Basil Rathbone, left, starred as Sherlock Holmes in 14 movies, always with Nigel Bruce, right, playing the faithful Dr. Watson. But when it comes to sheer Holmsian attitude, nobody -- but nobody ...

Sir Basil Rathbone, KBE, MC, Kt (13 June 1892, Johannesburg – 21 July 1967, New York City) was an English actor. He rose to prominence in England as a Shakespearean stage actor and went on to ...

The film was a huge worldwide success, and the beginning of a process which saw the end of Basil Rathbone the Shakesperian star and the beginning of Sherlock Holmes, the action movie hero.

Our Old News about Ouida Bergere Rathbone ... silent movies. But she was most remembered — or, used to be most remembered — for the A-list Hollywood parties she threw with husband Basil ...