![Basil Rathbone](https://www.classic-monsters.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Basil-Rathbone-biography_main1-170x120.jpg)
The 13th of June 1892 saw the birth of Philip St John Basil Rathbone, whose name would become synonymous in later years with elegant […]
![Claude Rains](https://www.classic-monsters.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Claude-Rains_main-170x120.jpg)
English stage and screen actor William Claude Rains was born on the 10th of November, 1889 in Camberwell, London. Rains grew up with what […]
![Daniel Radcliffe](https://www.classic-monsters.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Daniel-Radcliffe_main-170x120.jpg)
Daniel Radcliffe, English star of the hugely successful Harry Potter film franchise, and Hammer’s 2012 remake of The Woman in Black, was born Daniel […]
![Max J Rosenberg](https://www.classic-monsters.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Max-J-Rosenberg_main-170x120.jpg)
American film producer Max J Rosenberg, one half of Amicus productions, was born on the 13th of September, 1914, in The Bronx, New York […]
![Michael Ripper](https://www.classic-monsters.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Michael-Ripper_main-170x120.jpg)
British character actor Michael Ripper, the Hammer stalwart who appeared in more of their films than any other actor, was born in Portsmouth, England, […]
![Oliver Reed](https://www.classic-monsters.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Oliver-Reed_main-170x120.jpg)
Robert Oliver Reed was born in Wimbledon, England on the 13th of February, 1938, the grandson of RADA founder Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree. He […]
![Ruth Rose](https://www.classic-monsters.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Ruth-Rose-1-170x120.jpg)
Writer, researcher and filmmaker Ruth Rose, famous for her role as the screenwriter for King Kong (1933), was born on the 16th of January, […]