Basil Gill
Known for
Acting
Born
March 10, 1877
Birthplace
Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK
Died
April 23, 1955 (aged 78)
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.
Best known work
Rembrandt
1936
The Citadel
1938
St. Martin's Lane
1938
Knight Without Armour
1937
High Treason
1929
The Epic That Never Was
1969
The Wandering Jew
1933
The Crimson Circle
1936
His Lordship
1936
On the Banks of Allan Water
1916Filmography
1969
The Epic That Never Wasas Xenophon, Claudius' doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
1938
The Citadelas Doctor Page
1938
St. Martin's Laneas Magistrate
1938
Dangerous Medicineas Sir Francis
1937
Knight Without Armouras Axelstein
1936
His Lordshipas Abdullah
1936
Rembrandtas Adrien van Rijn
1936
Gaol Breakas Dr. Walter Merkin
1936
The Crimson Circleas James Beardmore
1935
The Divine Sparkas Romanie
1935
The Immortal Gentlemanas William Shakespeare / Malvolio
1933
Mrs. Dane's Defenceas Sir Daniel Carteret
1933
The Wandering Jewas Pontius Pilate (Phase I)
1931
Glamouras Lord Westborough
1930
Should a Doctor Tell?as Dr. Bruce Smith
1930
The School for Scandalas Sir Peter Teazle
1929
High Treasonas President of the Federated States of Europe
1919
1919
The Rocks of Valpreas Trevor Mordaunt
1918
The Admirable Crichtonas Crichton
1916
On the Banks of Allan Wateras Richard Warden