Basil Rathbone (1892 - 1967)

Date of Birth: 13 June 1892
Place of Birth: Johannesburg, South Africa
Date of Death: 21 July 1967 (from a heart attack)
Place of Death: New York, New York, USA
Also Known As:

all as performer
* = television

1930
The Bishop Murder Case (Philo Vance)

1937
Love from a Stranger (Gerald Lovell)
Mortal sugestión - Spanish title
A Night of Terror
L'ora del supplizio - Italian title

1939
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes)
Die Abenteuer des Sherlock Holmes - German title
Le avventure di Sherlock Holmes - Italian title
Sherlock Holmes - Moriartyn kukistaja - Finnish title
Sherlock Holmes - Professor Moriartys sista strid - Swedish title
Sherlock Holmes - UK title
Sherlock Holmes contra Moriarty - Spanish title

The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes)
Baskervillen koira - Finnish title
Baskervilles hund - Swedish title
Der Hund von Baskerville - German title
El sabueso de los Baskerville - Venezuelan title

Son of Frankenstein (Baron Wolf von Frankenstein)
Il figlio di Frankenstein - Italian title
Frankensteins Sohn - Austrian / German title
La sombra de Frankenstein - Spanish title

Tower of London (Richard, Duke of Gloucester)
Den blodiga borgen - Swedish title
Der Henker von London - Austrian / German title
La torre de Londres - Spanish title
L'usurpatore - Italian title
Verinen linna - Finnish title

1941
The Black Cat (Hartley)
El gato negro - Spanish title

The Mad Doctor (Dr George Sebastian)
A Date with Destiny - UK title
Paholaisen syleily - Finnish title

1942
Secret Weapon (Sherlock Holmes)
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
L'arma segreta - Italian title
Geheimwaffe - German title
Sherlock Holmes ja salainen ase - Finnish title
Sherlock Holmes och det hemliga vapnet - Swedish title

Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (Sherlock Holmes)
Sherlock Holmes och terrorrösten - Swedish title
Stimme des Terrors - German title
La voce del terrore - Italian title
Voice of Terror - UK title

1943
Crazy House (cameo appearance (Sherlock Holmes)
Casa de locos - Spanish title
Flugan galopperar åter - Swedish title

Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (Sherlock Holmes)
Gespenster im Schloß - German title
Sherlock Holmes desafía a la muerte - Spanish title
Sherlock Holmes face à la mort - French Belgian title
Sherlock Holmes möter döden - Swedish title
Sherlock Holmes sieht dem Tod ins Gesicht - German title
Sherlock Holmes väistää kuoleman - Finnish title

Sherlock Holmes in Washington (Sherlock Holmes)
Sherlock Holmes en Washington - Spanish title
Sherlock Holmes i Washington - Swedish title
Verhängnisvolle Reise - German title

1944
The Pearl of Death (Sherlock Holmes)
La perla della morte - Italian title
La perla maldita - Spanish title
Die Perle der Borgia - German title
La perle des Borgia- French title

The Scarlet Claw (Sherlock Holmes)
L'artiglio scarlatto - Italian title
La garra escarlata - Spanish title
Die Kralle - German title
Sherlock Holmes and the Scarlet Claw – advertising title
Sherlock Holmes och den röda klon - Swedish title

The Spider Woman (Sherlock Holmes)
La donna ragno - Italian title
La femme à l'araignée - French Belgian title
La femme aux araignées - French title
Sherlock Holmes - Italian title
Sherlock Holmes and the Spider Woman - UK title
Sherlock Holmes och spindelmysteriet - Swedish title
Das Spinnennest - German title
De vrouw met de spin - Flemish Belgian title

1945
Sherlock Holmes and the House of Fear (Sherlock Holmes)
La casa del miedo - Spanish title
La casa del terrore - Italian title
Das Haus des Schreckens - German title
The House of Fear - UK title
Ihmeitten linna - Finnish title

Pursuit to Algiers (Sherlock Holmes)
Destinazione Algeri - Italian title
Gefährliche Mission - German title
Sherlock Holmes - Gefährliche Mission - German title
Sherlock Holmes vaarassa - Finnish title

The Woman in Green (Sherlock Holmes)
El caso de los dedos cortados - Spanish title
La donna in verde - Italian title
La femme en vert - French title
Die Frau in Grün - German title
Sherlock Holmes and the Woman in Green – advertising title
Sherlock Holmes och kvinnan i grönt - Swedish title
Sherlock Holmes y la mujer de verde - Spanish title

1946
Dressed to Kill (Sherlock Holmes)
La clef - French title
Jagd auf Spieldosen - German title
Il mistero del carillon - Italian title
Sherlock Holmes - Jagd auf Spieldosen - German title
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Code - UK title
Sherlock Holmes i fara - Swedish title
Sherlock Holmes in Dressed to Kill
Sherlock Holmes ja surmansävel - Finnish title

Terror by Night (Sherlock Holmes)
Juwelenraub - German title
Sherlock Holmes tar nattexpressen - Swedish title
Terror en la noche - Spanish title
Terrore nella notte - Italian title
Yöpikajunan salaisuus - Finnish title

1949
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr Toad (narrator in The Wind in the Willows segment))
Die Abenteuer von Ichabod und Taddäus Kröte - German title
Contes d'automne et de printemps - French Canadian title
Le crapaud et le maître d'école - French title
Ichabod and Mr Toad – advertising title
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow - US TV title
The Madcap Adventures of Mr Toad
Det susar i säven and Ichabods äventyr - Swedish title

Wind in the Willows (narrator)

1950
The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre: Queen of Spades (6 March 1950) *

1951
Lights Out: Dead Man's Coat (14 May 1951) *

Suspense: Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (6 March 1951) (Dr Jekyll / Mr Hyde) *

1953
Suspense: The Adventure of the Black Baronet (26 May 1953) (Sherlock Holmes) *

1954
Shower of Stars: A Christmas Carol (23 December 1954) (Marley's ghost) *

1955
Disneyland: The Reluctant Dragon (2 February 1955) (narrator) *

Science Fiction Theater: The Stones Began to Move (12 August 1955) (Dr Victor Berenson) *

Star Tonight: The Selfish Giant (22 December 1955) (narrator) *

1956
The Alcoa Hour: The Stingiest Man in Town (23 December 1956) (Ebenezer Scrooge) *

The Black Sleep (Sir Joel Cadman)
Dr Cadman's Secret - US reissue title
Die Schreckenskammer des Dr Thosti - Austrian title
Il sonno nero del dottor Satana - Italian title

1958
The DuPont Show of the Month: Aladdin (21 February 1958) (Emperor) *

Tales from Dickens: A Christmas Carol (Ebenezer Scrooge) *

1961
The Black Cat (voice)

Mystic Prophecies and Nostradamus (performer (narrator))

1962
The Magic Sword (Lodac)
Ascalon, das Zauberschwert - German title
L'épée enchantée - French title
The Seven Curses of Lordac - US title
La spada magica - Italian title
St. George and the Dragon
St. George and the Seven Curses
Das Zauberschwert - German title

Ponzio Pilato (Caiaphas)
Ponce Pilate - French title
Poncio Pilatos - Spanish title
Pontius Pilate - US title
Pontius Pilatus - Statthalter des Grauens - German title

Tales of Terror (Carmichael in The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar)
Cuentos de terror - Argentinian / Venezuelan title
Edgar Allan Poe's Tales of Terror - US title
L'empire de la terreur - French title
Der Grauenvolle Mr X - German title
Historias de terror - Spanish title
Kauhutarinoita - Finnish title
Poe's Tales of Terror
I racconti del terrore - Italian title
Rædslernes trio - Danish title
Schwarze Geschichten - German title
En studie i skräck - Swedish title

1964
The Comedy of Terrors (performer (John F. Black))
Il clan del terrore - Italian title
La comedia de los horrors - Spanish title
La comèdia dels horrors - Catalan Spanish title
The Graveside Story
Komödie des Grauens - German title
Liget går amok - Danish title
Operation i skräck - Swedish title
Ruhe Sanft GmbH - German title

1965
Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet (Professor Hartman)
Prehistoric Planet
Voyage to a Prehistoric Planet

1966
The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini (Reginald Ripper)
Il castello delle donne maledette - Italian title
Erbschaft um Mitternacht - German TV title

Queen of Blood (Dr Farraday)
Blodets drottning - Swedish title
The Green Woman
Planet of Blood
Planet of Terror
Planet of Vampires

1967
Autopsia de un fantasma (Canuto Perez)
Autopsy of a Ghost

Hillbillys in a Haunted House (Gregor)

1921
The Fruitful Vine (Don Cesare Carelli)

Innocent (Amadis de Jocelyn)

1923
The Loves of Mary, Queen of Scots (bit part - uncredited)

The School for Scandal (Joseph Surface)

1924
Trouping with Ellen (Tony Winterslip)

1925
The Masked Bride (Antoine)
La novia fingida - Spanish title
La sposa mascherata - Italian title

1926
The Great Deception (Rizzio)

1929
The Last of Mrs Cheyney (Lord Arthur Dilling)
L'onestà della signora Cheyney - Italian title

1930
The Flirting Widow (Colonel John Vaughn-Smith)

The Lady of Scandal (Edward, Duke of Warrington)
The High Road - UK title

A Lady Surrenders (Carl Vandry)
Blind Wives - UK title

A Notorious Affair (Paul Gherardi)
La donna e la femmina - Italian title

Sin Takes a Holiday (Reginald Durant)

This Mad World (Paul)

1932
A Woman Commands (Captain Alex Pasitsch)
Maria Draga - Australian title
La mia vita per mio figlio - Italian title
Um eine Fürstenkrone - German title

1933
Loyalties (Ferdinand de Levis)

One Precious Year (Derek Nagel)

After the Ball (Jack Harrowby)

1935
Anna Karenina (Karenin)
Ana Karenina - Spanish title

Captain Blood (Levasseur)
El capità Blood - Catalan Spanish title
Capitaine Blood - French Belgian title
Le capitaine Blood - French title
Capitan Blood - Italian title
El capitán Blood - Spanish title
Capitão Blood - Portugese title
Kapitän Blood - Austrian title
Kaptajn Blod - Danish title
Kapteeni Blood - Finnish title
Kapten Blod - Swedish title
Unter Piratenflagge - Austrian / German title

A Feather in Her Hat (Captain Courtney)

Kind Lady (Henry Abbott)
House of Menace - UK title

The Last Days of Pompeii (Pontius)
Pompejin viimeiset päivät - Finnish title
Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei - Italian title
Los últimos días de Pompeya - Spanish title
Els últims dies de Pompeia - Catalan Spanish title
Der Untergang von Pompeji - Austrian / German title

The Personal History, Adventures, Experience, and Observation of David Copperfield the Younger (Mr Murdstone)
David Copperfield - Danish title
Vida e Aventuras de David Copperfield - Portugese title

A Tale of Two Cities (Marquis St. Evremonde)
Le due città - Italian title
Flucht aus Paris - German title
Giljotiinin varjossa - Finnish title
Guillotine - Austrian title
Historia de dos ciudades - Spanish title
Historia en dos ciudades - Venezuelan title
Le marquis de Saint-Evremond - French title
To byer - Danish title

1936
The Garden of Allah (Count Anteoni)
Allahin puutarha - Finnish title
Allahs have - Danish title
Anime nel deserto - Italian title
Der Garten Allahs - Austrian / German title
Il giardino di Allah - Italian title
Le jardin d'Allah - French title
El jardín de Alá - Argentinian / Spanish title

Private Number (Wroxton)
Difendo il mio amore - Italian title
Ehe ohne Hochzeit - Austrian title
La esposa anónima - Spanish title
Mesalliance - Danish title
Secret Interlude - UK title

Romeo and Juliet (Tybalt, nephew to Lady Capulet)
Giulietta e Romeo - Italian title
Romeo ja Julia - Finnish title
Romeo og Julie - Danish title
Romeo und Julia - Austrian / German title
Romeo y Julieta - Spanish title
Romeu e Julieta - Portugese title

1937
Confession (Michael Michailow, aka Michael Koslov)

Make a Wish (Selden)
Buona notte amore! - Italian title
Onnen kultapoika - Finnish title

Tovarich (Commissar Dimitri Gorotchenko)

1938
The Adventures of Marco Polo (Ahmed)
Die Abenteuer des Marco Polo - Austrian / German title
Las aventuras de Marco Polo - Spanish title
Marco Polon seikkailut - Finnish title
Uno scozzese alla corte del Gran Khan - Le avventure di Marco Polo - Italian title

The Adventures of Robin Hood (Sir Guy of Gisbourne)
Die Abenteuer des Robin Hood - German title
As Aventuras de Robin dos Bosques - Portugese title
Las aventuras de Robin Hood - Argentinian / Venezuelan title
Les aventures de Robin des Bois - French title
La leggenda di Robin Hood - Italian title
Przygody Robin Hooda - Polish title
Robin de los bosques - Spanish title
Robin Hood - Italian / Danish title
Robin Hood kalandjai - Hungarian title
Robin Hood, König der Vagabunden - German title
Robin Hoodin seikkailut - Finnish title
Robin Hoods Abenteuer - Austrian title
Robin Hoods äventyr - Swedish title

The Dawn Patrol (Major Brand)
Lentoeskaaderin hyökkäys - Finnish title
Lentolaivueen hyökkäys - Finnish TV title
Nattens patrulje - Danish title

For Auld Lang Syne (himself - uncredited)

If I Were King (King Louis XI)
Hvis jeg var konge - Danish title
König der Vagabunden - German title
Kulkurien kuningas - Finnish title
Le roi des gueux - French Belgian title
Si yo fuera rey - Spanish title
Un vagabondo alla corte di Francia - Italian title
Wenn ich König wäre - German title

1939
Screen Snapshots: Stars at a Charity Ball (himself)

The Sun Never Sets (Clive Randolph)
Aurinko ei koskaan laske - Finnish title
I pionieri della costa d'oro - Italian title
Tradición heroica - Spanish title

Rio (Paul Reynard)
Inferno dei tropici - Italian title
Noches en Río - Spanish title
Rio - Finnish title

1940
The Mark of Zorro (Captain Esteban Pasquale)
Im Zeichen des Zorro - Austrian / German title
La marca del Zorro - Argentinian / Venezuelan title
Il segno di Zorro - Italian title
Le signe de Zorro - French Belgian title
El signo del Zorro - Spanish title
Het Zeeken van Zorro - Flemish Belgian title
Zorron merkki - Finnish title
Zorros mærke - Danish title
Zorros märke - Swedish title

Rhythm on the River (Oliver Courtney)
Ajan sävel - Finnish title
Tidens melodi - Swedish title

1941
International Lady (Reggie Oliver)
F-7, vaalea agentti - Finnish title
Musica segreta - Italian title

Paris Calling (Benoit)
Paris Bombshell - US reissue title
Pariisi kutsuu - Finnish title

1942
Fingers at the Window (Cesar Ferrari, alias Dr. H. Santelle)
Follia scatenata - Italian title
Schatten am Fenster - German title

Crossroads (Henri Sarrou)
La banda Pellettier - Italian title
Hämärän peitossa - Finnish title
Okänt område - Swedish title

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 6 (himself)

1943
Above Suspicion (Count Sig von Aschenhausen)
Al di sopra di ogni sospetto - Italian title
Gefährliche Flitterwochen - German title
Sista paret ut - Swedish title
Viimeinen pari ulos - Finnish title

1944
Bathing Beauty (George Adams)
Badende Venus - German title
Die Badende Venus - Austrian title
Le bal des sirènes - French title
Bellezze al bagno - Italian title
Escola de Sereias - Portugese title
Escuela de sirenas - Argentinian / Spanish title
Gennem ild og vand - Danish title
Genom eld och vatten - Swedish title
Läpi tulen ja veden - Finnish title

Frenchman's Creek (Lord Rockingham)
L'avventura viene dal mare - Italian title
Fribytterens lady - Danish title
Die Geliebte des Piraten - Austrian title
Merirosvon rakastajatar - Finnish title
Der Pirat und die Dame - German title
El pirata y la dama - Spanish title

1945
Screen Snapshots Series 25, No. 4: Hollywood Celebrations (himself)

1946
Heartbeat (Professor Aristide)
Corazonada - Argentinian title
Hjertebanken - Danish title
Ladra di cuori - Italian title
Latido - Spanish title
Sånt händer i Paris - Swedish title
Sellaista tapahtuu Pariisissa - Finnish title

1949
The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre: At Night All Cats Are Grey (5 December 1949) *

1950
Nash Airflyte Theatre: The Kind Mr Smith (28 December 1950) *

Vienna Art Treasures (narrator)

Your Show of Shows: 8 April 1950 *

1951
The Jack Benny Program: The Claudette Colbert and Basil Rathbone Show (5 April 1951) (himself) *

Lux Video Theatre: Purple and Fine Linen (15 January 1951) (Frampton) *

The Milton Berle Show: episode unknown (himself) *

What's My Line?: 8 April 1951 (mystery guest) *

Who's Whose: 25 June 1951 (himself) *

1952
Broadway Television Theatre: Criminal at Large (2 February 1952) *

I've Got a Secret: 25 February 1952 (himself) *

Lux Video Theatre: Masquerade (5 May 1952) (Sir Paul Maxim) *

Your Lucky Clue (host) *

1953
Broadway Television Theatre: The Firebrand (2 March 1953) (Benvenuto Cellini) *

Danger: The Educated Heart (17 November 1953) *

Ethel and Albert: episode unknown *

Lux Video Theatre: Miss Marlowe at Play (16 February 1953) (Ambrose Wallington) *

The Milton Berle Show: episode unknown (himself) *

1954
Casanova's Big Night (Lucio / narrator)
Casanovan unohtumaton yö - Finnish title
Casanovas store aften - Danish title
La gran noche de Casanova - Spanish title
La grande notte di Casanova - Italian title
Mr Casanova - US title
Der Schürzenjäger von Venedig - Austrian / German title

The Name's the Same: 16 March 1954 (himself) *

The Name's the Same: 23 March 1954 (himself) *

The Name's the Same: 30 March 1954 (himself) *

The Name's the Same: 9 March 1954 (himself) *

The Perry Como Show: episode unknown (himself) *

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: The General's Boots (23 July 1954) *

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: Volturio Investigates (3 December 1954) (the jewel thief) *

Studio One: The House of Gair (16 August 1954) *

The Tonight Show: episode unknown (himself) *

1955
Billy Budd (Claggart) *

Captain Lightfoot (fencing instructor - uncredited)
Capitaine Mystère - French title
Kaikki puolestasi - Finnish title
Orgullo de raza - Spanish title
El patriota - Argentinian / Chilean title
O Rebelde da Irlanda - Portugese title
Il ribelle d'Irlanda - Italian title
Wenn die Ketten brechen - Austrian / German title

The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater: 23 May 1955 (himself) *

We're No Angels (Andre Trochard)
La cuisine des anges - French title
Enkelten keittiö - Finnish title
Não Somos Anjos - Brazilian title
No somos ángeles - Spanish title
Non siamo angeli - Italian title
Trasiga änglar - Swedish title
Veneno de Cobra - Portugese title
Vi er ikke engle - Danish title
Wir sind keine Engel - Austrian / German title

1956
The Court Jester (Sir Ravenhurst)
O Bobo da Corte - Portugese title
El bufón de la corte - Spanish title
Il giullare del re - Italian title
Der Hofnarr - Austrian / German title
Hofnarren - Danish title
Hovinarri - Finnish title
Hovnarren - Swedish title

Kraft Television Theatre: Five Minutes to Live (1 February 1956) *

Screen Directors Playhouse: Affair in Sumatra (22 February 1956) *

1957
The Arthur Murray Party: 17 October 1957 (himself) *

Hallmark Hall of Fame: The Lark (10 February 1957) (Chief Inquisitor)

Kraft Television Theatre: Heroes Walk on Sand (11 December 1957) (General Zomback)

Person to Person: 11 January 1957 (himself) *

The United States Steel Hour: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (20 November 1957) (The Duke) *

1958
The Arlene Francis Show: episode unknown (himself) *

The Betty White Show: episode unknown (himself) *

Hallmark Hall of Fame: Hans Brinker (9 February 1958) (Dr Boekman) *

The Last Hurrah (Norman Cass)
La dernière fanfare - French title
Das Letzte Hurra - Austrian / German title
Det sista hurraropet - Swedish title
L'últim hurra - Catalan Spanish title
El último hurra - Spanish title
O Último Hurra - Portugese title
L'ultimo urrà - Italian title
Viimeinen koetus - Finnish title

Make Me Laugh: April 1958 (himself) *

Pantomime Quiz: July 1958 (himself) *

Sid Caesar Invites You: episode unknown (himself) *

1959
The Jack Paar Show: episode unknown (himself) *

1961
George Schaefer's Showcase Theatre: Victoria Regina (Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli) *

1962
The Red Skelton Show: episode unknown (himself) *

Two Before Zero (narrator)
Russian Roulette

1964
The Celebrity Game: episode unknown (guest panellist) *

Dr Kildare: To Walk in Grace (13 February 1964) *

1965
Burke's Law: Who Killed Hamlet? (7 April 1965) (Milo James) *

Dr Kildare: Perfect Is Too Hard to Be (27 December 1965) (Frederick Foray) *

Dr Kildare: Duet for One Hand (28 December 1965) (Frederick Foray) *

1967
George Schaefer's Showcase Theatre: Soldier in Love (The Duke of York) *

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009