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Also Known As Philip St. John Basil Rathbone
Born June 13, 1892 • Johannesburg • South Africa
Died July 21, 1967 (aged 75) • New York City • New York

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Boris Karloff as the Monster lies on a table, Basil Rathbone as Baron Wolf von Frankenstein examines him, and Bela Lugosi as Ygor stands nearby in a laboratory scene from Son of Frankenstein.
Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes holds a pipe and looks thoughtful beside Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson in a scene from the 1939 film The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
Vintage movie poster for The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes featuring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes in a deerstalker hat and cape, holding a pipe and crouching with a magnifying glass.
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