Basil Rathbone profile
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Basil Rathbone

13th June 1892 Johannesburg, South African Republic Acting

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.

104 Movies 18 TV Shows 133 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Madhouse poster
Madhouse 28th March 1974 as Basil (archive footage)
Victoria Regina poster
Victoria Regina 30th November 1961 as Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli (Lord Beaconsfield)
The Lark poster
The Lark 10th February 1957 as Chief Inquisitor
The Mad Doctor poster
The Mad Doctor 20th December 1940 as Dr. George Sebastian / Dr. Langamann
Rio poster
Rio 29th September 1939 as Paul Reynard
Tovarich poster
Tovarich 25th December 1937 as Commissar Dimitri Gorotchenko
Innocent poster
Innocent 1st March 1921 as Amadis de Jocelyn
Suspense poster
Suspense 6th January 1949 as Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde
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Suspense 6th January 1949 as Sherlock Holmes