Basil Rathbone

Actor

Born: June 13, 1892
Died: July 21, 1967 (age 75)
From: Johannesburg, South African Republic

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…

Filmography (109)

The Adventures of Errol Flynn (2005)
Self / Various Roles (archive sound) (archive footage)
In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes (1996)
Dracula in the Movies (1992)
(archive footage)
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991)
Baron Wolf von Frankenstein (archive footage)
The Great Mouse Detective (1986)
Sherlock Holmes (voice)
The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes (1985)
Sherlock Holmes (archive footage)
The Horror of It All (1983)
Carmichael (archive footage)
The Horror Show (1979)
(archive footage)
Madhouse (1974)
Basil (archive footage)
Autopsy of a Ghost (1968)
Canuto Pérez
The Movie Orgy (1968)
Self (archival footage)
Hillbillys in a Haunted House (1967)
Gregor
Soldier in Love (1967)
Duke of York
The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini (1966)
Reginald Ripper
Queen of Blood (1966)
Dr. Farraday
Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet (1965)
Prof. Hartman, Lunar 7
The Comedy of Terrors (1964)
John F. Black
Two Before Zero (1962)
Tales of Terror (1962)
Carmichael ("The Case of M. Valdemar")
The Magic Sword (1962)
Lodac
Pontius Pilate (1962)
Caiaphas
Victoria Regina (1961)
Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli (Lord Beaconsfield)
Mystic Prophecies and Nostradamus
Mystic Prophecies and Nostradamus (1961)
Narrator
The Black Cat
The Black Cat (1960)
A Christmas Carol (1959)
Scrooge
The Last Hurrah (1958)
Norman Cass Sr.
Aladdin (1958)
Emperor
Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates (1958)
Dr. Boekman
The Lark (1957)
Chief Inquisitor
The Stingiest Man in Town (1956)
Ebenezer Scrooge