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Basil Gill
Basil Gill

Basil Gill

ActingBorn March 10, 1877Died April 23, 1955 (age 78)Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK

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.

Filmography

1969
The Epic That Never Was

as Xenophon, Claudius' doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie
1938
The Citadel

as Doctor Page

Movie
1938
St. Martin's Lane

as Magistrate

Movie
1938
Dangerous Medicine

as Sir Francis

Movie
1937Movie
1936
His Lordship

as Abdullah

Movie
1936
Rembrandt

as Adrien van Rijn

Movie
1936
Gaol Break

as Dr. Walter Merkin

Movie
1936
The Crimson Circle

as James Beardmore

Movie
1935Movie
1935
The Immortal Gentleman

as William Shakespeare / Malvolio

Movie
1933
Mrs. Dane's Defence

as Sir Daniel Carteret

Movie
1933
The Wandering Jew

as Pontius Pilate (Phase I)

Movie
1931
Glamour

as Lord Westborough

Movie
1930
Should a Doctor Tell?

as Dr. Bruce Smith

Movie
1930
The School for Scandal

as Sir Peter Teazle

Movie
1929
High Treason

as President of the Federated States of Europe

Movie
1919
The Rocks of Valpre

as Trevor Mordaunt

Movie
1918Movie
1916Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayMarch 10, 1877
Day of DeathApril 23, 1955
Place of BirthBirkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK
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