Shaquille O'Neal

He also has a daughter, Taahirah, by ex-girlfriend Arnetta Yardbourgh. Basil Rathbone has three stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame; one for motion pictures at 6549 Hollywood Boulevard; one for radio at 6300 Hollywood Boulevard; and one for television at 6915 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood. O'Neal married long-time girlfriend Shaunie Nelson on December 26, 2002; they have 3 children: Shareef Rashaun, Amirah Sanaa, and Shaquir Rashaun. Through the 1950s and 1960s, he continued to appear in several anthology programs on television. In addition to cameo appearances, Shaq has made it to the big screen in Blue Chips (1994) with Nick Nolte, Kazaam (1996) and Steel (1997). Austin Sloper in the original production of The Heiress. On July 14, he was officially traded to the Miami Heat for Caron Butler, Lamar Odom, Brian Grant and a first-round draft pick. In 1948, he won a Tony Award for Best Actor in Play for his performance of Dr.

In 2004, following a NBA Finals loss to the Detroit Pistons, O'Neal said that he would not return to the Lakers, asking instead to be traded. Rathbone also acted on Broadway numerous times. Not only did he apologize, but he also appeared with Yao in a telethon on Chinese television to raise money for victims of the SARS epidemic. It was in 1939 that Rathbone first starred as Sherlock Holmes, in The Hound of the Baskervilles. Unfortunately, the many sequels typecast him (he gained the nickname 'Razzle Bathrobe') and he was unable to break out of the stereotype, except in certain spoofs of his earlier swashbuckling villains in such movies as Casanova's Big Night (1954) and The Court Jester (1956). The incident received scant attention at the time, but when an audio clipping of it was replayed several times by Fox Sports Radio on two consecutive days in mid-December 2002, a media firestorm erupted, with many Asian-American advocacy groups demanding that O'Neal apologize. Basil Rathbone earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance of Tybalt in Romeo and Juliet (1936), and another nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance of King Louis XI in If I Were King (1938). During the winter of 2002-2003, O'Neal became involved in a racial controversy when it was revealed that, while being interviewed by a Fox TV reporter the previous June 28, he said: "Tell Yao Ming, 'Ching chong yang wah ah soh,'" and making simulated kung fu gestures while uttering the words. The latter duplicates a scene in the former where Rathbone slices a candle in two and leaves it burning.

He and teammate Kobe Bryant formed one of the most effective guard-center combinations in the NBA, forming the basis for three championship teams. Other noteworthy sword fights appear in The Mark of Zorro and The Court Jester (1956). After the 1995-1996 season, Shaq, asking for $120 million over seven years, left Orlando to join the Lakers. He was admired for his athletic cinema swordsmanship, particularly in the duel on the beach in Captain Blood and as Sir Guy of Guisborne in the long fight scene in Robin Hood. In 1994-1995, O'Neal and Hardaway helped their team reach the NBA Finals, but they were swept in four games by Hakeem Olajuwon, Kenny Smith, and the rest of the Houston Rockets. Watson in an old-time radio mystery series, The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1943-1946), and did numerous other radio broadcasts. The movie Blue Chips, alongside teammate Anfernee Hardaway and Nick Nolte, marked his Hollywood debut. He also starred as Holmes with Nigel Bruce as Dr.

In the 1993-94 season, Shaq helped the Magic to their first playoff berth ever, and he also debuted in Hollywood, and released a rap CD, named Shaq Diesel. To many fans, Basil Rathbone was born to play Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's famous London detective. He further raised his fame that year with two infamous dunks which broke the supports holding the basket and backboard, both on national television: the first coming against the Phoenix Suns on NBC, the second against the New Jersey Nets on TNT. He was most notable for his starring roles in fifteen Sherlock Holmes movies. In 1992, he was chosen by the Orlando Magic, and he helped the team to 41 wins that year, missing the playoffs by a single game. Rathbone became famous for playing suave villains in many swashbucklers of the 1930s, including David Copperfield (1935), Anna Karenina (1935), The Last Days of Pompeii (1935), Captain Blood (1935), A Tale of Two Cities (1935), The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) and The Mark of Zorro (1940). As a young man, he attended Louisiana State University, where he first became known by many basketball fans around the globe. He was in a few silent movies, and played detective Philo Vance in the 1929 movie The Bishop Murder Case.

Cole High School in San Antonio, Texas. During the 1920s, Rathbone appeared in Shakespearean roles on the British stage. He first gained national attention as a star at Robert G. He is interred in the Ferncliff Cemetery, Hartsdale, New York. It was there that he learned to play basketball. He died of a heart attack at his home in New York City. Shaq lived a good part of his childhood in Germany, where Harrison was stationed with the U.S. Army. He and Foreman had one son, Rodion Rathbone, and he and Bergere had one adopted daughter, Cynthia Rathbone.

O'Neal has said he has no desire to meet Toney, who was living in a Newark Goodwill facility as of 2002, and even cut a scathing rap song about him called "Biological Didn't Bother.". Rathbone was married to actress Marion Foreman (married 1914-divorced 1926) and writer Ouida Bergere (married 1927-his death 1967). Toney said he was told Shaq would see him after a 1992 Orlando Magic/New Jersey Nets game, but Shaq never showed. His younger sister and brother were Beatrice Rathbone and John Rathbone. Toney told an interviewer he lost track of his son until he saw him in a prep all-star game on television. John Basil Rathbone in Johannesburg, South Africa, a son of Edgar Philip Rathbone and Anna Barbara George. Shaq's mother, Lucille O'Neal, then married Phillip Harrison, whom Shaq considers his "real" father. He was born Philip St.