Born June 13, 1892 - Basil Rathbone - Anglo-South African actor

[Number9Dream]

"Mr. Rathbone frequently portrayed suave villains or morally ambiguous characters, such as Mr. Murdstone in David Copperfield (1935), Tybalt in Romeo and Juliet (1936) and Sir Guy of Gisbourne in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938). His most famous role was that of Sherlock Holmes in fourteen Hollywood films made between 1939 and 1946 and in a radio series."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_Rathbone

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1. Was that really his name?

[Vogon_Glory]

2. There are people named Rathbone

Not all of them, or even a plurality of them were in theatre or the movies.

[Number9Dream]

3. Philip St. John Basil Rathbone (per wikipedia)

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4. Thanks for the info. That is quite the impressive name. He carried it well.

[Martin Eden]

5. In a REAL swordfish, I bet Basil would have skewered Errol Flynn

He was a badass in real life, in a good way.