Basil Rathbone Biography 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 ...

They include writer William Butler Yeats in 1865; actor Basil Rathbone in 1892; writer Dorothy L. Sayers in 1893; IAAF Hall of Fame runner Paavo Nurmi in 1897; musician Carlos Chávez in 1899 ...

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 ...

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They say that at the height of his fame, Basil Rathbone turned down a significant part in a movie for one simple reason. The part was a good one — Rathbone would have played the main villain ...

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's iconic detective has been adapted numerous times, from Benedict Cumberbatch's acclaimed TV series to the early days of cinema in the Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce ...