Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
6/13/1892
Place of Birth
Johannesburg, South African Republic
Also Known As
Sir Basil RathbonePhilip St. John Basil RathboneБэзил Рэтбоун
Basil Rathbone
Biography
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 ...
Known For
Captain Blood
as Levasseur
Anna Karenina
as Alexei Alexandrovitch Karenin
Heartbeat
as Professor Aristide
Loyalties
as Ferdinand de Levis
Private Number
as Thomas Wroxton
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
as Narrator (segment "The Wind in the Willows")
The Woman in Green
as Sherlock Holmes
Tales of Terror
as Carmichael ("The Case of M. Valdemar")
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Sir Guy of Gisbourne
Romeo and Juliet
as Tybalt
The Court Jester
as Sir Ravenhurst
Madhouse
as Basil (archive footage)
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
as Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
as Sherlock Holmes
A Tale of Two Cities
as Marquis St. Evremonde
Tovarich
as Commissar Dimitri Gorotchenko
Bathing Beauty
as George Adams
Pontius Pilate
as Caiaphas
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
as Sherlock Holmes
Tower of London
as Richard - Duke of Gloucester
Career Timeline
1966
1962
1961
1958
1956
1955
1954
1951
1950
1949
1946
1945
1944
1943
1942
1941
1940
1939
1938
1937
1936
1935
Captain Blood
as Levasseur
A Tale of Two Cities
as Marquis St. Evremonde
Kind Lady
as Henry Abbott
A Feather in Her Hat
as Captain Randolph Courtney
The Last Days of Pompeii
as Pontius Pilate
Anna Karenina
as Alexei Alexandrovitch Karenin
David Copperfield
as Mr. Edward Murdstone