Cast

Basil Rathbone

1892 – 1967

Active years (films on this site)

1935–1963

Genres

DramaAdventureRomanceActionHistory

Schools and movements

Classical HollywoodAnimation and Puppet FilmDocumentary and Essay Film

Directors worked with

Michael Curtiz3 filmsJack Conway2 filmsGeorge Cukor1 filmFrank Lloyd1 filmJohn Cromwell1 filmEdmund Goulding1 filmRouben Mamoulian1 filmJames Algar1 filmJohn Ford1 filmJacques Tourneur1 film

Biography

Philip St. John Basil Rathbone 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.

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)

Awards and honours

International

• Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play 1948
• star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

National / local

• Military Cross 1918

13 films on this site

1. A Tale of Two Cities (1935) 1935 · Jack Conway · IMDb 7.8 · Cast
2. Captain Blood 1935 · Michael Curtiz · IMDb 7.7 · Cast
3. David Copperfield 1935 · George Cukor · IMDb 7.3 · Cast
4. If I Were King 1938 · Frank Lloyd · IMDb 7.1 · Cast
5. The Adventures of Marco Polo 1938 · John Cromwell · IMDb 5.6 · Cast
6. The Adventures of Robin Hood 1938 · Michael Curtiz · IMDb 7.9 · Cast
7. The Dawn Patrol (1938) 1938 · Edmund Goulding · IMDb 7.5 · Cast
8. The Mark of Zorro 1940 · Rouben Mamoulian · IMDb 7.5 · Cast
9. Crossroads (1942) 1942 · Jack Conway · IMDb 6.7 · Cast
10. The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad 1949 · James Algar · IMDb 6.8 · Cast
11. We're No Angels (1955) 1955 · Michael Curtiz · IMDb 7.3 · Cast
12. The Last Hurrah 1958 · John Ford · IMDb 7.3 · Cast
13. The Comedy of Terrors 1963 · Jacques Tourneur · IMDb 6.5 · Cast