The Hound of the Baskervilles

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)Cast and Crew

Movie

Cast

R
Richard Greene
as Sir Henry Baskerville
B
Basil Rathbone
as Sherlock Holmes
W
Wendy Barrie
as Beryl Stapleton
N
Nigel Bruce
as Doctor John H. Watson
L
Lionel Atwill
as Dr. James Mortimer
J
John Carradine
as Barryman
B
Barlowe Borland
as Frankland
B
Beryl Mercer
as Mrs. Jennifer Mortimer
M
Morton Lowry
as John 'Jack' Stapleton
R
Ralph Forbes
as Sir Hugo Baskerville
E
E. E. Clive
as London Cabbie John Clayton
E
Eily Malyon
as Mrs. Barryman
L
Lionel Pape
as The Coroner
N
Nigel De Brulier
as The Notting Hill Murderer
M
Mary Gordon
as Mrs. Hudson
I
Ian Maclaren
as Sir Charles Baskerville
R
Ruth Terry
as Betsy Ann
M
Mary Young
as Betsy Ann's Mother (uncredited)
K
Kenneth Hunter
as Ship's Officer (uncredited)
V
Vesey O'Davoren
as Ship's Steward (uncredited)
J
John Graham Spacey
as Ship's Porter (uncredited)
D
David Thursby
as Open Carriage Driver (uncredited)
P
Peter Willes
as Roderick
L
Leonard Carey
as Hugo's Servant (uncredited)
R
Rita Page
as Chambermaid (uncredited)
J
Jack Egger
as (uncredited)
F
Frank McLure
as Ship Passenger (uncredited)
B
Brandon Beach
as Ship Passenger (uncredited)
B
Blitzen
as The Hound (as Chief)
J
James Carlisle
as Ship Passenger (uncredited)
H
Herschel Graham
as Ship Passenger (uncredited)

Crew

S
Sidney Lanfield
Director
E
Ernest Pascal
Screenplay
A
Arthur Conan Doyle
Novel
D
Darryl F. Zanuck
Executive Producer
G
Gene Markey
Associate Producer
R
Robert L. Simpson
Editor
R
Richard Day
Art Direction
H
Hans Peters
Art Direction
T
Thomas Little
Set Decoration
G
Gwen Wakeling
Costume Design
J
J. Peverell Marley
Director of Photography

Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) Collection

A series of fourteen films based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories was released between 1939 and 1946; the British actors Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce played Holmes and Dr. John Watson, respectively. The first two films in the series were produced by 20th Century Fox and released in 1939. The studio stopped making the films after these, but Universal Pictures acquired the rights from the Doyle estate and produced a further twelve films. Although the films from 20th Century Fox had large budgets, high production values, and were set in the Victorian era, Universal updated the films to the contemporary era of the Second World War, and produced them as B pictures with lower budgets. Both Rathbone and Bruce continued their roles when the series changed studios, as did Mary Gordon, who played the recurring character, Mrs. Hudson.