Basil Gill
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 10, 1877
- Died
- April 23, 1955 (aged 78)
- Birthplace
- 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.
Known For
Filmography
The Epic That Never Was
Movie · as Xenophon, Claudius' doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
St. Martin's Lane
Movie · as Magistrate
The Citadel
Movie · as Doctor Page
Dangerous Medicine
Movie · as Sir Francis
Knight Without Armour
Movie · as Axelstein
His Lordship
Movie · as Abdullah
The Crimson Circle
Movie · as James Beardmore
Gaol Break
Movie · as Dr. Walter Merkin
Rembrandt
Movie · as Adrien van Rijn
The Immortal Gentleman
Movie · as William Shakespeare / Malvolio
The Divine Spark
Movie · as Romanie
Mrs. Dane's Defence
Movie · as Sir Daniel Carteret
The Wandering Jew
Movie · as Pontius Pilate (Phase I)
Glamour
Movie · as Lord Westborough
The School for Scandal
Movie · as Sir Peter Teazle
Should a Doctor Tell?
Movie · as Dr. Bruce Smith
High Treason
Movie · as President of Europe
The Rocks of Valpre
Movie · as Trevor Mordaunt
God's Good Man
Movie
The Admirable Crichton
Movie · as Crichton
On the Banks of Allan Water
Movie · as Richard Warden