Basil Gill
Known for ActingBorn 1877-03-10 — died 1955-04-23Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK
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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.
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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
The Citadel
1938 · as Doctor Page
The Crimson Circle
1936 · as James Beardmore
St. Martin's Lane
1938 · as Magistrate
Knight Without Armour
1937 · as Axelstein
Rembrandt
1936 · as Adrien van Rijn
The Immortal Gentleman
1935 · as William Shakespeare / Malvolio
The Wandering Jew
1933 · as Pontius Pilate (Phase I)
The Admirable Crichton
1918 · as Crichton
The Epic That Never Was
1969 · as Xenophon, Claudius' doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
The School for Scandal
1930 · as Sir Peter Teazle
God's Good Man
1919
Dangerous Medicine
1938 · as Sir Francis
High Treason
1929 · as President of the Federated States of Europe
His Lordship
1936 · as Abdullah
The Rocks of Valpre
1919 · as Trevor Mordaunt
Should a Doctor Tell?
1930 · as Dr. Bruce Smith
The Divine Spark
1935 · as Romanie
Mrs. Dane's Defence
1933 · as Sir Daniel Carteret