Tag: Basil Rathbone

  Born Philip St. John Basil Rathbone in 1892, the future Sherlock Holmes actor was 3-years-old when his family had to flee Johannesburg, South Africa, to escape the Boers. His father was a mining engineer; his mother a violinist. He grew up in England, where he was known as “Ratters” among friends. He worked for…

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