Basil Rathbone
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.
125 acting credits
Acting · 125
Dr. Kildare
1961
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
Burke's Law
1963
What's My Line?
1950
Studio One
1948
The Jack Benny Program
1950
Lights Out
1949
Suspense
1949
Your Show of Shows
1950
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955
Lux Video Theatre
1950
DuPont Show of the Month
1957
The Great Mouse Detective
1986
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
1949
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1938
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
The Movie Orgy
1968
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
1939
A Tale of Two Cities
1935
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1939
Dressed to Kill
1946
The Mark of Zorro
1940
Captain Blood
1935
The Woman in Green
1945
Summer Fun
1966
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
1942
The Court Jester
1955
The Comedy of Terrors
1964
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991
The Horror Show
1979
Anna Karenina
1935
Son of Frankenstein
1939
The Last Days of Pompeii
1935
We're No Angels
1955
Terror by Night
1946
Above Suspicion
1943
David Copperfield
1935
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
2005
The Spider Woman
1943
The Last Hurrah
1958
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
1942
Fingers at the Window
1942
Private Number
1936
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
1943
The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini
1966
The House of Fear
1945
The Magic Sword
1962
Heartbeat
1946
Pontius Pilate
1962
Tales of Terror
1962
The Black Cat
1941
Paris Calling
1941
Bathing Beauty
1944
Confession
1937
Rhythm on the River
1940
Madhouse
1974
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
1943
If I Were King
1938
The Pearl of Death
1944
The Wind in the Willows
1949
Casanova's Big Night
1954
Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet
1965
Kind Lady
1935
Rio
1939
Crazy House
1943
Pursuit to Algiers
1945
The Black Sleep
1956
The Sun Never Sets
1939
Breakdowns of 1938
1938
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
1929
Romeo and Juliet
1936
The Scarlet Claw
1944
International Lady
1941
The Adventures of Marco Polo
1938
Tovarich
1937
Hillbillys in a Haunted House
1967
Queen of Blood
1966
Tower of London
1939
The Horror of It All
1983
Crossroads
1942
A Woman Commands
1932
The Dawn Patrol
1938
The Garden of Allah
1936
Make a Wish
1937
A Feather in Her Hat
1935
Aladdin
1958
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
1942
Frenchman's Creek
1944
A Lady Surrenders
1930
Dracula in the Movies
1992
Victoria Regina
1961
A Christmas Carol
1959
Loyalties
1933
Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates
1958
A Christmas Carol
1954
Love from a Stranger
1937
Tales from Dickens
1959
The Mad Doctor
1940
Trouping with Ellen
1924
Sin Takes a Holiday
1930
The Bishop Murder Case
1929
The Flirting Widow
1930
The Lark
1957
Innocent
1921
Affair in Sumatra
1956
The Lady of Scandal
1930
Autopsy of a Ghost
1968
The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes
1985
The Great Deception
1926
In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes
1996
A Notorious Affair
1930
The Stingiest Man in Town
1956
One Precious Year
1933
The Loves of Mary, Queen of Scots
1924
The Masked Bride
1925
Soldier in Love
1967
After the Ball
1932
The School for Scandal
1923
This Mad World
1930
The Fruitful Vine
1921
Two Before Zero
1962
The General's Boots
1954
The Black Cat
1960
Mystic Prophecies and Nostradamus
1961