
Acting
Basil Gill
Acting · Born 1877-03-10 · Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK
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.
Credits · 21
FilmThe Epic That Never Was
1969 · Xenophon, Claudius' doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
FilmThe Citadel
1938 · Doctor Page
FilmSt. Martin's Lane
1938 · Magistrate
Dangerous Medicine
FilmDangerous Medicine
1938 · Sir Francis
FilmKnight Without Armour
1937 · Axelstein
FilmHis Lordship
1936 · Abdullah
FilmRembrandt
1936 · Adrien van Rijn
Gaol Break
FilmGaol Break
1936 · Dr. Walter Merkin
FilmThe Crimson Circle
1936 · James Beardmore
The Divine Spark
FilmThe Divine Spark
1935 · Romanie
The Immortal Gentleman
FilmThe Immortal Gentleman
1935 · William Shakespeare / Malvolio
Mrs. Dane's Defence
FilmMrs. Dane's Defence
1933 · Sir Daniel Carteret
FilmThe Wandering Jew
1933 · Pontius Pilate (Phase I)
Glamour
FilmGlamour
1931 · Lord Westborough
FilmShould a Doctor Tell?
1930 · Dr. Bruce Smith
FilmThe School for Scandal
1930 · Sir Peter Teazle
FilmHigh Treason
1929 · President of the Federated States of Europe
FilmGod's Good Man
1919
The Rocks of Valpre
FilmThe Rocks of Valpre
1919 · Trevor Mordaunt
The Admirable Crichton
FilmThe Admirable Crichton
1918 · Crichton
On the Banks of Allan Water
FilmOn the Banks of Allan Water
1916 · Richard Warden