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Basil Rathbone was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1892, but 3... moreTrivia:
Fought in the British army during World War I, and was awarded the Military... moreAwards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 2 wins moreNewsDesk:
(9 articles)
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Filmography
Actor:
- Autopsia de un fantasma (1968) .... Canuto Perez
... aka Autopsy of a Ghost - Hillbillys in a Haunted House (1967) .... Gregor
- "Hallmark Hall of Fame" .... Chief Inquisitor / ... (4 episodes, 1957-1967)
... aka "Hallmark Television Playhouse"
- Soldier in Love (1967) TV episode .... The Duke of York
- Victoria Regina (1961) TV episode .... Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli (Lord Beaconsfield)
- Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates (1958) TV episode .... Dr. Boekman
- The Lark (1957) TV episode .... Chief Inquisitor - "Summer Fun" .... Governor (1 episode, 1966)
- Pirates of Flounder Bay (1966) TV episode .... Governor - The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini (1966) .... Reginald Ripper
- Queen of Blood (1966) .... Dr. Farraday
... aka Planet of Blood
... aka Planet of Terror
... aka Planet of Vampires
... aka The Green Woman - "Dr. Kildare" .... Frederick Foray (2 episodes, 1965)
- Duet for One Hand (1965) TV episode .... Frederick Foray
- Perfect Is Too Hard to Be (1965) TV episode .... Frederick Foray - Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet (1965) .... Prof. Hartman, Lunar 7
... aka Prehistoric Planet
... aka Voyage to a Prehistoric Planet - "Burke's Law" .... Milo James (1 episode, 1965)
... aka "Amos Burke, Secret Agent" (USA: new title)
- Who Killed Hamlet? (1965) TV episode .... Milo James - "Suspense" (1 episode, 1964)
- The Leader (1964) TV episode - The Comedy of Terrors (1963) .... Mr. Black
... aka The Graveside Story - Two Before Zero (1962) .... Narrator
... aka Russian Roulette - Tales of Terror (1962) .... Carmichael (segment "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar")
... aka Edgar Allan Poe's Tales of Terror (USA)
... aka Poe's Tales of Terror - The Magic Sword (1962) .... Lodac
... aka St. George and the Dragon
... aka St. George and the Seven Curses
... aka The Seven Curses of Lodac (International: English title) - Ponzio Pilato (1962) .... Caiaphas
... aka Ponce Pilate (France)
... aka Pontius Pilate (USA) - The Black Cat (1961) (voice) .... Voices
- Mystic Prophecies and Nostradamus (1961) .... Narrator
- "The Christophers" (1 episode, 1960)
- Tips for the Homemaker (1960) TV episode - "The Red Skelton Show" .... British Artist / ... (2 episodes, 1956-1960)
... aka "The Red Skelton Hour" (USA: new title)
- Super-Cauliflower (1960) TV episode .... Hugh Rubicoff
- The Sculpture Show (1956) TV episode .... British Artist - The Last Hurrah (1958) .... Norman Cass, Sr.
- "The DuPont Show of the Month" .... Emperor (1 episode, 1958)
- Aladdin (1958) TV episode .... Emperor - "Tales from Dickens" .... Ebenezer Scrooge (1 episode, 1958)
... aka "Fredric March Presents Tales from Dickens" (USA)
- A Dickens Christmas: A Christmas Carol (1958) TV episode .... Ebenezer Scrooge - "Kraft Television Theatre" .... General Zomback (2 episodes, 1956-1957)
... aka "Kraft Mystery Theatre" (USA: new title)
... aka "Kraft Theatre" (USA: new title)
- Heroes Walk on Sand (1957) TV episode .... General Zomback
- Five Minutes to Live (1956) TV episode - "The United States Steel Hour" .... Duke (1 episode, 1957)
... aka "The U.S. Steel Hour" (USA: alternative title)
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1957) TV episode .... Duke - "The Alcoa Hour" .... Ebenezer Scrooge (1 episode, 1956)
- The Stingiest Man in Town (1956) TV episode .... Ebenezer Scrooge - The Black Sleep (1956) .... Sir Joel Cadman
... aka Dr. Cadman's Secret (USA: reissue title) - "Screen Directors Playhouse" .... Paul Charters (1 episode, 1956)
- Affair in Sumatra (1956) TV episode .... Paul Charters - The Court Jester (1955) .... Sir Ravenhurst
- "Star Tonight" .... Narrator (1 episode, 1955)
- The Selfish Giant (1955) TV episode .... Narrator - "Science Fiction Theatre" .... Dr. Victor Berenson (1 episode, 1955)
- The Stones Began to Move (1955) TV episode .... Dr. Victor Berenson - We're No Angels (1955) .... Andre Trochard
- "The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater" .... Robert (1 episode, 1955)
- Always the Butler (1955) TV episode .... Robert - "General Motors Presents" .... Claggart (1 episode, 1955)
... aka "Encounter" (USA)
... aka "General Motors Theatre" (Canada: English title: new title)
- Billy Budd (1955) TV episode .... Claggart - "Shower of Stars" .... Marley's ghost (1 episode, 1954)
... aka "Chrysler Shower of Stars"
- A Christmas Carol (1954) TV episode .... Marley's ghost - "Schlitz Playhouse of Stars" .... The Jewel Thief (2 episodes, 1954)
... aka "Herald Playhouse" (USA: syndication title)
... aka "Schlitz Playhouse" (USA: new title)
... aka "The Playhouse" (USA: syndication title)
- Volturio Investigates (1954) TV episode .... The Jewel Thief
- The General's Boots (1954) TV episode - "Studio One" .... Hazelton Crane (1 episode, 1954)
... aka "Studio One Summer Theatre" (USA: summer title)
... aka "Studio One in Hollywood" (USA: new title)
... aka "Summer Theatre" (USA: summer title)
... aka "Westinghouse Studio One" (USA)
... aka "Westinghouse Summer Theatre" (USA: summer title)
- The House of Gair (1954) TV episode .... Hazelton Crane - "Love Story" (1 episode, 1954)
- The Yo-Yo People (1954) TV episode - Casanova's Big Night (1954) .... Lucio/Narrator
... aka Mr. Casanova (USA) - "The Philip Morris Playhouse" (1 episode, 1954)
... aka "P.M. Playhouse"
- The Man They'd Murdered (1954) TV episode - "The Motorola Television Hour" .... Duke (1 episode, 1953)
... aka "Motorola TV Hour" (USA: alternative title)
... aka "Motorola TV Theatre" (USA)
- The Thirteen Clocks (1953) TV episode .... Duke - Season's Greetings (1953) (TV)
- "Danger" (1 episode, 1953)
- The Educated Heart (1953) TV episode - "Suspense" .... Dr. Jekyll / ... (2 episodes, 1951-1953)
- The Adventure of the Black Baronet (1953) TV episode .... Sherlock Holmes
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1951) TV episode .... Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde - "Broadway Television Theatre" .... Benvenuto Cellini (2 episodes, 1953)
- The Firebrand (1953) TV episode .... Benvenuto Cellini
- Criminal at Large (1953) TV episode - "Lux Video Theatre" .... Ambrose Wallington / ... (3 episodes, 1951-1953)
... aka "Summer Video Theatre" (USA: summer title)
- Miss Marlowe at Play (1953) TV episode .... Ambrose Wallington
- Masquerade (1952) TV episode .... Sir Paul Maxim
- Purple and Fine Linen (1951) TV episode .... Frampton - "Lights Out" (1 episode, 1951)
- Dead Man's Coat (1951) TV episode - "The Colgate Comedy Hour" (1 episode, 1951)
... aka "Colgate Summer Comedy Hour" (USA: summer title)
... aka "Colgate Variety Hour" (USA: sixth season title)
... aka "Michael Todd Revue" (USA: subtitle)
- Would-Be Gentleman (1951) TV episode - "Nash Airflyte Theatre" (1 episode, 1950)
... aka "Airflyte Theatre"
- The Kind Mr. Smith (1950) TV episode - "The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre" (2 episodes, 1949-1950)
... aka "Chevrolet Television Theatre" (USA)
... aka "The Broadway Playhouse"
- Queen of Spades (1950) TV episode
- At Night All Cats Are Grey (1949) TV episode - "The Ford Theatre Hour" .... Mr. Brink (1 episode, 1949)
- On Borrowed Time (1949) TV episode .... Mr. Brink - The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949) .... Narrator (segment "The Wind in the Willows")
... aka Ichabod and Mr. Toad (USA: promotional title)
... aka The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (USA: TV title) - The Wind in the Willows (1949) (voice) .... Narrator
- Dressed to Kill (1946) .... Sherlock Holmes
... aka Prelude to Murder (USA: working title) (USA: DVD title)
... aka Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Code (UK)
... aka Sherlock Holmes in Dressed to Kill - Heartbeat (1946) .... Professor Aristide
- Terror by Night (1946) .... Sherlock Holmes
- Pursuit to Algiers (1945) .... Sherlock Holmes
... aka Sherlock Holmes in Pursuit to Algiers (USA: series title) - The Woman in Green (1945) .... Holmes
... aka Sherlock Holmes and the Woman in Green (USA: promotional title) - The House of Fear (1945) .... Sherlock Holmes
... aka Sherlock Holmes and the House of Fear (UK: short title) - Frenchman's Creek (1944) .... Lord Rockingham
- The Pearl of Death (1944) .... Sherlock Holmes
- Bathing Beauty (1944) .... George Adams
- The Scarlet Claw (1944) .... Sherlock Holmes
... aka Sherlock Holmes and the Scarlet Claw (USA: promotional title) - The Spider Woman (1944) .... Sherlock Holmes
... aka Sherlock Holmes and the Spider Woman (USA: review title)
... aka The Spider Woman (UK) - Crazy House (1943) .... Cameo appearance (Sherlock Holmes)
- Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943) .... Sherlock Holmes
- Above Suspicion (1943) .... Sig von Aschenhausen
- Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943) .... Sherlock Holmes
- Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1943) .... Sherlock Holmes
... aka Secret Weapon (USA: short title) - Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942) .... Sherlock Holmes
... aka Voice of Terror (UK) - Crossroads (1942) .... Henri Sarrou
- Fingers at the Window (1942) .... Cesar Ferrari, alias Dr. H. Santelle
- Paris Calling (1941) .... Andre Benoit
... aka Paris Bombshell (USA: reissue title) - International Lady (1941) .... Reggie Oliver
- The Black Cat (1941) .... Montague Hartley
- The Mad Doctor (1941) .... Dr. George Sebastian
... aka A Date with Destiny (UK) - The Mark of Zorro (1940) .... Captain Esteban Pasquale
- Rhythm on the River (1940) .... Oliver Courtney
- Tower of London (1939) .... Richard - Duke of Gloucester
- Rio (1939) .... Paul Reynard
- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939) .... Sherlock Holmes
... aka Sherlock Holmes (UK) - The Sun Never Sets (1939) .... Clive Randolph
- The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939) .... Sherlock Holmes
- Son of Frankenstein (1939) .... Baron Wolf von Frankenstein
- The Dawn Patrol (1938) .... Major Brand
- If I Were King (1938) .... King Louis XI
- The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) .... Sir Guy of Gisbourne
... aka Robin Hood (Australia: TV title) - The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938) .... Ahmed
- Tovarich (1937) .... Commissar Dimitri Gorotchenko
- Make a Wish (1937) .... Johnny Selden
- Confession (1937) .... Michael Michailow, aka Michael Koslov
- Love from a Stranger (1937) .... Gerald Lovell
... aka A Night of Terror (USA) - The Garden of Allah (1936) .... Count Ferdinand Anteoni
- Romeo and Juliet (1936) .... Tybalt - Nephew to Lady Capulet
- Private Number (1936) .... Thomas Wroxton
... aka Secret Interlude (UK) - A Tale of Two Cities (1935) .... Marquis St. Evremonde
... aka Charles Dickens' 'A Tale of Two Cities' (USA: complete title) - Captain Blood (1935) .... Levasseur
- Kind Lady (1935) .... Henry Abbott
... aka House of Menace (USA: TV title) - A Feather in Her Hat (1935) .... Captain Randolph Courtney
- The Last Days of Pompeii (1935) .... Pontius Pilate
- Anna Karenina (1935) .... Karenin
- The Personal History, Adventures, Experience, & Observation of David Copperfield the Younger (1935) .... Mr. Murdstone
... aka David Copperfield (USA: short title) - Loyalties (1933) .... Ferdinand de Levis
- One Precious Year (1933) .... Derek Nagel
- After the Ball (1932) .... Jack Harrowby
- A Woman Commands (1932) .... Capt. Alex Pastitsch
... aka Maria Draga (Australia) - Sin Takes a Holiday (1930) .... Reginald 'Reggie' Durant
- A Lady Surrenders (1930) .... Carl Vandry
... aka Blind Wives (UK) - The Lady of Scandal (1930) .... Edward, Duke of Warrington
... aka The High Road (UK) - The Flirting Widow (1930) .... Colonel John 'Johnny' Vaughn-Smith
- A Notorious Affair (1930) .... Paul Gherardi
- This Mad World (1930) .... Paul Parisot
- The Bishop Murder Case (1930) .... Philo Vance
- The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1929) .... Lord Arthur Dilling
- The Great Deception (1926) .... Rizzio
- The Masked Bride (1925) .... Antoine
- Trouping with Ellen (1924) .... Tony Winterslip
- The Loves of Mary, Queen of Scots (1923) (uncredited) .... Undetermined Subordinate Role
- The School for Scandal (1923/II) .... Joseph Surface
- The Fruitful Vine (1921) .... Don Cesare Carelli
- Innocent (1921) .... Amadis de Jocelyn
Soundtrack:
- Dressed to Kill (1946) ("The Swagman", "Londonderry Air (Danny Boy)")
... aka Prelude to Murder (USA: working title) (USA: DVD title)
... aka Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Code (UK)
... aka Sherlock Holmes in Dressed to Kill - Above Suspicion (1943) (performer: "Untitled Oxford University Song" (uncredited))
- Confession (1937) (performer: "Mazurka") ("Sonata in A, K.331" (uncredited))
- A Notorious Affair (1930) ("Second Movement (Andante)" (1844))
- The Bishop Murder Case (1930) ("Waltz of the Flowers" (1891-2) (uncredited), "Waltz in A Minor, Op.34, No.2 ('Waltz Brilliante')" (1831-39) (uncredited))
Miscellaneous Crew:
- Der Rosenkönig (1986) (voice: poem "The Raven")
... aka Le roi des roses (France)
... aka O Rei das rosas (Portugal)
... aka The Rose King - Captain Lightfoot (1955) (fencing instructor) (uncredited)
Self:
- "The Celebrity Game" .... Himself (2 episodes, 1965)
- Episode dated 1 July 1965 (1965) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 10 June 1965 (1965) TV episode .... Himself - "The Merv Griffin Show" .... Himself (6 episodes, 1963-1965)
- Episode dated 23 June 1965 (1965) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 24 May 1965 (1965) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 20 March 1963 (1963) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 18 February 1963 (1963) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 15 February 1963 (1963) TV episode .... Himself
(1 more) - "Time to Remember" .... Narrator (2 episodes, 1959)
- 1896-1902: Turn of the Century (1959) TV episode .... Narrator
- Came the Dawn (1959) TV episode .... Narrator - "Make Me Laugh" .... Himself (1 episode, 1958)
- Episode dated 10 April 1958 (1958) TV episode .... Himself - "The Betty White Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 1958)
- Episode dated 19 March 1958 (1958) TV episode .... Himself - "The Arlene Francis Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 1958)
- Episode #1.107 (1958) TV episode .... Himself - "The Arthur Murray Party" .... Himself (2 episodes, 1957)
... aka "Arthur Murray Party Time"
... aka "The Arthur Murray Show"
- Episode dated 17 October 1957 (1957) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 21 May 1957 (1957) TV episode .... Himself - "Person to Person" .... Himself (1 episode, 1957)
- Episode #4.18 (1957) TV episode .... Himself - "The Amazing Dunninger" .... Himself (1 episode, 1956)
- Episode dated 10 October 1956 (1956) TV episode .... Himself - "I've Got a Secret" .... Himself (2 episodes, 1952-1956)
- Episode dated 29 February 1956 (1956) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 25 December 1952 (1952) TV episode .... Himself - "The Name's the Same" .... Himself / ... (6 episodes, 1954)
- Episode dated 30 March 1954 (1954) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 23 March 1954 (1954) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 16 March 1954 (1954) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 9 March 1954 (1954) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 9 February 1954 (1954) TV episode .... Himself/Panelist
(1 more) - "The Milton Berle Show" .... Himself / ... (3 episodes, 1948-1954)
... aka "Texaco Star Theater" (USA)
... aka "The Buick-Berle Show" (USA: new title)
- Episode #6.16 (1954) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode #1.46 (1949) TV episode .... Himself - Actor
- Episode #1.44 (1948) TV episode .... Himself - Cameo - "Your Lucky Clue" (1952) TV series .... Emcee
- "Who's Whose" .... Himself (1 episode, 1951)
- Episode dated 25 June 1951 (1951) TV episode .... Himself - "What's My Line?" .... Mystery Guest (1 episode, 1951)
- Episode dated 8 April 1951 (1951) TV episode .... Mystery Guest - "The Jack Benny Program" .... Himself (1 episode, 1951)
... aka "The Jack Benny Show" (USA: informal title)
... aka "The Lucky Strike Program" (USA: alternative title)
- The Claudette Colbert and Basil Rathbone Show (1951) TV episode .... Himself - "The Frank Sinatra Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 1951)
- Episode #1.25 (1951) TV episode .... Himself - "Ford Star Revue" .... Himself (1 episode, 1950)
- Episode #1.2 (1950) TV episode .... Himself - "Your Show of Shows" .... Himself (1 episode, 1950)
... aka "Sid Caesar's Show of Shows" (UK: rerun title)
- Episode dated 8 April 1950 (1950) TV episode .... Himself - "Inside U.S.A. with Chevrolet" .... Himself (1 episode, 1950)
- Episode #1.10 (1950) TV episode .... Himself - "The Ken Murray Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 1950)
- Episode dated 21 January 1950 (1950) TV episode .... Himself - Vienna Art Treasures (1950) .... Narrator
- Screen Snapshots Series 25, No. 4: Hollywood Celebrations (1945) .... Himself
- Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 6 (1942) .... Himself
- Screen Snapshots Series 19, No 10 (1940) .... Himself
- Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 5: Art and Artists (1940) .... Himself
- Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 10 (1939) .... Himself - Host
- For Auld Lang Syne (1938) (uncredited) .... Himself - arriving celebrity
... aka For Auld Lang Syne #3 (USA: series title) - Breakdowns of 1938 (1938) (uncredited) .... Himself (The Adventures of Robin Hood wardrobe test)
Archive Footage:
-
"Un siècle d'écrivains"
- Arthur Conan Doyle, le père de Sherlock Holmes (1997) TV episode .... Sherlock Holmes - Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991) .... Baron Wolf von Frankenstein
- The Great Mouse Detective (1986) (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited) .... Sherlock Holmes
- The Horror Show (1979)
-
"That's Hollywood"
- The Great Detective (1976) TV episode - Madhouse (1974) .... Clip from 'Tales of Terror'
- The Son of Frankenstein (1966) .... Frankenstein
- 3+2 (1962) .... Frankenstein
-
"Disneyland"
- The Wind in the Willows (1955) TV episode (voice) .... Narrator (edited from: The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad) - Land of Liberty (1939) .... Marquis St. Evremonde (edited from: Tale of Two Cities)
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