Basil Rathbone
Popularity:0.772
Known For:Acting
Birthday:1892-06-14
Place of Birth:Johannesburg, South African Republic
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Also Known As:Sir Basil Rathbone, Philip St. John Basil Rathbone, Бэзил Рэтбоун

Son of Frankenstein (1939)
One of the sons of late Dr. Henry Frankenstein finds his father's ghoulish creation in a coma and revives him, only to find out the monster is...

The Spider Woman (1943)
Sherlock Holmes investigates a series of so-called "pajama suicides". He knows the female villain behind them is as cunning as Moriarty and as...

The Movie Orgy (1968)
Clips from assorted television programs, B-movies, commercials, music performances, newsreels, bloopers, satirical short films and promotional and...

The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
Robin Hood fights nobly for justice against the evil Sir Guy of Gisbourne while striving to win the hand of the beautiful Maid Marian.

Terror by Night (1946)
Holmes and Watson board a passenger train bound from London to Edinburgh, to guard the Star of Rhodesia, an enormous diamond worth a fortune...

Dressed to Kill (1946)
A convicted thief in Dartmoor prison hides the location of the stolen Bank of England printing plates inside three music boxes. When the innocent...

We're No Angels (1955)
Three convicts escape from prison on Devil's Island just before Christmas and arrive at a nearby French colonial town. They go to the store of the...

The Court Jester (1955)
A hapless carnival performer masquerades as the court jester as part of a plot against a usurper who has overthrown the rightful king of England.

The Mark of Zorro (1940)
Around 1820 the son of a California nobleman comes home from Spain to find his native land under a villainous dictatorship. On the one hand he plays...

Above Suspicion (1943)
Two newlyweds spy on the Nazis for the British Secret Service during their honeymoon in Europe.

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)
On his uncle's death Sir Henry Baskerville returns from Canada to take charge of his ancestral hall on the desolate moors of Devonshire, and finds...

Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942)
England, at the start of World War Two. Mysterious wireless broadcasts, apparently from Nazi Germany are heard over the BBC. They warn of acts of...

Autopsy of a Ghost (1968)
Satan offers a weary ghost a chance for redemption through true love.

The Magic Sword (1962)
The son of a sorceress, armed with weapons, armour and six magically summoned knights, goes on a quest to save a princess from a vengeful wizard.

The House of Fear (1945)
The Good Comrades are a collection of varied gentlemen who crave one thing - solitude. They reside at Drearcliff House, ancestral home of their...

The Pearl of Death (1944)
The famous Borgia Pearl, a valuable gem with a history of bringing murder and misfortune to its owner since the days of the Borgias, is brought to...

The Scarlet Claw (1944)
When a woman is found dead with her throat torn out, the local villagers blame a supernatural monster. But Sherlock Holmes, who gets drawn into the...

The Great Mouse Detective (1986)
When the diabolical Professor Ratigan kidnaps London's master toymaker, the brilliant master of disguise Basil of Baker Street and his trusted...

Queen of Blood (1966)
A spaceship is sent to Mars after an alien distress signal is picked up. They find one survivor, but when a crew member is found drained of blood...

Rio (1939)
Diabolical French capitalist Paul Reynard is forced to leave Irene, his bride of one year, when he is arrested for the crimes of forgery and...

The Woman in Green (1945)
Sherlock Holmes investigates when young women around London turn up murdered, each with a finger severed. Scotland Yard suspects a madman, but Holmes...

The Horror Show (1979)
A history of horror movies.

The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949)
The Wind in the Willows: Concise version of Kenneth Grahame's story of the same name. J. Thaddeus Toad, owner of Toad Hall, is prone to fads, such as...

Tower of London (1939)
In the 15th century Richard Duke of Gloucester, aided by his club-footed executioner Mord, eliminates those ahead of him in succession to the throne,...

The Black Sleep (1956)
In 19th century England, a noted brain surgeon rescues a former student from being hanged on a false conviction for murder, and spirits him away to...

The Black Cat (1941)
Greedy heirs wait in a mansion for a rich cat lover to die, only to learn her cats come first.

Love from a Stranger (1937)
Ann Harding plays a lovely but somewhat naive young woman who goes on a European vacation after winning a lottery. Swept off her feet by charming...

Crazy House (1943)
Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson are Broadway stars who return to Universal Studios to make another movie. The mere mention of Olsen and Johnson's names...

The Mad Doctor (1940)
A reporter sleuths the mystery behind an oft-married Viennese doctor whose wives met mysterious fates.

Tales of Terror (1962)
Three stories adapted from the work of Edgar Allen Poe: 1) A man and his daughter are reunited, but the blame for the death of his wife hangs over...

Heartbeat (1946)
A female escapee from a reform school joins a pickpocket academy in Paris.

The Comedy of Terrors (1964)
An undertaker who hasn't had any 'customers' in a long time is forced to pay one year's back-rent. To get money he starts to kill people, which...

Crossroads (1942)
A French diplomat who's recovered from amnesia is blackmailed over crimes he can't remember.

Tovarich (1937)
When upper-class Parisian Charles Dupont and his family hire Tina and Michel as their servants, they have no idea that the domestics are in fact...

Bathing Beauty (1944)
After breaking up with her fiancé, a gym teacher returns to work at a women's college, but a legal loophole allows him to enroll as one of her...

Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943)
In World War II, a British secret agent carrying a vitally important document is kidnapped en route to Washington. The British government calls on...

The Bishop Murder Case (1929)
The murders start with the body of Robin. He is found with a arrow through the heart, but Vance deduces that the body was placed and not found where...

Romeo and Juliet (1936)
Young love is poisoned by a generations long feud between two noble families.

David Copperfield (1935)
Charles Dickens' timeless tale of an ordinary young man who lives an extraordinary life, filled with people who help and hinder him.

Captain Blood (1935)
Dr. Peter Blood, unjustly convicted of treason and exiled from England, becomes a notorious pirate.

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)
Having once again avoided criminal conviction, Professor Moriarity develops a murderous plan to “finish off” his last major nemesis,...

Fingers at the Window (1942)
In Chicago, an unemployed actor aims to solve the mystery concerning a string of ax murders, apparently committed by a lunatic.

The Dawn Patrol (1938)
In 1915 France, Major Brand commands the 39th Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps. The young airmen go up in bullet-riddled "crates" and the casualty...

A Tale of Two Cities (1935)
The exciting story of Dr. Manette, who escapes the horrors of the infamous Bastille prison in Paris. The action switches between London and Paris on...

The Masked Bride (1925)
An American millionaire wants to reform a Parisian cabaret singer who moonlights as a jewel thief.

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1942)
In the midst of World War II, Sherlock Holmes rescues the Swiss inventor of a new bomb-sight from the Gestapo and brings him to England, where he...

The Loves of Mary, Queen of Scots (1924)
The Dauphin's widow weds a lord and is executed for plotting against the queen.

One Precious Year (1933)
A classy woman has an affair with a rake after she learns that she has a terminal disease

Trouping with Ellen (1924)
Ellen Llewellyn is a chorus girl who is loved by orchestra leader Andy Owens, a genuinely nice guy. When Ellen meets the aristocratic Tony...

Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates (1958)
In Holland, poor but industrious and honorable 15-year-old Hans Brinker and his younger sister yearn to participate in December's great ice skating...

Pursuit to Algiers (1945)
After the King of Ruthenia has been assassinated, Holmes and Watson are engaged to escort his son to Europe via Algiers, aboard a transatlantic ocean...

Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943)
During WWII several murders occur at a convalescent home where Dr. Watson has volunteered his services. He summons Holmes for help and the master...

Anna Karenina (1935)
In 19th century Russia a woman in a respectable marriage to a senior statesman must grapple with her love for a dashing soldier.

Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet (1965)
In 2020, after the colonization of the moon, the spaceships Vega, Sirius and Capella are launched from Lunar Station 7. They are to explore Venus...

The Last Hurrah (1958)
In a changing world where television has become the main source of information, Adam Caulfield, a young sports journalist, witnesses how his uncle,...

The Lark (1957)
Adaptation of Jean Anouilh's 1952 play about Joan of Arc, the young girl who led the French to victory against the English in the Hundred Years' War.

Confession (1937)
Vera Kowalska is put on trial for murdering concert pianist Michael Michailow. In court it is revealed that some years earlier Michael ruined Vera's...

Casanova's Big Night (1954)
Italy 1757, Pippo Popolino, a lowly tailor, disguises himself as the great Casanova in order to romance the attractive widow Francesca. He little...

The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini (1966)
A corpse has 24 hours to mastermind a good deed without leaving his crypt, to go "up there" and have his youth restored.

Paris Calling (1941)
Marianne Jannetier, a well-to-do Parisian, engaged to Andre Benoit, a high-ranking government official, flees the city when the goose-stepping Nazi...

Hillbillys in a Haunted House (1967)
Country singers on their way to Nashville have car trouble, forcing them to stop at an old haunted mansion. Soon they realize that the house is not...

The Wind in the Willows (1949)
This animated fairy tale for kids tells the classic story of a dapper, automobile loving fellow named Mr. Toad, whose passion becomes a problem when...

The Adventures of Errol Flynn (2005)
A documentary about the life of Errol Flynn, with recollections from friends and family.

If I Were King (1938)
King Louis XI masquerades as a commoner in Paris, seeking out the treachery he is sure lurks in his kingdom. At a local tavern, he overhears the...

Rhythm on the River (1940)
Popular songwriter Oliver Courtney has been getting by for years using one ghost writer for his music and another for his lyrics. When both writers...

The Garden of Allah (1936)
The star-crossed desert romance of a cloistered woman and a renegade monk.

Frenchman's Creek (1944)
An English lady falls in love with a French pirate after he kidnaps her from her ancestral home on the coast of Cornwall and sweeps her off her feet...

Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991)
Documentary with a treasure trove of rare footage and vintage trailers, offering a rich and unusual look at the history of Frankenstein on the screen.

The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938)
The Venetian traveler Marco Polo meets Kublai Khan and foils a plotter with fireworks in medieval China.

Sin Takes a Holiday (1930)
Dowdy Sylvia accepts her boss' marriage proposal, even though he only asked her to avoid marriage to another woman. As a wealthy wife, Sylvia changes...

A Notorious Affair (1930)
A scheming musician seduces a wealthy woman for love and money.

The Last Days of Pompeii (1935)
In this action-filled spectacle set in ancient Pompeii, a blacksmith becomes a Roman gladiator, though his rise to wealth and power is jeopardized by...

Pontius Pilate (1962)
The events that culminated with the Passion of Christ seen from the perspective of Pontius Pilate, the Procurator of Judea who unwillingly condemned...

Kind Lady (1935)
Mary, a woman with good intentions, takes pity on Henry, an artist with no home. What begins as a simple offer to come inside from the cold for tea...

The Sun Never Sets (1939)
The Randolph family have a tradition of working in the British colonial service. Clive comes home from a mission in the Gold Coast of Africa...

Make a Wish (1937)
While vacationing at a boys' camp, the rambunctious Chip Winters befriends a famed composer Johnny Selden. Stuck for an inspiration for his latest...

Loyalties (1933)
A houseguest at an upper-class gathering, wealthy Jew Ferdinand de Levis, is robbed of £1,000 with evidence pointing towards the guilt of...

The Lady of Scandal (1930)
A famous British actress gets involved with two members of a reserved British noble family, whose plan to get rid of her backfires.

The Flirting Widow (1930)
An older daughter invents a fiancé so that her father will allow her younger sister to marry. However, the lie comes back to haunt her.

The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1929)
There is a big charity function at the house of Mrs. Cheyney and a lot of society is present. With her rich husband, deceased, rich old Lord Elton...

A Feather in Her Hat (1935)
After the woman who raised him claims he's not her son, Richard searches for clues about his identity. Urged on by his mentor, Capt. Randolph...

Private Number (1936)
Ellen Neal, a young and inexperienced maid, becomes romantically involved with her employers son which causes various complications. The head butler...

A Lady Surrenders (1930)
A wealthy industrialist's wife gets into a big argument with him; to cool off, she goes on an ocean trip. He thinks she's left him for good, so he...

The Horror of It All (1983)
A collection of film clips from horror movies and interviews with the actors and directors who made them.

This Mad World (1930)
Parisot, a French spy in World War 1, returns home on a secret mission to visit his mother, and finds that Victoria, the wife of a German general, is...

The General's Boots (1954)
A martinet of a general, one of his former officers, and a middle aged plane passenger find themselves in a liferaft with only one canteen of water.

A Christmas Carol (1954)
Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his...

Victoria Regina (1961)
1961 adaptation of "Victoria Regina".

After the Ball (1932)
The wife of a diplomat in Geneva pretends to be a maid in order to continue her flirting with a handsome young courier.

Soldier in Love (1967)
The story of the Churchills in the court of Queen Anne.

The Great Deception (1926)
Cyril Mansfield, a handsome young Englishman, is associated with the German Secret Service as a spy in England but is loyal to British intelligence,...

A Woman Commands (1932)
In order to keep his lover, Maria Draga, in luxury, Captain Alex Pastitsch contracts huge debts which threaten his military career. To save Alex's...

International Lady (1941)
Tim Hanley, an American agent, posing as a lawyer with the United States Embassy in London, and Reggie Oliver, a Scotland Yard detective, posing as...

The Black Cat (1960)
A two-reeler based on Edgar Allen Poe’s classic tale.

The Fruitful Vine (1921)
An old knight weds his dead friend's daughter but she gives herself to an Italian Don to bear an heir.

Breakdowns of 1938 (1938)
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1938.

The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes (1985)
This documentary examines the making of the Sherlock Holmes cinematic dynasty and includes interviews and archival film clips featuring the original...

Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6 (1942)
Narrator Hopper covers two war benefit affairs, a garden party and a USO fashion show, at Pickfair, "The White House of Hollywood."

The School for Scandal (1923)
An uncle poses as a usurer to learn which nephew deserves his fortune.

A Christmas Carol (1959)
Another version of the Dickens classic. Originally an episode of Fredric March Presents Tales from Dickens. Later released on home video on it's...

Innocent (1921)
An orphan named Innocence leaves her county home after her foster-father dies. She travels to the city and makes a living as a novelist. ...

Two Before Zero (1962)
A black-robed purveyor of communism is periodically interrupted by the questions of a white-robed every woman. Features disturbing historical...

Aladdin (1958)
Cole Porter's version of the story of Aladdin--his only musical written especially for television.

The Stingiest Man in Town (1956)
This is a musical version of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol". Ebenezer Scrooge is given a chance to reform and save his soul. He is visited by 4...

In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes (1996)
Actor Patrick Macnee leads the viewer through London in the footsteps of the genius private investigator Sherlock Holmes and his assistant and...

Madhouse (1974)
A horror movie star returns to his famous role after years in a mental institution. But the character seems to be committing murders independent of...

Burke's Law (1963)
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The Merv Griffin Show (1962)
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Studio One (1948)
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Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
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Lux Video Theatre (1950)
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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951)
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Your Show of Shows (1950)
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Suspense (1949)
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Lights Out (1949)
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The Jack Benny Program (1950)
Laugh along with funnyman Jack Benny as he brings his underplayed humor to TV along with regular performers from his radio show days.

Dr. Kildare (1961)
The story of a young intern in a large metropolitan hospital trying to learn his profession, deal with the problems of his patients, and win the...

Tales from Dickens (1959)
Fredric March Presents Tales from Dickens

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951)
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Lux Video Theatre (1950)
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Lux Video Theatre (1950)
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Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
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Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
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Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
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DuPont Show of the Month (1957)
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Suspense (1949)
An anthology series adapted from the radio program of the same name. Like the radio program, many scripts were adaptations of literary classics by...

What's My Line? (1950)
Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or...

Screen Director's Playhouse (1955)
Presented by Eastman Kodak, this show was a series of original scripts directed by acclaimed directors and featuring well-known performers. The...