- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- March 10, 1877
- Place of Birth
- Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK
- Died
- April 23, 1955
Basil Gill
From Wikipedia Basil Gill (March 10, 1877 – April 23, 1955) was a British stage actor and film actor. His stage career included many roles in plays of Shakespeare. His career as a film actor started with Henry VIII (1911): he appeared with Beerbohm Tree, on whose version of the play the film was based. In 1926, Gill appeared in two short films made in the DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process, Santa Claus as the title character, and Julius Caesar as Brutus. He appeared in many more films, the last being The Citadel of 1938.
Filmography
movieThe Epic That Never Was
1969 · Xenophon, Claudius' doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieThe Citadel
1938 · Doctor Page
movieSt. Martin's Lane
1938 · Magistrate
Dangerous Medicine
movieDangerous Medicine
1938 · Sir Francis
movieKnight Without Armour
1937 · Axelstein
movieHis Lordship
1936 · Abdullah
movieRembrandt
1936 · Adrien van Rijn
Gaol Break
movieGaol Break
1936 · Dr. Walter Merkin
movieThe Crimson Circle
1936 · James Beardmore
The Divine Spark
movieThe Divine Spark
1935 · Romanie
The Immortal Gentleman
movieThe Immortal Gentleman
1935 · William Shakespeare / Malvolio
Mrs. Dane's Defence
movieMrs. Dane's Defence
1933 · Sir Daniel Carteret
movieThe Wandering Jew
1933 · Pontius Pilate (Phase I)
Glamour
movieGlamour
1931 · Lord Westborough
movieShould a Doctor Tell?
1930 · Dr. Bruce Smith
movieThe School for Scandal
1930 · Sir Peter Teazle
movieHigh Treason
1929 · President of the Federated States of Europe
movieGod's Good Man
1919
The Rocks of Valpre
movieThe Rocks of Valpre
1919 · Trevor Mordaunt
The Admirable Crichton
movieThe Admirable Crichton
1918 · Crichton
On the Banks of Allan Water
movieOn the Banks of Allan Water
1916 · Richard Warden