Basil Rathbone: movies and TV shows
Basil Rathbone has 132 credits in the archive: 109 films and 23 TV series, from 1921 to 2005. Highest rated: Hallmark Hall of Fame (8.8/10).
Career timeline
1921 – 2005 · busiest year: 1935 (7 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | The Adventures of Errol Flynn | Self / Various Roles (archive sound) (archive footage) | Film | 7.7 | 113 |
| 1996 | In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes | Film | — | 104 | |
| 1992 | Dracula in the Movies | (archive footage) | Film | 10.0 | 100 |
| 1991 | Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook | Baron Wolf von Frankenstein (archive footage) | Film | 6.3 | 99 |
| 1986 | The Great Mouse Detective | Sherlock Holmes (voice) | Film | 7.1 | 94 |
| 1985 | The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes | Sherlock Holmes (archive footage) | Film | 8.5 | 93 |
| 1983 | The Horror of It All | Carmichael (archive footage) | Film | 8.3 | 91 |
| 1979 | The Horror Show | (archive footage) | Film | 3.4 | 87 |
| 1974 | Madhouse | Basil (archive footage) | Film | 6.2 | 82 |
| 1968 | The Movie Orgy | Self (archival footage) | Film | 6.6 | 76 |
| 1968 | Autopsy of a Ghost | Canuto Pérez | Film | 5.2 | 76 |
| 1967 | Soldier in Love | Duke of York | Film | 7.0 | 75 |
| 1967 | Hillbillys in a Haunted House | Gregor | Film | 2.8 | 75 |
| 1966 | The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini | Reginald Ripper | Film | 5.1 | 74 |
| 1966 | Summer Fun | TV | — | 74 | |
| 1966 | Queen of Blood | Dr. Farraday | Film | 5.2 | 74 |
| 1965 | Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet | Prof. Hartman, Lunar 7 | Film | 4.1 | 73 |
| 1964 | The Comedy of Terrors | John F. Black | Film | 6.5 | 72 |
| 1963 | Burke's Law | Milo James | TV | 6.3 | 71 |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show | Self | TV | 6.6 | 70 |
| 1962 | Tales of Terror | Carmichael ("The Case of M. Valdemar") | Film | 6.7 | 70 |
| 1962 | The Magic Sword | Lodac | Film | 4.3 | 70 |
| 1962 | Pontius Pilate | Caiaphas | Film | 6.8 | 70 |
| 1962 | Two Before Zero | Film | 7.5 | 70 | |
| 1961 | Dr. Kildare | Frederick Foray | TV | 5.7 | 69 |
| 1961 | Victoria Regina | Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli (Lord Beaconsfield) | Film | 8.0 | 69 |
| 1961 | Mystic Prophecies and Nostradamus | Narrator | Film | 7.0 | 69 |
| 1960 | The Black Cat | Film | 10.0 | 68 | |
| 1959 | A Christmas Carol | Scrooge | Film | 8.7 | 67 |
| 1959 | Tales from Dickens | Scrooge | TV | 7.5 | 67 |
| 1958 | The Last Hurrah | Norman Cass Sr. | Film | 7.2 | 66 |
| 1958 | Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates | Dr. Boekman | Film | 9.0 | 66 |
| 1958 | Aladdin | Emperor | Film | 10.0 | 66 |
| 1957 | DuPont Show of the Month | Emperor | TV | 7.4 | 65 |
| 1957 | The Lark | Chief Inquisitor | Film | — | 65 |
| 1956 | The Black Sleep | Sir Joel Cadman | Film | 6.2 | 64 |
| 1956 | Affair in Sumatra | Paul Charters | Film | — | 64 |
| 1956 | The Stingiest Man in Town | Ebenezer Scrooge | Film | 5.7 | 64 |
| 1955 | Screen Director's Playhouse | Paul Charters | TV | 7.0 | 63 |
| 1955 | We're No Angels | Andre Trochard | Film | 7.2 | 63 |
| 1955 | The Court Jester | Sir Ravenhurst | Film | 7.3 | 63 |
| 1954 | Casanova's Big Night | Lucio / Narrator | Film | 6.1 | 62 |
| 1954 | A Christmas Carol | Marley's Ghost | Film | 6.7 | 62 |
| 1954 | The General's Boots | General Lee | Film | — | 62 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Inquisitor | TV | 8.8 | 59 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Dr. Boekman | TV | 8.8 | 59 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Lord Beaconsfield | TV | 8.8 | 59 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | The Duke of York | TV | 8.8 | 59 |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Self - Host / General Lee | TV | 7.2 | 59 |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | The Jewel Thief | TV | 7.2 | 59 |
| 1950 | What's My Line? | Self | TV | 7.0 | 58 |
| 1950 | The Jack Benny Program | Basil Rathbone | TV | 7.8 | 58 |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Frampton | TV | 6.7 | 58 |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Sir Paul Maxim | TV | 6.7 | 58 |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Ambrose Wallington | TV | 6.7 | 58 |
| 1950 | Your Show of Shows | TV | 7.3 | 58 | |
| 1949 | Lights Out | TV | 6.0 | 57 | |
| 1949 | Suspense | Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde | TV | 5.1 | 57 |
| 1949 | Suspense | Sherlock Holmes | TV | 5.1 | 57 |
| 1949 | The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad | Narrator (segment "The Wind in the Willows") | Film | 6.5 | 57 |
| 1949 | The Wind in the Willows | Narrator (voice) | Film | 6.8 | 57 |
| 1948 | Studio One | Hazelton Crome | TV | 5.4 | 56 |
| 1946 | Terror by Night | Sherlock Holmes | Film | 6.6 | 54 |
| 1946 | Dressed to Kill | Sherlock Holmes | Film | 6.6 | 54 |
| 1946 | Heartbeat | Professor Aristide | Film | 5.2 | 54 |
| 1945 | The Woman in Green | Sherlock Holmes | Film | 6.5 | 53 |
| 1945 | Pursuit to Algiers | Sherlock Holmes | Film | 6.8 | 53 |
| 1945 | The House of Fear | Sherlock Holmes | Film | 6.9 | 53 |
| 1944 | Bathing Beauty | George Adams | Film | 5.9 | 52 |
| 1944 | The Pearl of Death | Sherlock Holmes | Film | 7.1 | 52 |
| 1944 | Frenchman's Creek | Lord Rockingham | Film | 5.6 | 52 |
| 1944 | The Scarlet Claw | Sherlock Holmes | Film | 7.0 | 52 |
| 1943 | Sherlock Holmes Faces Death | Sherlock Holmes | Film | 6.9 | 51 |
| 1943 | The Spider Woman | Sherlock Holmes | Film | 7.0 | 51 |
| 1943 | Sherlock Holmes in Washington | Sherlock Holmes | Film | 6.8 | 51 |
| 1943 | Above Suspicion | Sig von Aschenhausen | Film | 6.2 | 51 |
| 1943 | Crazy House | Sherlock Holmes | Film | 6.0 | 51 |
| 1942 | Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon | Sherlock Holmes | Film | 6.4 | 50 |
| 1942 | Fingers at the Window | Cesar Ferrari / Dr. H. Santelle | Film | 5.7 | 50 |
| 1942 | Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror | Sherlock Holmes | Film | 6.5 | 50 |
| 1942 | Crossroads | Henri Sarrou | Film | 5.9 | 50 |
| 1942 | Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6 | Himself | Film | 6.0 | 50 |
| 1941 | International Lady | Reggie Oliver | Film | 6.6 | 49 |
| 1941 | Paris Calling | Andre Benoit | Film | 6.0 | 49 |
| 1941 | The Black Cat | Montague Hartley | Film | 6.4 | 49 |
| 1940 | The Mark of Zorro | Captain Esteban Pasquale | Film | 7.1 | 48 |
| 1940 | Rhythm on the River | Oliver Courtney | Film | 6.9 | 48 |
| 1940 | The Mad Doctor | Dr. George Sebastian / Dr. Langamann | Film | 6.2 | 48 |
| 1939 | Son of Frankenstein | Baron Wolf von Frankenstein | Film | 6.7 | 47 |
| 1939 | The Hound of the Baskervilles | Sherlock Holmes | Film | 7.1 | 47 |
| 1939 | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | Sherlock Holmes | Film | 6.9 | 47 |
| 1939 | Rio | Paul Reynard | Film | 5.4 | 47 |
| 1939 | Tower of London | Richard - Duke of Gloucester | Film | 6.1 | 47 |
| 1939 | The Sun Never Sets | Clive Randolph | Film | 5.5 | 47 |
| 1938 | The Adventures of Robin Hood | Sir Guy of Gisbourne | Film | 7.5 | 46 |
| 1938 | Breakdowns of 1938 | Basil (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 5.8 | 46 |
| 1938 | If I Were King | Louis XI | Film | 7.1 | 46 |
| 1938 | The Adventures of Marco Polo | Ahmed | Film | 6.2 | 46 |
| 1938 | The Dawn Patrol | Maj. Brand | Film | 6.8 | 46 |
| 1937 | Love from a Stranger | Gerald Lovell | Film | 6.3 | 45 |
| 1937 | Make a Wish | Johnny Selden | Film | 5.8 | 45 |
| 1937 | Tovarich | Commissar Dimitri Gorotchenko | Film | 6.4 | 45 |
| 1937 | Confession | Michael Michailow | Film | 6.2 | 45 |
| 1936 | Romeo and Juliet | Tybalt | Film | 6.3 | 44 |
| 1936 | Private Number | Thomas Wroxton | Film | 6.7 | 44 |
| 1936 | The Garden of Allah | Count Ferdinand Anteoni | Film | 6.0 | 44 |
| 1935 | Captain Blood | Levasseur | Film | 7.2 | 43 |
| 1935 | Anna Karenina | Alexei Alexandrovitch Karenin | Film | 6.6 | 43 |
| 1935 | A Tale of Two Cities | Marquis St. Evremonde | Film | 6.9 | 43 |
| 1935 | David Copperfield | Mr. Edward Murdstone | Film | 6.7 | 43 |
| 1935 | A Feather in Her Hat | Captain Randolph Courtney | Film | 7.0 | 43 |
| 1935 | The Last Days of Pompeii | Pontius Pilate | Film | 5.8 | 43 |
| 1935 | Kind Lady | Henry Abbott | Film | 6.8 | 43 |
| 1933 | Loyalties | Ferdinand de Levis | Film | 7.0 | 41 |
| 1933 | One Precious Year | Derek Nagel | Film | 8.0 | 41 |
| 1932 | A Woman Commands | Capt. Alex Pastitsch | Film | 9.0 | 40 |
| 1932 | After the Ball | Jack Harrowby | Film | 10.0 | 40 |
| 1930 | A Lady Surrenders | Carl Vandry | Film | 4.5 | 38 |
| 1930 | This Mad World | Paul Parisot | Film | 7.5 | 38 |
| 1930 | Sin Takes a Holiday | Reginald 'Reggie' Durant | Film | 5.6 | 38 |
| 1930 | The Lady of Scandal | Edward | Film | 5.5 | 38 |
| 1930 | A Notorious Affair | Paul Gherardi | Film | 4.5 | 38 |
| 1930 | The Flirting Widow | Col. Smith | Film | 5.7 | 38 |
| 1929 | The Bishop Murder Case | Philo Vance | Film | 5.4 | 37 |
| 1929 | The Last of Mrs. Cheyney | Lord Arthur Dilling | Film | 6.0 | 37 |
| 1926 | The Great Deception | Rizzio | Film | 7.0 | 34 |
| 1925 | The Masked Bride | Antoine | Film | 10.0 | 33 |
| 1924 | The Loves of Mary, Queen of Scots | Undetermined Subordinate Role | Film | 10.0 | 32 |
| 1924 | Trouping with Ellen | Tony Winterslip | Film | 10.0 | 32 |
| 1923 | The School for Scandal | Joseph Surface | Film | 8.0 | 31 |
| 1921 | Innocent | Amadis de Jocelyn | Film | 7.0 | 29 |
| 1921 | The Fruitful Vine | Don Cesare Carelli | Film | 10.0 | 29 |