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

He gave a great portrayal of Holmes. He was an expert swordsman who did all of his own work in the swashbuckling movies he was in.