Basil Gill

Personal Info

Known ForActing
Born1877-03-10
BirthplaceBirkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK

Basil Gill

Acting

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

Acting (21)

1969
The Epic That Never Wasas Xenophon, Claudius' doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
6.9
1938
The Citadelas Doctor Page
6.4
1938
St. Martin's Laneas Magistrate
7.4
1938
Dangerous Medicineas Sir Francis
8.0
1937
5.9
1936
His Lordshipas Abdullah
6.0
1936
Rembrandtas Adrien van Rijn
6.8
1936
Gaol Breakas Dr. Walter Merkin
7.0
1936
The Crimson Circleas James Beardmore
5.6
1935
8.0
1935
The Immortal Gentlemanas William Shakespeare / Malvolio
8.0
1933
Mrs. Dane's Defenceas Sir Daniel Carteret
8.0
1933
The Wandering Jewas Pontius Pilate (Phase I)
7.4
1931
Glamouras Lord Westborough
8.0
1930
Should a Doctor Tell?as Dr. Bruce Smith
8.0
1930
The School for Scandalas Sir Peter Teazle
8.0
1929
High Treasonas President of the Federated States of Europe
6.1
1919
The Rocks of Valpreas Trevor Mordaunt
9.0
1918
8.0
1916
6.0