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Active on Broadway in the following productions:

J.B (1958); written by 'Archibald MacLeish'. Directed by Elia Kazan. ANTA Playhouse: 11 Dec 1958- 24 Oct 1959 (364 performances). Cast: Raymond Massey, Christopher Plummer, Nan Martin, Lane Bradbury, Bert Conway, Ivor Francis, Pat Hingle, Arnold Merritt, Judith Lowry, Basil Rathbone (as "Nickles"). Note: Won 1959 Tony Award for Best Play and 1959 Pulitzer Prize for Drama (Archibald Macleish).

Spark in Judea (1961) (as "Pontius Pilate") New York

Sherlock Holmes (1953) (as "Sherlock Holmes") New York

Julius Caesar (1950); written by William Shakespeare. Directed by Dan Levin. Arena Theatre: 20 June 1950- 15 July 1950 (31 performances). Cast included: Basil Rathbone (as "Cassius").

Jane (195?) (as "Mr. Tower") New York

East of Suez (1922) London

R.U.R. (1923) London

The Swan (1923). Comedy. Written by Ferenc Molnár. Translated from the Hungarian by Melville Baker. Directed by David Burton. Cort Theatre: 23 Oct 1923- Jun 1924 (closing date unknown/255 performances). Cast: Geraldine Beckwith, Jack Cobb, Tom Collins, Boswell Davenport, Margaret Farr, Stanley Grand, Carl Hartberg, Halliwell Hobbes (as "Father Hyacinth"), Alice John, Stanley Kalkhurst, Eva Le Gallienne (as "Alexandra"), Richie Ling (as "Caesar"), Nancie B. Marsland, Philip Merivale (as "Prince Albert"), Basil Rathbone (as "Dr. Nicholas Agi"), Jane Shaw, Alison Skipworth (as "Princess Maria Dominica"), Hilda Spong (as "Princess Beatrice"), George Walcott, Henry Warwick, Alan Willey. Produced by Charles Frohman, Inc.

The Grand Duchess and the Waiter (1926) New York

The Captive (1926). Drama. Written by Arthur Hornblow Jr.. Based on "La Prisonniere" Edouard Bourdet. Directed by Gilbert Miller. Empire Theatre: 29 Sep 1926- Feb 1927 (closing date unknown/160 performances). as "Jacques." Cast: Ann Andrews, Winifred Fraser, Arthur Lewis, Helen Menken, Minna Phillips, Ann Trevor, Norman Trevor, Arthur Wontner. Produced by Charles Frohman, Inc.

Judas (1929). Written by Walter Ferris and Basil Rathbone. Directed by Richard Boleslawski. Longacre Theatre: 24 Jan 1929- Feb 1929 (closing date unknown/12 performances). Cast: Robert Barrat (as "Joseph of Arimathea"), Doan Borrup (as "Marcus/Peter"), William Challee (as "John"), William Courtleigh (as "Simon Ish/Kerioth/Caiphas"), Dorothy Cumming, Jennie Eustace, Charles Halton, Tom Hayes, Charles Henderson, A. Lymmborn, Harold Moffet (as "Andrew"), John O'Meara, William D. Post, Basil Rathbone (as "Judas"), Joseph Redalieu, Ralph Thomas, Lyons Wickland. Produced by William A. Brady and Dwight Wiman.

Romeo and Juliet (1934). Tragedy (revival). Written by William Shakespeare. Adapted by Katharine Cornell. Choreographed by Martha Graham. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Directed by Guthrie McClintic. Martin Beck Theatre: 20 Dec 1934- Feb 1935 (closing date unknown/77 performances). Cast: Brian Aherne (as "Mercutio, kinsman to the prince and friend to Romeo"), Edith Allaire, Gilmore Bush, Robert Champlain, Arthur Chatterton, 'Katharine Cornell' (as "Juliet, daughter to Capulet"), Margaret Craven, Jacqueline DeWit, Angus Duncan, 'John Emery' (as "Benvolio, nephew to Montague and friend to Romeo"), Edith Evans (as "Nurse to Juliet"), Reynolds Evans (as "Escalus, prince of Verona"), Brenda Forbes, John Gordon Gage, Franklin Gray, William Hopper, Lois Jameson, Agnete Johannson, Paul Julian, George Macready (as "Paris, a young nobleman, kinsman to the prince"), Ruth March, Irby Marshall, Albert McCleery, John Miltern (as "Montague"), Irving Morrow, Ralph Nelson, Moroni Olsen (as "Capulet"), Basil Rathbone (as "Romeo, son of Montague"), Pamela Simpson, Charles R. Thorne, David Vivian, Charles Waldron, Orson Welles (as "Tybalt, nephew to Lady Capulet," "Chorus"). Produced by Katharine Cornell.

The Barretts of Wimpole St. (1933-4) (as "Robert Browning") London, New York, and U.S. tour

Candida (1933-4) (as "Morrell") New York and U.S. tour

Obsession (1946). Written by Louis Verneuil. Staged by Reginald Denham. Plymouth Theatre: 1 Oct 1946- 26 Oct 1946 (31 performances). New York and U.S. tour. Cast: Basil Rathbone (as "Maurice"), Eugenie Leontovich.

The Heiress (1947). Written by Ruth Goetz and Augustus Goetz, suggested from "Washington Square" by Henry James. Directed by Jed Harris. Biltmore Theatre: 29 Sep 1947- 18 Sep 1948 (410 performances). As "Dr. Sloper") Cast: Patricia Collinge, Peter Cookson, Wendy Hiller, Craig Kelly, Betty Linley, Katharine Raht, Fiona O'Shiel, Augusta Roeland. Produced by Fred F. Finklehoffe. Note: A major hit of the 1947-8 theatrical season.

The Winslow Boy (195?) (as "Sir Robert Morton") New York summer stock

The Czarina (1922) (as "Count Alexei") New York

Othello (1921) (as "Iago") London

George Sand (1920) (as "Alfred de Musset") London

Fedora (1920) London

Peter Ibbetson (1920) London

Henry IV, Part II (1919) Stratford-on-Avon

Romeo and Juliet (1919) (as "Romeo") Stratford-on-Avon

Julius Caesar (1919) (as "Cassius") Stratford-on-Avon

The Merchant of Venice (1913) (as "Lorenzo") Stratford-on-Avon

As You Like It (1913) Stratford-on-Avon

Magazine advertisement for Chesterfield cigarettes (1946)

He appeared in three different television productions of Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" - the 1954 production, in which he played Marley's Ghost, the 1956 musical "The Stingiest Man in Town", in which he acted and sang the role of Ebenezer Scrooge, and in the 1958 anthology, "Tales from Dickens", in which he again played Scrooge. He also played Scrooge in a 1940s 78-RPM record album, on radio for Christmas 1943, and narrated the story in yet another recorded version.

Print advertisement for Skippy peanut butter (1960)

Julius Caesar (1927 and 1950) (as "Cassius") New York

Narrator on 3-volume LP series for Caedmon, "Poems and Tales of Edgar Allan Poe", all of which has recently been released on CD as part of the 5-CD set "The Edgar Allan Poe Audio Collection".

Hide and Seek (1957); written by Roger MacDougall and Stanley Mann. Directed by Reginald Denham. Ethel Barrymore Theatre: 2 April 1957- 6 April 1957 (7 performances). Cast included: Walter Brooke, Dolores Dorn-Heft, Isobel Elsom, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Barry Morse, Basil Rathbone (as "Sir Roger Johnson").

The Gioconda Smile (1950). Written by Aldous Huxley. Directed by Shepard Traube. Lyceum Theatre (moved to the Fulton Theatre on 6 Nov 1950): 7 Oct 1950- 11 Nov 1950 (41 performances). As "Henry Hutton." Cast included: Charles Francis, Charles Gerrard, Emily Lawrence, George Relph, Marian Russell. Produced by Shepard Traube.

The Devil Passes (1932). Written and directed by Benn W. Levy. Selwyn Theatre: 4 Jan 1932- Mar 1932 (closing date unknown/96 performances). As "Rev. Nicholas Lucy." Cast: Eric Blore, Gwen Day Burroughs, Arthur Byron, Ernest Cossart, Cecilia Loftus, Robert Loraine, Mary Nash, Ernest Thesiger, Diana Wynyard. Produced by Arch Selwyn.

He wrote his autobiography under the title "In And Out Of Character".

The Command to Love (1927). Comedy. Written by Rudolf Lothar and Fritz Gottwald. Material adapted by Herman Bernstein and Brian Marlow. Directed by Lester Lonergan. Longacre Theatre: 20 Sep 1927- Apr 1928 (closing date unknown/247 performances). Cast: Violet Kemble-Cooper, Mary Nash, Basil Rathbone (as "Gaston, Marquis du Saint-Lac Military Attache"), Henry Stephenson (as "The French Ambassador to Spain"), Walter Colligan, David Glassford, Ferdinand Gottschalk (as "The Spanish War Minister"), Percy Hemus, Anthony Kemble Cooper, Thomas Louden. Produced by William A. Brady and Dwight Wiman. Produced in association with John Tuerk.

Love Is Like That (1927). Romantic comedy. Written by S.N. Behrman and Kenyon Nicholson. Directed by Dudley Digges. Cort Theatre: 18 Apr 1927- May 1927 (closing date unknown/24 performances). Cast: Barbara Bulgakov (as "Natasha"), Ann Davis, John T. Doyle, Minna Phillips (as "Kate Mumford"), Basil Rathbone (as "Vladimir Dubriski"), Charles Richman, Percy Shostac, Della Vanna, Lucile Watson (as "Mrs. James Gordon Parmenter"), Edward H. Wever, Catherine Willard. Produced by A.L. Jones and Morris Green. Produced by arrangement with Stuart Walker.

Unsold television pilot, "Warbirds," CBS-TV, 1964: Played Major Brand in this pilot based on his 1938 film "The Dawn Patrol."

Radio: He starred in three network radio series -- "The (New) Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" (1939- 1946) (213 performances); "Scotland Yard's Inspector Burke" (1947); and "Tales of Fatima" (1949).

Radio: He also made many appearances in series such as "The Lux Radio Theatre," "The Cavalcade of America," and "The Screen Guild Theatre" between 1937 and 1955.

Host, "The Sherlock Holmes Theatre," syndicated television series, 1965- 1966.

Host, "The Leisy Premiere Theater," 1963 television series featuring syndicated films.

Commercial: Swing King reclining chair.

Commercial: Shredded Wheat cereal.

Commercial: Calgonite dishwasher soap.

Commercial: Alocoa aluminum utensils.

Commercial: Colman's Mustard.

Commercial: Calvert Reserve whiskey.

Commercial: Chesterfield Cigarettes.

Commercial: Petri Wine.

Commercial: Schaefer Beer.

Commercial: Fatima Turkish Cigarettes.

Commercial: Skippy Peanut Butter.

Commercial: Walker's Deluxe Bourbon.

Commercial: Van Heusen shirts.

Commercial: Calox tooth powder.

Commercial: Stratford pens.

Commercial: Personna razor blades.

Commercial: Booth's House of Lord's Gin.

Host, "CBS Thanksgiving Day Special," CBS-TV, 24 November 1955.

1958: Himself, guest, "Pantomime Quiz."

1961: Himself, guest, "1,2,3," NBC- TV.

1959: Himself, guest, "The Tonight Show," with Jack Paar.

1953: Himself, guest, "Ethel & Albert."

1954: Himself, guest, "The Perry Como Show."

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