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Basil Rathbone

1892 - 1967

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Philip St. John Basil Rathbone MC (13 June 1892 – 21 July 1967) was an Anglo-South African 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. Rathbone frequently portrayed suave villains or morally ambiguous characters, such as Mr. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Basil Rathbone is the 1,355th most popular actor (down from 983rd in 2019), the 48th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 28th in 2019) and the 4th most popular South African Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Basil Rathbone ranks 1,355 out of 13,578. Before him are David Strathairn, Kurt Gerron, George Sanders, Mandy Patinkin, Vahide Perçin, and Dharmendra. After him are Rakhee Gulzar, Melvyn Douglas, Lyudmila Gurchenko, James Remar, Rosanna Arquette, and Gong Yoo.

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Among people born in 1892, Basil Rathbone ranks 89. Before him are Thomas Mitchell, Arnold Hauser, Guo Moruo, Vita Sackville-West, Konstantin Paustovsky, and Mirsaid Sultan-Galiev. After him are Dietrich von Saucken, Donald Wills Douglas Sr., Erich Brandenberger, Takeo Takagi, Richard Neutra, and Reinhold Niebuhr. Among people deceased in 1967, Basil Rathbone ranks 82. Before him are Osvaldo Moles, Stanisław Sosabowski, Forough Farrokhzad, Josias, Hereditary Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Paul Muni, and Jane Darwell. After him are Hans Ledwinka, Walter A. Shewhart, David Burliuk, H. H. Kung, Langston Hughes, and Joseph Boxhall.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Basil Rathbone ranks 48 out of 454. Before him are Abba Eban (1915), George F. R. Ellis (1939), Reggie Walker (1889), André Brink (1935), Nico Diederichs (1903), and Eben Dönges (1898). After him are Tom Naudé (1889), Louis Raymond (1895), Arnold Vosloo (1962), Rudolph Lewis (1887), Sid Atkinson (1901), and Chris Hani (1942).

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Among ACTORS In South Africa

Among actors born in South Africa, Basil Rathbone ranks 4. Before him are Charlize Theron (1975), Angelique Rockas (1951), and Glynis Johns (1923). After him are Arnold Vosloo (1962), Cyril Cusack (1910), Alice Krige (1954), Janet Suzman (1939), John Kani (1943), David Bailie (1937), Sharlto Copley (1973), and Cecil Kellaway (1890).

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