Basil Rathbone | Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos | AllMovie

Philip St. John Basil Rathbone MC was an English actor. He rose to prominence in the United Kingdom as a Shakespearean stage actor and went on to appear in more than 70 films, primarily costume dramas, swashbucklers and, occasionally, horror films.

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  Philip St. John Basil Rathbone, Ratters, Sir Basil Rathbone

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