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radio and television are merciless mediums for any artist, creative or interpretive, and
have been more responsible for the growth of mass mediocrity in our culture than anything
else I can think of. . . . [However,] The Hallmark Hall of Fame television presentations
always maintain a very high standard." (Basil Rathbone, In and Out of Character, pages 176, 271) |
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In this list of Rathbone's television appearances, I have listed the broadcast date (month/day/year, if known), the name of the episode in quotation marks and the name of the television series in italics.
| 12/5/1949 | "At Night All Cats Are Grey" (The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre, NBC) | |
| 3/6/1950 | "Queen of Spades" (The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre, NBC) | |
| 4/8/1950 | Your Show of Shows (NBC, Sid Caesar starred), guest appearance | |
| 5/30/1950 | "Sherlock Holmes" (NBC Showcase) | |
| 12/28/1950 | "The Kind Mr. Smith" (Airflyte Theatre, CBS) | |
| 1951 | The Milton Berle Show (aka Texaco Star Theater), guest appearance ("Horatio Hornberler" skit |
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| 1/15/1951 | "Purple Fine Linen," as Frampton (Lux Video Theatre, CBS) | |
| 3/5/1951 | "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" (Suspense, CBS) | |
| 4/5/1951 | "The Claudette Colbert and Basil Rathbone Show," playing himself (The Jack Benny Program, NBC) | |
| 4/8/1951 | What's My Line? (CBS), playing the Mystery Guest | |
| 5/14/1951 | "Dead Man's Coat" (Lights Out, NBC), with Norman Ross and William Post, Jr. | |
| 5/5/1952 | "Masquerade" (Lux Video Theatre, CBS). Celebrities appeared in costume and make-up; panelists tried to guess who they were. See pictures below. | |
 Ouida and Basil before being made-up for "Masquerade" |
 Basil and Ouida on "Masquerade" |
| 7/13 - 8/31/1952 | Your Lucky Clue (CBS game show, Rathbone was host) |
| 12/25?/1952 | I've Got a Secret (game show, CBS) as the celebrity guest with a secret |
| 1953 | Ethel and Albert, guest appearance |
| 1953 | Dunninger, Rathbone was a regular |
| 2/2/1953 | "Criminal at Large" (Broadway Television Theatre, WOR-TV), with Estelle Winwood and Anthony Kemble-Cooper |
| 2/16/1953 | "Miss Marlowe at Play," as Ambrose Wallington (Lux Video Theatre, CBS) |
| 3/2/1953 | "The Firebrand" (Broadway Television Theatre, WOR-TV), as Benvenuto Cellini, with Claudia Morgan and Esmond Knight |
| 5/26/1953 | "The Adventure of the Black Baronet," as Sherlock Holmes (Suspense, CBS) |
| 11/17/1953 | "The Educated Heart," (Danger, CBS), with Margaret Phillips |
| 1953? | The Milton Berle Show (aka The Buick Berle Hour), guest appearance (Sherlock Holmes skit) |
| 12/29/1953 | "The Thirteen Clocks," musical adaptation of James Thurber's fairy tale (Motorola Television Hour, ABC) |
 Garry Moore and Basil Rathbone on "I've Got a Secret" |
 The Amazing Dunninger and Rathbone on "Dunninger" |
 Dagmar and Rathbone on The Milton Berle Show |
 Rathbone in "The Thirteen Clocks" |
| 1954 | The Perry Como Show, guest appearance |
| 1954? | The Tonight Show (host Steve Allen,1954-1957), guest appearance (might have been The Steve Allen Show, which was broadcast from 1956 to 1961 on NBC) |
| 2/11/1954 | "The Man They'd Murdered" (The Philip Morris Playhouse, CBS), with Francis Sullivan and Joan Wetmore. |
| 3/9/54, 3/16/54, 3/23/54, 3/30/54 |
The Name's the Same (game show), Rathbone on panel with Joan Alexander, Gene Rayburn, and Bess Myerson |
| 6/1/1954 | "The Yo-Yo People" (Love Story, DuMont TV Network), with Beatrice Straight |
| 7/23/1954 | "The General's Boots" (Schlitz Playhouse of Stars, CBS), with Melville Cooper and John Dehner |
| 8/16/1954 | "The House of Gair" (Studio One: Summer Theatre, CBS), with Hurd Hatfield and Cora Witherspoon |
| 12/3/1954 | "Volturio Investigates," as a jewel thief (Schlitz Playhouse of Stars, CBS) |
| 12/23/1954 | "A Christmas Carol," as Marley's Ghost -- musical adaptation, (Shower of Stars, CBS), with Fredric March as "Scrooge," Ray Middleton as "Fred" and Bob Sweeney as "Bob Cratchit." Music by Bernard Herrmann, with the Roger Wagner Chorale. Adaptation and lyrics by Maxwell Anderson. Produced and directed by Ralph Levy. |
