Vincent Ball
Birthday
1923/12/04 (101 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Wee Waa, New South Wales, Australia
Also know as
Vincent Martin Ball
Biography
Vincent Martin Ball OAM (born 4 December 1923) is an Australian-born retired character actor of radio, stage and screen, active in the industry for nearly 55 years (with a brief return) firstly in Britain and then his native Australia. He has also authored a number of books. He is best known for film roles in British and Australian films and TV movies, including A Town Like Alice, Breaker Morant, Phar Lap, Muriel's Wedding and The Man Who Sued God. He appeared in numerous TV roles, primarily in...Read more
Acting
(1956) The Long Arm
as P.C. at Hospital (uncredited)
(1987) The Year My Voice Broke
as Headmaster
(1958) Sea of Sand
as Sgt Nesbitt
(1968) Where Eagles Dare
as Carpenter
(1962) Carry On Cruising
as Jenkins
(1980) Breaker Morant
as Col. Ian (Johnny) Hamilton
(1954) The Black Rider
as Ted Lintott
(1955) The Stolen Airliner
as Flight Sergeant Watkins
(1983) Phar Lap
as Lachlan McKinnon
(1958) Blood of the Vampire
as Dr. John Pierre
(1971) Clinic Exclusive
as Bernard Wilcox
(1994) Sirens
as Bishop of Sydney
(1957) Menace In The Night
as Bob Meredith
(1954) Devil's Point
as Williams
(1956) A Town Like Alice
as Ben
(1961) Middle Course
as Cliff Wilton
(1960) Feet of Clay
as David Kyle
(1955) Blonde Blackmailer
as Johnson
(2003) The Night We Called It a Day
as Rex Hooper
(1954) Dangerous Voyage
as John Drew
(1949) Stop Press Girl
as Hero in cinema sequence
(1982) The Highest Honour
as Lieutenant Commander Hubert Marsham
(1953) The Drayton Case
as Henley's Assistant
(1960) Dentist in the Chair
as Michaels
(1957) Robbery Under Arms
as George Storefield
(1983) The Dismissal
as Justin O'Byrne
(1961) Highway to Battle
as Ransome
(1949) The Interrupted Journey
as the first workman
(1993) Love In Limbo
as Cyril Williams
(1971) Not Tonight, Darling
as Alex / Karen's lover
(1997) Paradise Road
as Mr. Dickson
(1951) Talk of a Million
as Jack Murnahan
(1963) Echo of Diana
as Bill Vernon
(1981) Alison's Birthday
as Dr. Jeremy Lyall
(1956) The Secret of the Forest
as Mr. Lawson
(1960) Identity Unknown
as Ken
(1960) Dead Lucky
as Mike Billing
(1976) Deathcheaters
as ---
(1969) Oh! What a Lovely War
as Australian Soldier
(1985) Call Me Mr. Brown
as Captain Ritchie
(1967) Carry On Follow That Camel
as Ship's Officer
(1951) Encore
as Young Husband
(1979) Demolition
as ---
(1994) Muriel's Wedding
as Priest
(1986) Double Sculls
as Stuart
(1987) Vietnam
as Dave the Spook
(1959) Danger Within
as Capt. Pat Foster
(2001) The Man Who Sued God
as Cardinal
(1961) A Matter of WHO
as Dr. Blake
(1963) The Mouse on the Moon
as Pilot
(2002) Black and White
as Chief Justice Napier
(1993) Frauds
as Judge
(1995) Blue Murder
as Dr. Cumberland
(1962) Compact
as ---
(1974) Rush
as Supt. James Kendall
(1967) Man in a Suitcase
as ---
(1959) International Detective
as Joplin
(1960) Deadline Midnight
as ---
(1988) Home and Away
as Tom Knight
(1986) The Flying Doctors
as Warren
(1976) The Sullivans
as Admiral Spencer / Major Greenwell
(1985) Anzacs
as Sir Rupert Barrington
(1987) Rafferty's Rules
as Mathew
(1984) Bodyline
as Joseph Lyons (Prime Minister)
(1991) The Private War of Lucinda Smith
as Col. Foster
(2000) Grass Roots
as Monty Chesney
(1998) All Saints
as Bill Weiner