Most Recent Role: Duke of York on Hallmark Hall Of Fame
Birthplace: Johannesburg, South Africa
Birthday: 6-13-1892
Birth Name: Philip St. John Basil Rathbone
Date of Death: 7-21-1967
Cause of Death: Heart attack
Birthplace: Johannesburg, South Africa
Birthday: 6-13-1892
Birth Name: Philip St. John Basil Rathbone
Date of Death: 7-21-1967
Cause of Death: Heart attack
Basil Rathbone was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1892, but 3 years later, his family was forced to flee South Africa because his father was accused by the Boers of being a British spy. The Rathbones escaped to England, where Basil and his two younger siblings, Beatrice and John, were raised by their mother Anna Barbara, a violinist, and their father Edgar Philip, a mining engineer....
Most Recent Appearance
Soldier in Love
Wednesday 26 April 1967 on CBS
Historical drama about the troubled relationship between Queen Anne and the ambitious couple General John Churchill and his wife Sarah.
In 1951, Rathbone appeared as the Mystery Guest on an episode of What's My Line?
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According to Hollywood legend, Rathbone dropped dead outside a doctor's office after having undergone a physical for insurance purposes so he could appear in a movie. In reality, Rathbone died at his home.
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Rathbone and his wife were both avid dog lovers.
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Rathbone was a good friend of radio comedian Fred Allen and appeared on Allen's radio show several times.
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Rathbone thought much of television was mediocrity but he did enjoy appearing in Hallmark Hall of Fame TV productions which he felt were usually of higher quality.
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Rathbone: When you become the character you portray it's the end of your career as an actor.
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Rathbone (about fencing with Errol Flynn on-screen): I could have killed him anytime I wanted to.
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Rathbone: As one grows older one becomes more critical of oneself and less of other people.
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Rathbone: Never regret anything you have done with a sincere affection; nothing is lost that is born of the heart.
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Other Appearances
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Texaco Star Theater
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Alcoa Hour
The Stingiest Man in Town Ebenezer Scrooge |
Broadway Television Theatre
The Firebrand Benvenuto Cellini |
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Broadway Television Theatre
Criminal at Large Chief Inspector Tanner |
Burke's Law
Who Killed Hamlet? Milo James |
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Christopher Closeup
A Discussion With Basil Rathbone Himself (1960) |
Danger
The Educated Heart |
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Your Lucky Clue
Emcee |
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