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3 | ->''"Never regret anything you have done with a sincere affection; nothing is lost that is born of the heart."'' |
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5 | Philip St. John Basil Rathbone [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever MC]] (13 June 1892 – 21 July 1967) was a South African-born English actor best known for his portrayal of Literature/SherlockHolmes in [[Film/TheBakerStreetDozen fourteen Hollywood films]] and in [[Radio/TheNewAdventuresOfSherlockHolmes a radio series]]. |
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7 | When he wasn't playing Holmes, he was often playing sneering villains. A real-life MasterSwordsman, he got cast in a lot of swashbucklers (where he almost always lost those sword fights to the likes of Creator/ErrolFlynn). |
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10 | !!Roles with TV Tropes pages: |
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13 | [[folder:Film roles]] |
14 | * ''Film/SinTakesAHoliday'' (1930) as Reginald 'Reggie' Durant |
15 | * ''Film/{{David Copperfield|1935}}'' (1935) as Mr. Murdstone |
16 | * ''Film/{{Anna Karenina|1935}}'' (1935) as Karenin |
17 | * ''Film/{{A Tale of Two Cities|1935}}'' (1935) as Marquis St. Evremonde |
18 | * ''Film/CaptainBlood'' (1935) as Levasseur |
19 | * ''Film/{{Romeo and Juliet|1936}}'' (1936) as Tybalt |
20 | * ''Film/{{Tovarich}}'' (1937) as Commissar Dimitri Gorotchenko |
21 | * ''Film/TheAdventuresOfRobinHood'' (1938) as Sir Guy of Gisbourne |
22 | * ''Film/TheDawnPatrol'' (1938) as Maj. Brand |
23 | * ''Film/SonOfFrankenstein'' (1939) as Baron Wolf von Frankenstein |
24 | * ''Film/TheHoundOfTheBaskervilles'' (1939) as Franchise/SherlockHolmes |
25 | * ''Film/{{The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes|1939}}'' (1939) as Sherlock Holmes |
26 | * ''Film/TowerOfLondon'' (1939) as [[UsefulNotes/RichardIII Richard, Duke of Gloucester]] |
27 | * ''Film/{{The Mark of Zorro|1940}}'' (1940) as Capt. Esteban Pasquale |
28 | * ''Film/TheBakerStreetDozen'' as Sherlock Holmes |
29 | ** ''Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror'' (1942) |
30 | ** ''Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon'' (1943) |
31 | ** ''Sherlock Holmes in Washington'' (1943) |
32 | ** ''Sherlock Holmes Faces Death'' (1943) |
33 | ** ''The Spider Woman'' (1944) |
34 | ** ''The Scarlet Claw'' (1944) |
35 | ** ''The Pearl of Death'' (1944) |
36 | ** ''Sherlock Holmes and the House of Fear'' (1945) |
37 | ** ''The Woman in Green'' (1945) |
38 | ** ''Pursuit to Algiers'' (1945) |
39 | ** ''Terror by Night'' (1946) |
40 | ** ''Dressed to Kill'' (1946) |
41 | * ''Film/WereNoAngels'' (1955) as Andre Trochard |
42 | * ''Film/TheCourtJester'' (1956) as Sir Ravenhurst |
43 | * ''Film/TheMagicSword'' (1962) as Lodac |
44 | * ''Film/TalesOfTerror'' (1962) as Carmichael |
45 | * ''Film/TheComedyOfTerrors'' (1963) as John F. Black, Esq. |
46 | * ''Film/VoyageToThePrehistoricPlanet'' (1965) as Prof. Hartman, Lunar 7 |
47 | * ''Film/QueenOfBlood'' (1966) as Dr. Farraday |
48 | * ''Film/HillbillysInAHauntedHouse'' (1967) as Gregor |
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51 | [[folder:Voice acting roles]] |
52 | * ''Radio/TheNewAdventuresOfSherlockHolmes'' (1939–46) as Sherlock Holmes |
53 | * ''Music/PeterAndTheWolf'' (1941) as Narrator – sound recording with Leopold Stokowski and the All-American Orchestra |
54 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfIchabodAndMrToad'' (1949) as Narrator of "The Wind in the Willows" segment |
55 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheGreatMouseDetective'' (1986) as Sherlock Holmes – Sort of; a sample from the 1966 reading of "The Adventure of the Red-Headed League" by Rathbone was used for the voice of Sherlock Holmes. |
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59 | !!Tropes associated with this actor: |
60 | * AwesomeDearBoy: He was a longtime fan of Literature/SherlockHolmes, so when he was offered the role of the Great Detective, he naturally jumped at the chance. |
61 | * TheCastShowoff: Rathbone was judged ''the'' premiere fencer in Hollywood, as demonstrated in his many swashbuckling roles. |
62 | * LargeHam: By his own admission, this was why he enjoyed performing in radio shows. |
63 | * MasterSwordsman: He was a skilled and enthusiastic fencer in real life, which meant that he was often called upon to either play these or [[{{Jobber}} make other, less martially-talented actors look like they were these]]. |
64 | * NoStuntDouble: As TheCastShowoff (above), Rathbone largely performed his own stunts in fight scenes. |
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