Personal Info
Birth date
1892-06-13 (133 Years)
Day of death
1967-07-21
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Johannesburg, South African Republic
Also known as
Sir Basil Rathbone
Philip St. John Basil Rathbone
Бэзил Рэтбоун
Basil Rathbone
Biography
Sir Basil Rathbone, KBE, MC, Kt (13 June 1892, Johannesburg – 21 July 1967, New York City) 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Basil Rathbone, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
The Merv Griffin Show
5.75
Overview:
The Merv Griffin Show is an American television talk show, starring Merv Griffin. The series ran from October 1, 1962 to March 29, 1963 on NBC, September 20, 1965 to August 15, 1969 in first-run syndication, from August 18, 1969 to February 11, 1972 at 11:30 PM ET weeknights on CBS and again in first-run syndication from February 14, 1972 to September 5, 1986.What's My Line?
6.9
Overview:
Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or "no" questions.Dr. Kildare
5.5
Overview:
The story of a young intern in a large metropolitan hospital trying to learn his profession, deal with the problems of his patients, and win the respect of the senior doctor in his specialty, internal medicine.Studio One
5
Overview:
An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher Markle, who came to CBS from the CBC. Studio One, presented by Westinghouse, was one of the first of the anthology TV programs. The episodes were often abridged remakes of movies from years gone by and many future well-known television and movie actors appeared in the productions.The Jack Benny Program
7.813
Overview:
Laugh along with funnyman Jack Benny as he brings his underplayed humor to TV along with regular performers from his radio show days.Your Show of Shows
6.333
Overview:
Your Show of Shows was a live 90-minute variety show that was broadcast weekly in the United States on NBC, from February 25, 1950, until June 5, 1954, featuring Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca. Other featured performers were Carl Reiner, Howard Morris, Bill Hayes, Judy Johnson, The Hamilton Trio and the soprano Marguerite Piazza. José Ferrer made several guest appearances on the series. The series was telecast from the now-demolished International Theatre at 5 Columbus Circle and the Century Theater, now demolished, in New York. During 2002, Your Show of Shows was ranked #30 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.Burke's Law
6
Overview:
Burke's Law is an American detective series that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on CBS in the 1990s. The show starred Gene Barry as Amos Burke, millionaire captain of Los Angeles police homicide division, who was chauffeured around to solve crimes in his Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II.Suspense
4.909
Overview:
An anthology series adapted from the radio program of the same name. Like the radio program, many scripts were adaptations of literary classics by well-known authors. Classic authors such as Edgar Allan Poe, Agatha Christie, and Charles Dickens all had stories adapted for the series, while contemporary authors such as Roald Dahl and Gore Vidal also contributed.Lux Video Theatre
6.333
Overview:
Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The series presented both comedy and drama in original teleplays, as well as abridged adaptations of films and plays.Screen Director's Playhouse
6.5
Overview:
Presented by Eastman Kodak, this show was a series of original scripts directed by acclaimed directors and featuring well-known performers. The stories ranged from musicals to comedies and dramas.DuPont Show of the Month
6.75
Overview:
DuPont Show of the Month is an acclaimed 90-minute television anthology series that aired monthly on CBS from 1957 to 1961. The DuPont Company also sponsored a weekly half-hour anthology drama series hosted by June Allyson, The DuPont Show with June Allyson. During the Golden Age of Television, DuPont Show of the Month was one of numerous anthology series telecast between 1949 and 1962. Superficially, it resembled Playhouse 90 and other anthologies, but DuPont Show of the Month focused less on contemporary dramas and more on adaptations of literary classics, including Oliver Twist, The Prince and the Pauper, Billy Budd, The Prisoner of Zenda, A Tale of Two Cities and The Count of Monte Cristo.Hallmark Hall of Fame
8.571
Overview:
Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The longest-running primetime series in the history of television, it has a historically long run, beginning during 1951 and continuing into 2013. From 1954 onward, all of its productions have been shown in color, although color television video productions were extremely rare in 1954. Many television movies have been shown on the program since its debut, though the program began with live telecasts of dramas and then changed to videotaped productions before finally changing to filmed ones. The series has received eighty Emmy Awards, twenty-four Christopher Awards, eleven Peabody Awards, nine Golden Globes, and four Humanitas Prizes. Once a common practice in American television, it is the last remaining television program such that the title includes the name of the sponsor. Unlike other long-running TV series still on the air, it differs in that it broadcasts only occasionally and not on a weekly broadcast programming schedule.Lights Out
5.3
Overview:
Lights Out was an extremely popular American old-time radio program, an early example of a network series devoted mostly to horror and the supernatural, predating Suspense and Inner Sanctum. Versions of Lights Out aired on different networks, at various times, from January 1934 to the summer of 1947 and the series eventually made the transition to television. In 1946, NBC Television brought Lights Out to TV in a series of four specials, broadcast live and produced by Fred Coe, who also contributed three of the scripts. NBC asked Cooper to write the script for the premiere, "First Person Singular", which is told entirely from the point of view of an unseen murderer who kills his obnoxious wife and winds up being executed. Variety gave this first episode a rave review ("undoubtedly one of the best dramatic shows yet seen on a television screen"), but Lights Out did not become a regular NBC-TV series until 1949.Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
7.25
Overview:
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS. Offering both comedies and drama, the series was sponsored by the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company. The title was shortened to Schlitz Playhouse, beginning with the fall 1957 season.The Great Mouse Detective
7.043
Overview:
When the diabolical Professor Ratigan kidnaps London's master toymaker, the brilliant master of disguise Basil of Baker Street and his trusted sidekick Dawson try to elude the ultimate trap and foil the perfect crime.Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
6.293
Overview:
In the midst of World War II, Sherlock Holmes rescues the Swiss inventor of a new bomb-sight from the Gestapo and brings him to England, where he quickly falls into the clutches of the evil Professor Moriarty.The Woman in Green
6.417
Overview:
Sherlock Holmes investigates when young women around London turn up murdered, each with a finger severed. Scotland Yard suspects a madman, but Holmes believes the killings to be part of a diabolical plot.The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
6.488
Overview:
The Wind in the Willows: Concise version of Kenneth Grahame's story of the same name. J. Thaddeus Toad, owner of Toad Hall, is prone to fads, such as the newfangled motor car. This desire for the very latest lands him in much trouble with the wrong crowd, and it is up to his friends, Mole, Rat and Badger to save him from himself. - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow: Retelling of Washington Irving's story set in a tiny New England town. Ichabod Crane, the new schoolmaster, falls for the town beauty, Katrina Van Tassel, and the town Bully Brom Bones decides that he is a little too successful and needs "convincing" that Katrina is not for him.The Adventures of Robin Hood
7.466
Overview:
Robin Hood fights nobly for justice against the evil Sir Guy of Gisbourne while striving to win the hand of the beautiful Maid Marian.Sin Takes a Holiday
5.5
Overview:
Dowdy Sylvia accepts her boss' marriage proposal, even though he only asked her to avoid marriage to another woman. As a wealthy wife, Sylvia changes from ugly duckling to uninhibited swan and even contemplates having an affair with a man she meets during a trip to Paris.Terror by Night
6.5
Overview:
Holmes and Watson board a passenger train bound from London to Edinburgh, to guard the Star of Rhodesia, an enormous diamond worth a fortune belonging to an elderly woman of wealth; but within the first hour of the trip, the woman's son is murdered and the diamond stolen and any of the passengers in their car could be the killer thief.Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet
4
Overview:
In 2020, after the colonization of the moon, the spaceships Vega, Sirius and Capella are launched from Lunar Station 7. They are to explore Venus under the command of Professor Hartman, but an asteroid collides and explodes Capella. The leader ship Vega stays orbiting and sends the astronauts Kern and Sherman with the robot John to the surface of Venus, but they have problems with communication with Dr. Marsha Evans in Vega. The Sirius lands in Venus and Commander Brendan Lockhart, Andre Ferneau and Hans Walter explore the planet and are attacked by prehistoric animals. They use a vehicle to seek Kern and Sherman while collecting samples from the planet. Meanwhile John helps the two cosmonauts to survive in the hostile land.Dressed to Kill
6.5
Overview:
A convicted thief in Dartmoor prison hides the location of the stolen Bank of England printing plates inside three music boxes. When the innocent purchasers of the boxes start to be murdered, Holmes and Watson investigate.A Tale of Two Cities
6.812
Overview:
The exciting story of Dr. Manette, who escapes the horrors of the infamous Bastille prison in Paris. The action switches between London and Paris on the eve of the revolution where we witness 'the best of times and the worst of times' - love, hope, the uncaring French Aristocrats and the terror of a revolutionary citizen's army intent on exacting revenge.Queen of Blood
5.3
Overview:
A spaceship is sent to Mars after an alien distress signal is picked up. They find one survivor, but when a crew member is found drained of blood it's evident they have rescued a bloodsucking monster. Uses footage from Encounter in Space (1963).David Copperfield
6.662
Overview:
Charles Dickens' timeless tale of an ordinary young man who lives an extraordinary life, filled with people who help and hinder him.Acting
2005The Adventures of Errol Flynn as Self / Various Roles (archive sound) (archive footage)
1996In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes as Unknown
1991Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook as Baron Wolf von Frankenstein (archive footage)
1986The Great Mouse Detective as Sherlock Holmes (voice)
1985The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes as Sherlock Holmes (archive footage)
1983The Horror of It All as Carmichael (archive footage)
1979The Horror Show as (archive footage)
1974Madhouse as Basil (archive footage)
1968Autopsy of a Ghost as Canuto Pérez
1968The Movie Orgy as Self (archival footage)
1967Hillbillys in a Haunted House as Gregor
1967Soldier in Love as Duke of York
1966Summer Fun (1 Episode) as Unknown
1966The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini as Reginald Ripper
1966Queen of Blood as Dr. Farraday
1965Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet as Prof. Hartman, Lunar 7
1964The Comedy of Terrors as John F. Black
1963Burke's Law (1 Episode) as Milo James
1962Two Before Zero as Unknown
1962The Merv Griffin Show (3 Episodes) as Self
1962Tales of Terror as Carmichael ("The Case of M. Valdemar")
1962The Magic Sword as Lodac
1962Pontius Pilate as Caiaphas
1961Victoria Regina as Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli (Lord Beaconsfield)
1961Dr. Kildare (2 Episodes) as Frederick Foray
1960The Black Cat as Unknown
1959A Christmas Carol as Scrooge
1959Tales from Dickens (1 Episode) as Scrooge
1958The Last Hurrah as Norman Cass Sr.
1958Aladdin as Emperor
1958Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates as Dr. Boekman
1957DuPont Show of the Month (1 Episode) as Emperor
1957The Lark as Chief Inquisitor
1956The Stingiest Man in Town as Ebenezer Scrooge
1956The Black Sleep as Sir Joel Cadman
1956Affair in Sumatra as Paul Charters
1955The Court Jester as Sir Ravenhurst
1955Screen Director's Playhouse (1 Episode) as Paul Charters
1955We're No Angels as Andre Trochard
1954A Christmas Carol as Marley's Ghost
1954The General's Boots as General Lee
1954Casanova's Big Night as Lucio / Narrator
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame (1, 1, 1, 1 Episode) as Inquisitor, Dr. Boekman, Lord Beaconsfield, The Duke of York
1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1, 1 Episode) as Self - Host / General Lee, The Jewel Thief
1950The Jack Benny Program (1 Episode) as Basil Rathbone
1950Lux Video Theatre (1, 1, 1 Episode) as Frampton, Sir Paul Maxim, Ambrose Wallington
1950Your Show of Shows (1 Episode) as Unknown
1950What's My Line? (1 Episode) as Self
1949The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad as Narrator (segment "The Wind in the Willows")
1949Lights Out (1 Episode) as Unknown
1949The Wind in the Willows as Narrator (voice)
1949Suspense (1, 1 Episode) as Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde, Sherlock Holmes
1948Studio One (1 Episode) as Hazelton Crome
1946Dressed to Kill as Sherlock Holmes
1946Heartbeat as Professor Aristide
1946Terror by Night as Sherlock Holmes
1945Pursuit to Algiers as Sherlock Holmes
1945The Woman in Green as Sherlock Holmes
1945The House of Fear as Sherlock Holmes
1944Frenchman's Creek as Lord Rockingham
1944The Pearl of Death as Sherlock Holmes
1944Bathing Beauty as George Adams
1944The Scarlet Claw as Sherlock Holmes
1943The Spider Woman as Sherlock Holmes
1943Crazy House as Sherlock Holmes
1943Sherlock Holmes Faces Death as Sherlock Holmes
1943Above Suspicion as Sig von Aschenhausen
1943Sherlock Holmes in Washington as Sherlock Holmes
1942Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon as Sherlock Holmes
1942Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6 as Himself
1942Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror as Sherlock Holmes
1942Crossroads as Henri Sarrou
1942Fingers at the Window as Cesar Ferrari / Dr. H. Santelle
1941Paris Calling as Andre Benoit
1941International Lady as Reggie Oliver
1941The Black Cat as Montague Hartley
1940The Mad Doctor as Dr. George Sebastian / Dr. Langamann
1940The Mark of Zorro as Captain Esteban Pasquale
1940Rhythm on the River as Oliver Courtney
1939Tower of London as Richard - Duke of Gloucester
1939Rio as Paul Reynard
1939The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes as Sherlock Holmes
1939The Sun Never Sets as Clive Randolph
1939The Hound of the Baskervilles as Sherlock Holmes
1939Son of Frankenstein as Baron Wolf von Frankenstein
1938Breakdowns of 1938 as Basil (archive footage) (uncredited)
1938The Dawn Patrol as Maj. Brand
1938If I Were King as Louis XI
1938The Adventures of Robin Hood as Sir Guy of Gisbourne
1938The Adventures of Marco Polo as Ahmed
1937Tovarich as Commissar Dimitri Gorotchenko
1937Make a Wish as Johnny Selden
1937Confession as Michael Michailow
1937Love from a Stranger as Gerald Lovell
1936The Garden of Allah as Count Ferdinand Anteoni
1936Romeo and Juliet as Tybalt
1936Private Number as Thomas Wroxton
1935Captain Blood as Levasseur
1935A Tale of Two Cities as Marquis St. Evremonde
1935Kind Lady as Henry Abbott
1935A Feather in Her Hat as Captain Randolph Courtney
1935The Last Days of Pompeii as Pontius Pilate
1935Anna Karenina as Alexei Alexandrovitch Karenin
1935David Copperfield as Mr. Edward Murdstone
1933Loyalties as Ferdinand de Levis
1933One Precious Year as Derek Nagel
1932After the Ball as Jack Harrowby
1932A Woman Commands as Capt. Alex Pastitsch
1930Sin Takes a Holiday as Reginald Durant
1930A Lady Surrenders as Carl Vandry
1930The Lady of Scandal as Edward
1930The Flirting Widow as Col. Smith
1930A Notorious Affair as Paul Gherardi
1930This Mad World as Paul Parisot
1929The Bishop Murder Case as Philo Vance
1929The Last of Mrs. Cheyney as Lord Arthur Dilling
1926The Great Deception as Rizzio
1925The Masked Bride as Antoine
1924Trouping with Ellen as Tony Winterslip
1924The Loves of Mary, Queen of Scots as Undetermined Subordinate Role
1923The School for Scandal as Joseph Surface
1921The Fruitful Vine as Don Cesare Carelli
1921Innocent as Amadis de Jocelyn