Basil Rathbone
Acting
Born 1892-06-13
Died 1967-07-21
Johannesburg, South African Republic
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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.
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Acting
57 credits
The Merv Griffin Show
Dr. Kildare
What's My Line?
Burke's Law
Studio One
The Jack Benny Program
Suspense
The Great Mouse Detective
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Screen Director's Playhouse
DuPont Show of the Month
Lux Video Theatre
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
Bathing Beauty
Captain Blood
Terror by Night
David Copperfield
Dressed to Kill
We're No Angels
The Court Jester
The Movie Orgy
The Last Hurrah
Anna Karenina
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Tales of Terror
Son of Frankenstein
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
The Woman in Green
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
The Pearl of Death
The Black Sleep
A Tale of Two Cities
The Comedy of Terrors
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
The Mark of Zorro
Romeo and Juliet
Above Suspicion
The Black Cat
The Adventures of Marco Polo
Frenchman's Creek
The Wind in the Willows
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Queen of Blood
Casanova's Big Night
Madhouse
Innocent
The Scarlet Claw
The Spider Woman
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
Tower of London
International Lady
Pontius Pilate
If I Were King
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
Dracula in the Movies
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
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