Cesar Ferrari / Dr. H. Santelle -
As Montague Hartley -
As Andre Benoit -
As Reggie Oliver -
As Dr. George Sebastian / Dr. Langamann -
As Captain Esteban Pasquale -
As Oliver Courtney -
As Sherlock Holmes -
As Sherlock Holmes -
As Clive Randolph -
As Baron Wolf von Frankenstein -
As Paul Reynard -
As Richard - Duke of Gloucester -
As Ahmed -
As Sir Guy of Gisbourne -
As Louis XI -
As Basil (archive footage) (uncredited) -
As Maj. Brand -
As Commissar Dimitri Gorotchenko -
As Michael Michailow -
As Gerald Lovell -
As Johnny Selden -
As Thomas Wroxton -
As Count Ferdinand Anteoni -
As Tybalt -
As Captain Randolph Courtney -
As Pontius Pilate -
As Levasseur -
As Mr. Edward Murdstone -
As Henry Abbott -
As Marquis St. Evremonde -
As Alexei Alexandrovitch Karenin -
As Derek Nagel -
As Ferdinand de Levis -
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 Philo Vance -
As Lord Arthur Dilling -
As Rizzio -
As Antoine -
As Undetermined Subordinate Role -
As Tony Winterslip -
As Joseph Surface -
As Don Cesare Carelli
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As Amadis de Jocelyn