Basil Rathbone

Basil Rathbone

English actor (1892–1967)

Philip St. John Basil Rathbone MC was an English actor. Born in South Africa and raised in Derbyshire, he rose to prominence in the United Kingdom as a Shakespearean stage actor and went on to appear in more than 70 films, primarily costume dramas, swashbucklers, and, occasionally, horror films.

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 74 films (1923–1967) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 24 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▼ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1937 Make a Wish McMillan Films 500 ft. B&W
1937 Tovarich Contemporary Films 98 min 16mm B&W sound
1937 TOVARICH. Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. 10 reels B&W
1936 The Garden of Allah Selznick International Pictures Inc 1:25:00 16mm B&W sound
1936 THE GARDEN OF ALLAH. Selznick International Pictures Inc. 9 reels Color & B&W
1935 A FEATHER IN HER HAT. Columbia Pictures Corp. 8 reels B&W
1935 A tale of two cities. Crown Film Unit 120 min 16mm Color sound
1935 David Copperfield George Cukor 133 min B&W
1935 David Copperfield ▶ George Cukor 133 min B&W
1935 Kind Lady George B. Seitz 76 min B&W
1935 TALE OF TWO CITIES Teaching Film Custodians, Inc 40min Sound
1935 The Last Days of Pompeii Merian C. Cooper 96 min B&W
1933 Loyalties Basil Dean 74 min B&W
1932 A WOMAN COMMANDS. RKO Radio Pictures Inc. 9 reels Color & B&W
1932 After the Ball Milton Rosmer
1930 A NOTORIOUS AFFAIR. Vitaphone Corp. 1 reel B&W
1930 SIN TAKES A HOLIDAY. Pathe Exchange Inc. 8 reels B&W
1930 THE BISHOP MURDER CASE. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp. 9 reels B&W
1930 THE FLIRTING WIDOW. First National Pictures Inc. B&W
1930 THIS MAD WORLD. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp. 8 reels B&W
1929 The Last of Mrs. Cheyney Sidney Franklin 94 min B&W
1926 THE GREAT DECEPTION. First National Pictures Inc. 7 reels B&W
1925 THE MASKED BRIDE. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 6 reels B&W
1923 [The School for Scandal] ▶ Bertram Phillips 60 min B&W