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| 2/2/1955 | "The Reluctant Dragon," as narrator (The World of Disney, ABC) | |
| 5/23/1955 | "Always the Butler," skit on The Eddie Cantor Show (CBS?) | |
| 7/30/1955 | "Svengali and the Blonde," as Svengali (NBC special, musical), with Carol Channing. | |
| 8/12/1955 | "The Stones Began to Move," as Dr. Victor Berenson (Science Fiction Theatre, NBC), with Robin Short, Jean Willis, Jonathan Hale, Richard Flato, Carol Thurston, Russ Conway and Helen van Camp. Directed by Lew Landers, produced by Ivan Tors. |
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| October, 1955 | "Luncheon at Sardi's" | |
| 11/24/1955 | "CBS Thanksgiving Day Special," co-host with Burl Ives | |
| 12/22/1955 | "The Selfish Giant," as narrator of the Oscar Wilde tale (Star Tonight, ABC) | |
| 1955 | "Billy Budd," as Claggart, with Patrick Macnee and William Shatner (CBC) | |
| 2/1/1956 | "Five Minutes to Live," (Kraft TV Theatre, NBC), with Dennis O'Keefe, Gloria Holly, Richard Shepard, Felicia Montealegre and Neil Hamilton | |
| 2/22/1955 | "Affair in Sumatra" (Screen Director's Playhouse, NBC), with Ralph Bellamy and Rita Gam. Hal Roach directed. | |
| 12/23/1956 | "The Stingiest Man in Town," as Scrooge (The Alcoa Hour, NBC), with Vic Damone, Martyn Greene, Patrice Munsel and Betty Madigan | |
Above and right: promotional photos from "The Stingiest Man in Town" |
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| 1/1/1957 | Person to Person, hosted by Edward R. Murrow (CBS) | |
| 2/10/1957 | "The Lark," as the chief inquisitor (Hallmark Hall of Fame, NBC) with Julie Harris, Eli Wallach and Boris Karloff | |
| 10/17/1957 | "Arthur Murray Party" Basil Rathbone and June Taylor danced a paso doble | |
| 11/20/1957 | "Huck Finn," as the Duke (The U.S. Steel Hour, CBS), a musical with Jimmy Boyd, Jack Carson and Florence Henderson |
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| 12/11/1957 | "Heroes Walk on Sand," as General Zomback (Kraft TV Theatre, NBC), with Walter Abel, Ann Harding, Gene Rayburn and Elliott Nugent | |
| 2/9/1958 | "Hans Brinker of the Silver Skates," as Dr. Boekman (Hallmark Hall of Fame, NBC), with Tab Hunter and Peggy King | |
| 2/21/1958 | "Aladdin," (Cole Porter musical) as the Emperor (DuPont Theatre, CBS), with Dennis King, Sal Mineo, George Hall & Cyril Ritchard | |
| April, 1958 | Make Me Laugh, guest appearance | |
| 1958 | The Betty White Show (ABC), guest appearance | |
| 1958 | The Arlene Francis Show (NBC), guest appearance | |
| 1958 | "A Christmas Carol," as Scrooge (Tales of Dickens, British TV series, Tower of London Productions) Frederic March was host. | |
 Rathbone as Scrooge in "A Christmas Carol" |
 Rathbone in "I, the Leader" |
| July, 1958 | Pantomime Quiz, (ABC) | |
| 1959 | "I, the Leader" (CBS), as the leader of a gang of jewel thieves. With Richard Jaekel, Lou Perri, Vince Barbi, Tom Barto and Dave Starr. | |
| 1959 | The Jack Paar Show (NBC), guest appearance | |
| 12/4/1960 | The Christopher Program, guest appearance. Host and founder of "The Christophers": Father Keller | |
| 1961 | "Mystic Prophecies and Nostradamus," as narrator. (Produced and directed by Merle S. Gould) | |
| 11/30/1961 | "Victoria Regina," as Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli (Hallmark Hall of Fame, NBC) with Julie Harris as Queen Victoria. Cast included James Donald, Inga Swenson, Barry Jones, Isabel Jeans, Felix Aylmer and Pamela Brown. | |
| 1962 (or later?) | The Red Skelton Hour (1951-1971, CBS), guest appearance in a sketch entitled "The Sculpture Show." | |
| 1963 | Warbirds (20th Century Fox) with David Macklin (pilot for unsold series, never broadcast) | |
| 2/18/1963 | The Merv Griffin Show, guest appearance | |
| 1/17/1964 | "To Walk in Grace" (episode of Dr. Kildare, NBC), with series regulars Richard Chamberlain and Raymond Massey | |
| 1964 | The Celebrity Game (hosted by Carl Reiner), guest panelist |
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| 4/7/1965 | "Who Killed Hamlet?" (episode of Burke's Law, starring Gene Barry, ABC) | |
| 12/27/1965 | "Perfect Is Hard To Be" (part one of two-part episode of Dr. Kildare, NBC), Susan Oliver and Rathbone were guest stars. Rathbone played Frederick Foray, a concert pianist. | |
| 12/28/1965 | "Duet for One Hand" (part two of two-part episode of Dr. Kildare, NBC), Susan Oliver and Rathbone were guest stars. | |
| 6/16/1966 | "The Baffling World of ESP," as narrator (ABC documentary special) | |
| August, 1966 | The Pirates of Flounder Bay, (ABC, pilot for unsold series), with William Cort, Bridget Hanley, Jack Soo, Harold Peary, Charles Dierkop, Burt Mustin, Jim Connell, Jim Begg, Peter Bonerz and Keenan Wynn. Rathbone played the Governor in this comedy about bumbling pirate Barnaby Kidd (Cort) and his crew of idiots. | |
| 4/26/1967 | "Soldier in Love," as the Duke of York (Hallmark Hall of Fame, NBC), with Claire Bloom, Keith Mitchell, Ray Poole, and Jean Simmons | |
| sometime during 1960s | The Sherlock Holmes Theatre, which showed the Basil Rathbone/Nigel Bruce Sherlock Holmes films of the 1940s, was hosted by Rathbone. | |
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Rathbone also made numerous commercials for cigarettes, liquor, insurance (Prudential), diet food, and more.
