Happy Birthday, Basil Rathbone

Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes

Basil Rathbone (13 June 1892 - 21 July 1967) is best remembered for portraying Sherlock Holmes in a total of 14 films between 1939 and 1946. He also voiced Holmes in radio shows.

Rathbone made a debonair Holmes. For Sherlockians like me, Rathbone's performance is as close to being definitive as it gets.

Many Happy Returns of the day, Sir! 

Click here to read all my posts about Basil Rathbone. 

If you enjoyed this post, please subscribe to my blog by clicking here.

Image Source: MovieActors.com 

You might also like:

Sir Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes

Bending the Willow