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Basil Gill

Known For
Acting

Known Credits
21

Gender
Male

Birthday
March 10, 1877 (149 years old)

Place of Birth
Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK

Basil Gill

Biography

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.

Known For

Acting

1969The Epic That Never Wasas Xenophon, Claudius' doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
1938The Citadelas Doctor Page
1938St. Martin's Laneas Magistrate
1938Dangerous Medicineas Sir Francis
1937Knight Without Armouras Axelstein
1936His Lordshipas Abdullah
1936Rembrandtas Adrien van Rijn
1936Gaol Breakas Dr. Walter Merkin
1936The Crimson Circleas James Beardmore
1935The Divine Sparkas Romanie
1935The Immortal Gentlemanas William Shakespeare / Malvolio
1933Mrs. Dane's Defenceas Sir Daniel Carteret
1933The Wandering Jewas Pontius Pilate (Phase I)
1931Glamouras Lord Westborough
1930Should a Doctor Tell?as Dr. Bruce Smith
1930The School for Scandalas Sir Peter Teazle
1929High Treasonas President of the Federated States of Europe
1919God's Good Manas
1919The Rocks of Valpreas Trevor Mordaunt
1918The Admirable Crichtonas Crichton
1916On the Banks of Allan Wateras Richard Warden

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