Basil Rathbone
Actor·1892–1967·Johannesburg, South African Republic
29 horror credits
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.
Actor29 films
Dracula in the Movies
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Baron Wolf von Frankenstein (archive footage)
The Horror Show
(archive footage)
Madhouse
Basil (archive footage)
Autopsy of a Ghost
Canuto Pérez
Hillbillys in a Haunted House
Gregor
The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini
Reginald Ripper
Queen of Blood
Dr. Farraday
The Comedy of Terrors
John F. Black
Tales of Terror
Carmichael ("The Case of M. Valdemar")
The Black Sleep
Sir Joel Cadman
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
Narrator (segment "The Wind in the Willows")
Dressed to Kill
Sherlock Holmes
Terror by Night
Sherlock Holmes
Pursuit to Algiers
Sherlock Holmes
The Woman in Green
Sherlock Holmes
The House of Fear
Sherlock Holmes
The Pearl of Death
Sherlock Holmes
The Scarlet Claw
Sherlock Holmes
The Spider Woman
Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
Sherlock Holmes
The Black Cat
Montague Hartley
Tower of London
Richard - Duke of Gloucester
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Sherlock Holmes
Son of Frankenstein
Baron Wolf von Frankenstein
The Bishop Murder Case
Philo Vance