Acting
Basil Rathbone
- Career
Active from 1921 to 1985, with a break from 1969 to 1984, with up to 6 main titles a year.
- Leading roles
- 72top three billing
- Average score
64/100
- Highest rated
The Adventures of Robin Hood89/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 71 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism0.9, average 5.4
- Coming of Age1.5, average 3.0
- Pop Culture0.9, average 2.2
- Family Dynamics3.6, average 4.8
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Historical Drama 8
- Sherlock Holmes 7
- Period Piece 7
- Classic Hollywood 7
- Political Intrigue 7
- Mystery 6
- Suspenseful 6
- Class Conflict 6
- Crime 5
- Nostalgic 5
- Intricate Plot 5
- Social Commentary 5
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Nigel BruceActorTerror by Night, The Pearl of Death, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Woman in Green, Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon, +11 more
Roy William NeillDirectorTerror by Night, The Pearl of Death, The Woman in Green, Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon, Sherlock Holmes in Washington, +6 more
John CarradineActorCasanova's Big Night, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Garden of Allah, The Last Hurrah, The Black Sleep, +2 more
Dennis HoeyActorTerror by Night, The Pearl of Death, Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon, Sherlock Holmes Faces Death, The House of Fear, +1 more
Lionel AtwillActorSon of Frankenstein, Captain Blood, The Hound of the Baskervilles, Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon, The Sun Never Sets
Melville CooperActorThe Adventures of Robin Hood, The Dawn Patrol, The General's Boots, The Sun Never Sets, Tovarich
Reginald OwenActorAnna Karenina, A Tale of Two Cities, Above Suspicion, The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes, A Woman Commands- BBertram MillhauserWriterThe Pearl of Death, The Woman in Green, Sherlock Holmes in Washington, Sherlock Holmes Faces Death, The Spider Woman
Frank SkinnerComposerSon of Frankenstein, Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon, Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror, Tower of London, The Sun Never Sets
Miles ManderActorThe Pearl of Death, The Scarlet Claw, Fingers at the Window, Loyalties
Boris KarloffActorSon of Frankenstein, The Comedy of Terrors, Tower of London, The Lark
Gale SondergaardActorThe Mark of Zorro, The Black Cat, The Spider Woman, Paris Calling
Movies and TV shows
1171990s
2 titles
as (archive footage)
as Baron Wolf von Frankenstein (archive footage)
1980s
3 titles · average score 75
GoodWatch score 75as Sherlock Holmes (voice)
as Sherlock Holmes (archive footage)
as Carmichael (archive footage)
1970s
2 titles · average score 57
as (archive footage)
GoodWatch score 57as Basil (archive footage)
1960s
15 titles · average score 51
as Canuto Pérez
GoodWatch score 25as Gregor
GoodWatch score 30as Dr. Farraday
GoodWatch score 36as Prof. Hartman, Lunar 7
GoodWatch score 83as John F. Black
GoodWatch score 68TV show · as Milo James
GoodWatch score 68as Carmichael ("The Case of M. Valdemar")
GoodWatch score 34as Lodac
GoodWatch score 61as Caiaphas
as Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli (Lord Beaconsfield)
as Narrator
GoodWatch score 63TV show · as Frederick Foray
1950s
21 titles · average score 71
as Scrooge
as Dr. Boekman
GoodWatch score 79as Norman Cass Sr.
GoodWatch score 53as Sir Joel Cadman
as Ebenezer Scrooge
GoodWatch score 89as Sir Ravenhurst
GoodWatch score 74as Andre Trochard
GoodWatch score 69as Lucio / Narrator
as General Lee
GoodWatch score 62as Marley's Ghost
GoodWatch score 54TV show · as Basil Rathbone
GoodWatch score 79TV show
1940s
30 titles · average score 65
GoodWatch score 74as Narrator (segment "The Wind in the Willows")
GoodWatch score 70as Sherlock Holmes
GoodWatch score 74as Sherlock Holmes
GoodWatch score 81as Sherlock Holmes
GoodWatch score 66as George Adams
GoodWatch score 73as Sherlock Holmes
GoodWatch score 71as Sherlock Holmes
GoodWatch score 62as Sherlock Holmes
GoodWatch score 70as Sherlock Holmes
GoodWatch score 60as Sherlock Holmes
GoodWatch score 61as Sherlock Holmes
GoodWatch score 84as Captain Esteban Pasquale
1930s
35 titles · average score 66
GoodWatch score 82as Baron Wolf von Frankenstein
GoodWatch score 72as Sherlock Holmes
GoodWatch score 76as Sherlock Holmes
GoodWatch score 58as Paul Reynard
GoodWatch score 72as Richard - Duke of Gloucester
GoodWatch score 89as Sir Guy of Gisbourne
GoodWatch score 53as Ahmed
GoodWatch score 71as Maj. Brand
GoodWatch score 72as Louis XI
GoodWatch score 60as Gerald Lovell
GoodWatch score 44as Count Ferdinand Anteoni
GoodWatch score 54as Pontius Pilate
1920s
9 titles · average score 53
GoodWatch score 46as Philo Vance
GoodWatch score 60as Lord Arthur Dilling
as Rizzio
as Antoine
as Tony Winterslip
as Undetermined Subordinate Role
as Joseph Surface
as Amadis de Jocelyn
as Don Cesare Carelli