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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.
Academy Awards, USA. 1939 Nominee Oscar. Best Actor in a Supporting Role. If I Were King. 1937 Nominee Oscar. Best Actor in a Supporting Role. Romeo and Juliet.
- June 13, 1892
- July 21, 1967
Basil Rathbone. Actor: The Adventures of Robin Hood. Basil Rathbone was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1892, but three years later his family was forced to flee the country because his father was accused by the Boers of being a British spy at a time when Dutch-British conflicts were leading to the Boer War.
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- Johannesburg, South Africa
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- New York City, New York, USA
Role: Tybalt - Nephew to Lady Capulet. Check all the awards won and nominated for by Basil Rathbone - Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play (1948) and more awards.
Jan 12, 2012 · Rathbone’s portrayal of Tybalt in George Cukor’s 1936 screen version of Romeo and Juliet in support of Norman Shearer and Leslie Howard earned him his first Oscar nomination. The swordfight in which he kills John Barrymore ws the only one he ever won on screen in his long career
Actor: The Adventures of Robin Hood. Basil Rathbone was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1892, but three years later his family was forced to flee the country because his father was accused by the Boers of being a British spy at a time when Dutch-British conflicts were leading to the Boer War. The Rathbones escaped to England, where Basil ...
Basil Rathbone received the British Military Cross for outstanding bravery. To learn more about Rathbone's experiences in World War I, click here . Rathbone's service to Britain and his brother's sacrifice contributed to his decision later on in his life to remain a British subject even though he had been living in the United States for many years.
