With his long slender features visible under a deerstalker hat and a smoking pipe in hand, actor Basil Rathbone is as synonymous with Sherlock Holmes as Baker street. One of Britain’s first ...

When it comes to setting the scene for a Sherlock Holmes film, it's hard to imagine anyone one-upping the masterful, Oscar-nominated art direction in Guy Ritchie's 2009 take on Arthur ...

Actor Basil Rathbone, whose roles ranged from Shakespeare to Sherlock Holmes, died of a heart attack Friday in New York. He was 75. Mr. Rathbone’s career spanned 56 years, two continents and all ...

No, all 14 Holmes films starring Basil Rathbone were made in Hollywood. Basil Rathbone (1892-1967) was born in Johannesburg, South Africa , to British parents.

May 22 is Sherlock Holmes Day, ... television, and film. He’s known for his razor-sharp intellect, signature deerstalker cap, ... From Basil Rathbone and Jeremy Brett, ...

The film stars Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. John Watson. It was the first of fourteen Sherlock Holmes movies in the early 1900s starring Rathbone and Bruce.

British actor Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes The Hound of the Baskervilles (Getty) By. Amanda Killelea; 19:08, 1 Aug 2020 Updated 14:51, 3 Aug 2020; ...

The Curse of Sherlock Holmes: The Basil Rathbone Story by David Clayton, published by The History Press, out 3 August, £20. Story Saved. You can find this story in My Bookmarks.