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Basil Rathbone

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Philip St. John Basil Rathbone was an English actor. Born in South Africa and raised in Derbyshire, 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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Programs

Cavalcade of America
Cavalcade of America
1935–1953
856 broadcasts
The Fred Allen Show
The Fred Allen Show
1932–1950
278 broadcasts
The Jack Benny Program
The Jack Benny Program
1932–1974
891 broadcasts
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
1952–1961
629 broadcasts
Guest Star
Guest Star
1947–1966
458 broadcasts
Command Performance
Command Performance
1942–1977
364 broadcasts
Information Please
Information Please
1938–1950
286 broadcasts
The Bob Hope Show
The Bob Hope Show
1938–1963
286 broadcasts

Broadcasts

Guest Basil Rathbone
The Bob Hope Show 
Guest Basil Rathbone
Tue Jan 28 1941 · Comedy
The Mad Doctor Of Downing Street28:00
The Fred Allen Show 
The Mad Doctor Of Downing Street
Sun Apr 24 1949 · Variety
Program Repairing Jack's Sidewalk28:00
The Jack Benny Program 
Program Repairing Jack's Sidewalk
Sun Apr 9 1944 · Comedy
The President and the Doctor29:00
Cavalcade of America 
The President and the Doctor
Mon Mar 22 1948 · Variety
One Long Pan Skit30:00
The Fred Allen Show 
One Long Pan Skit
Sun Apr 11 1948 · Variety
Helen Forrest Jack Carson Roy Rogers30:00
Command Performance 
Helen Forrest Jack Carson Roy Rogers
Thu Mar 1 1945 · Variety
Guest Basil Rathbone, Sigmund Spaeth28:00
Information Please 
Guest Basil Rathbone, Sigmund Spaeth
Tue Sep 27 1938 · Quiz Show
The Queue24:00
Gunsmoke 
The Queue
Sun Nov 17 1957 · Western
Thehatedheroof 177630:00
Cavalcade of America 
Thehatedheroof 1776
Mon Sep 27 1943 · Variety
Guest Basil Rathbone, Medley Mary Lou15:00
Guest Star 
Guest Basil Rathbone, Medley Mary Lou
Thu Jul 24 1947 · Drama