1967 Basil Rathbone, age 74 – South African-born British actor (The Mark of Zorro, Captain Blood, The Last Hurrah, The Hound of the Baskervilles, House of Fear, David Copperfield, Last Days of Pompeii, Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes, A Christmas Carol, The Comedy of Terrors) He died in New York, of a heart attack. He is famous for his portrayal of Sherlock Holmes, and is often described as the archetypal Holmes


2nd best Holmes of all time. He could do everything from comedy to drama to horror. He also did all of his own fencing in those old movies.