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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1877-03-10 (148 years old)

Place of Birth

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK

Basil Gill

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

Acting

1969

The Epic That Never Was as Xenophon, Claudius' doctor (archive footage; uncredited)

1938

The Citadel as Doctor Page
Dangerous Medicine as Sir Francis
St. Martin's Lane as Magistrate

1937

1936

His Lordship as Abdullah
The Crimson Circle as James Beardmore
Gaol Break as Dr. Walter Merkin
Rembrandt as Adrien van Rijn

1935

The Immortal Gentleman as William Shakespeare / Malvolio
The Divine Spark as Romanie

1933

Mrs. Dane's Defence as Sir Daniel Carteret
The Wandering Jew as Pontius Pilate (Phase I)

1931

Glamour as Lord Westborough

1930

The School for Scandal as Sir Peter Teazle
Should a Doctor Tell? as Dr. Bruce Smith

1929

High Treason as President of the Federated States of Europe

1919

The Rocks of Valpre as Trevor Mordaunt

1916

On the Banks of Allan Water as Richard Warden