Basil Rathbone (1892 - 1967)

South African-born British actor.

* June 13, 1892 Johannesburg, South Africa
 as Philip St. John Basil Rathbone
 July 21, 1967 New York, New York



Vintage magazines

Photoplay, March 1930
Photoplay, March 1930
Photoplay, April 1930

Photoplay, October 1930
Photoplay, March 1936
Photoplay, April 1936

Photoplay, April 1936
Photoplay, April 1936
Le film complet, nr. 2357, 4-1 1940


Books by Basil Rathbone

Basil Rathbone
In and out of character.
Garden City, N.Y.,, 1962

Books on Basil Rathbone

Michael B. Druxman
Basil Rathbone, His Life and His Films
Cranbury, New Jersey, 1975

Books with substantial mentioning of Basil Rathbone

Ronald L. Smith Horror stars on radio Ronald L. Smith
Horror stars on radio, The broadcast histories of 29 chilling Hollywood voices
Jefferson, N.C., 2010

Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast (eds.)
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 3. Actors and Actresses
Detroit/New York/San Francisco/London/Boston/Woodbridge, CT, 2000

Robert A. Nowlan and Gwendolyn Wright Nowlan
Movie Characters of Leading Performers of the Sound Era
Chicago and London, 1990

Michael R. Pitts
Horror Film Stars
Jefferson, N.C., 1981

Tony Thomas
Cads and Cavaliers, The Gentlemen Adventures of the Movies
South Brunswick and New York - London, 1973

Cedric Osmond Bermingham (editor) Stars of the Screen 1931 Cedric Osmond Bermingham (editor)
Stars of the Screen 1931, A volume of biographies of contemporary actors and actresses engaged in photoplay throughout the world
London, [1931]

Books with an entry on Basil Rathbone

David Thomson The New Biographical Dictionary of Film David Thomson
The New Biographical Dictionary of Film
New York, 2003

Danny Peary Cult Movie Stars Danny Peary
Cult Movie Stars
New York, [..], 1991

Paul Michael, editor in chief. James Robert Parish, associate editor The American movies reference book Paul Michael, editor in chief. James Robert Parish, associate editor
The American movies reference book, The sound era
Englewood Cliffs, N.J.,, 1969

Books with photograph(s) of Basil Rathbone

John Richard Finch and Paul Elby Close-Ups John Richard Finch and Paul Elby
Close-Ups, From the Golden Age of the Silent Cinema
South Brunswick and New York - London, 1978

Films

1921
Innocent

1926
The Great Deception

1929
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
The Bishop Murder Case

1930
A Notorious Affair
This Mad World
The Lady of Scandal
Sin Takes a Holiday
A Lady Surrenders
The Flirting Widow

1932
After the Ball
A Woman Commands

1935
Anna Karenina
David Copperfield
Captain Blood
A Feather in Her Hat
A Tale of Two Cities
The Last Days of Pompeii
Kind Lady

1936
The Garden of Allah
Romeo and Juliet
Private Number

1937
Tovarich
Confession

1938
The Adventures of Marco Polo
The Adventures of Robin Hood
The Dawn Patrol
If I Were King

1939
Rio
Son of Frankenstein
Tower of London
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Land of Liberty
The Sun Never Sets

1940
The Mark of Zorro
Rhythm on the River

1941
The Black Cat
Paris Calling
International Lady

1942
Crossroads
Fingers at the Window
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
The Ghost of Frankenstein

1943
Crazy House
Above Suspicion
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death

1944
Frenchman's Creek
Bathing Beauty
The Spider Woman
The Scarlet Claw
The Pearl of Death

1945
Pursuit to Algiers
The Woman in Green
The House of Fear

1946
Terror by Night
Dressed to Kill
Heartbeat

1949
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad

1954
Casanova's Big Night

1955
The Court Jester
We're No Angels

1956
The Black Sleep

1958
The Last Hurrah

1962
Tales of Terror
The Magic Sword

1963
The Comedy of Terrors
Tri plyus dva

1966
The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini
Queen of Blood

1967
Hillbillys in a Haunted House

1968
Autopsia de un Fantasma

1974
Madhouse

1986
The Great Mouse Detective

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