Basil Rathbone

Basil Rathbone is known for acting, with films including The Great Mouse Detective, The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad. Browse the full filmography and find where to stream on sseenn.

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.

Filmography

• The Great Mouse Detective (1986)
• The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
• The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949)
• Terror by Night (1946)
• The Mark of Zorro (1940)
• We're No Angels (1955)
• The Court Jester (1955)
• Son of Frankenstein (1939)
• Captain Blood (1935)
• Tales of Terror (1962)
• Anna Karenina (1935)
• The Pearl of Death (1944)
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)
• The Woman in Green (1945)
• The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)
• Pursuit to Algiers (1945)
• Dressed to Kill (1946)
• The Scarlet Claw (1944)
• Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1942)
• The Last Hurrah (1958)
• Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943)
• The Comedy of Terrors (1964)
• Madhouse (1974)
• Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942)
• The House of Fear (1945)
• A Tale of Two Cities (1935)
• David Copperfield (1935)
• The Spider Woman (1943)
• Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943)
• The Wind in the Willows (1949)