Basil Gill
Birthday
1877/03/10
Day of death
1955/04/23 (78 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK
Also know as
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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.
Acting
(1933) Mrs. Dane's Defence
as Sir Daniel Carteret
(1929) High Treason
as President of the Federated States of Europe
(1936) His Lordship
as Abdullah
(1937) Knight Without Armour
as Axelstein
(1938) The Citadel
as Doctor Page
(1919) The Rocks of Valpre
as Trevor Mordaunt
(1936) The Crimson Circle
as James Beardmore
(1935) The Immortal Gentleman
as William Shakespeare / Malvolio
(1935) The Divine Spark
as Romanie
(1938) Dangerous Medicine
as Sir Francis
(1936) Gaol Break
as Dr. Walter Merkin
(1930) The School for Scandal
as Sir Peter Teazle
(1930) Should a Doctor Tell?
as Dr. Bruce Smith
(1931) Glamour
as Lord Westborough
(1933) The Wandering Jew
as Pontius Pilate (Phase I)
(1938) St. Martin's Lane
as Magistrate
(1916) On the Banks of Allan Water
as Richard Warden
(1919) God's Good Man
as ---
(1936) Rembrandt
as Adrien van Rijn