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[[File:Basil_Rathbone1.jpg|thumb|left]]Basil Rathbone was born in Johannesburg, South Africa on June 13 1892. He became famous as a Shakespearean actor, but went on and did a variety of movies. He has played such characters as Murdstone in ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Copperfield_%281935_film%29 David Copperfield]'' (1935) and Sir Guy of Gisbourne in ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Robin_Hood_%28movie%29 The Adventures of Robin Hood]'' (1938). He starred in fourteen Holmes movies. He died on July 17, 1967 in New York because of a heart attack at the age of 75. |
[[File:Basil_Rathbone1.jpg|thumb|left]]Basil Rathbone was born in Johannesburg, South Africa on June 13 1892. He became famous as a Shakespearean actor, but went on and did a variety of movies. He has played such characters as Murdstone in ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Copperfield_%281935_film%29 David Copperfield]'' (1935) and Sir Guy of Gisbourne in ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Robin_Hood_%28movie%29 The Adventures of Robin Hood]'' (1938). He starred in fourteen Holmes movies. He died on July 17, 1967 in New York because of a heart attack at the age of 75. |
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+ | Rathbone is one of the best-known Sherlock Holmes actors. He has become the icon for the series, appearing on the covers of reprints of the original stories. He starred alongside [[Nigel Bruce]] throughout the series. Among actors such as [[Jeremy Brett]], Rathbone is considered one of the definintive actors to play Sherlock Holmes. |
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*So great was Rathbone's imprint on the role of Sherlock Holmes that no other actor or studio would touch it for years, until Peter Cushing was cast as the great detective in the 1959 remake of ''The Hound of the Baskervilles''. |
*So great was Rathbone's imprint on the role of Sherlock Holmes that no other actor or studio would touch it for years, until Peter Cushing was cast as the great detective in the 1959 remake of ''The Hound of the Baskervilles''. |
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*He was actually three years ''older'' than Bruce, even though he looks younger. |
*He was actually three years ''older'' than Bruce, even though he looks younger. |
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*Almost 20 years after his death, his voice was added into the children's movie loosely based on Sherlock Holmse, [[The Great Mouse Detective]]. At one point, they pan up and look into [[221B Baker Street]], and you can see Holmes and Watson and hear them talking. This is actually Rathbone's voice. |
*Almost 20 years after his death, his voice was added into the children's movie loosely based on Sherlock Holmse, [[The Great Mouse Detective]]. At one point, they pan up and look into [[221B Baker Street]], and you can see Holmes and Watson and hear them talking. This is actually Rathbone's voice. |
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Revision as of 00:22, 28 February 2012
Basil Rathbone is an English actor and is perhaps best known for his portrail of Sherlock Holmes, starting in 1939 and ending in
1946. He made fourteen movies alongside Nigel Bruce as Doctor Watson over the next seven years. But, like Conan Doyle, Rathbone became bored with the great detective and felt typecast as Holmes. Rathbone quit the role in 1946, and returned to the stage work ove which he loved. Soon, however, he missed the financial rewards that Holmes had brought him, and decided to make one more reappearance as the character. Rathbone starred as Sherlock Holmes again in a play written by his wife Ouida, but the production was a complete flop and only managed to run for three performances.
Mini-Biography
Basil Rathbone was born in Johannesburg, South Africa on June 13 1892. He became famous as a Shakespearean actor, but went on and did a variety of movies. He has played such characters as Murdstone in David Copperfield (1935) and Sir Guy of Gisbourne in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938). He starred in fourteen Holmes movies. He died on July 17, 1967 in New York because of a heart attack at the age of 75.
Holmes Movies
Rathbone is one of the best-known Sherlock Holmes actors. He has become the icon for the series, appearing on the covers of reprints of the original stories. He starred alongside Nigel Bruce throughout the series. Among actors such as Jeremy Brett, Rathbone is considered one of the definintive actors to play Sherlock Holmes.
Trivia
- So great was Rathbone's imprint on the role of Sherlock Holmes that no other actor or studio would touch it for years, until Peter Cushing was cast as the great detective in the 1959 remake of The Hound of the Baskervilles.
- He was 6'1.5" tall, only 1.5 inches taller than Nigel Bruce.
- He was actually three years older than Bruce, even though he looks younger.
- Almost 20 years after his death, his voice was added into the children's movie loosely based on Sherlock Holmse, The Great Mouse Detective. At one point, they pan up and look into 221B Baker Street, and you can see Holmes and Watson and hear them talking. This is actually Rathbone's voice.
