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