Talk:Basil Rathbone

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[edit] Knighted?

Was he ever knighted?

[edit] Misc

Marion Foreman's biog. removed from start

It was not that bad, and I hated to remove it, but it was definitely out of place. Perhaps it would be better used as the basis for a stub for Marion's own entry ? --Klestes 21:27, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

I wish someone could track down the 1950s insurance commercial in which Rathbone announces "Nothing ever happens in this house" and promptly falls down a flight of stairs. That wry sense of humor was as much a part of him as Sherlock. --Bluejay Young 14:06, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

The ironic thing is that his first employment was with insurance companies! David Lauder 14:31, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Fencing

I heard that Rathbone actually fenced for Britain in the Olympics, which makes his having to lose to Errol Flynn even more amusing. Can anyone confirm or deny?

Paul Magnussen (talk) 00:07, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] He is NOT south african born!

South Africa did not even exist in 1892! He is ENGLIGH/BRITISH... Get your facts straight ok?