Basil Gill

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Basil Gill

Acting March 10, 1877

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK

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…

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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.

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  1. 1969
    The Epic That Never Was

    Movie Xenophon, Claudius' doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)

  2. 1938
    The Citadel

    Movie Doctor Page

  3. 1938
    St. Martin's Lane

    Movie Magistrate

  4. 1938
    Dangerous Medicine

    Movie Sir Francis

  5. 1937
    Knight Without Armour

    Movie Axelstein

  6. 1936
    His Lordship

    Movie Abdullah

  7. 1936
    Rembrandt

    Movie Adrien van Rijn

  8. 1936
    Gaol Break

    Movie Dr. Walter Merkin

  9. 1936
    The Crimson Circle

    Movie James Beardmore

  10. 1935
    The Divine Spark

    Movie Romanie

  11. 1935
    The Immortal Gentleman

    Movie William Shakespeare / Malvolio

  12. 1933
    Mrs. Dane's Defence

    Movie Sir Daniel Carteret

  13. 1933
    The Wandering Jew

    Movie Pontius Pilate (Phase I)

  14. 1931
    Glamour

    Movie Lord Westborough

  15. 1930
    Should a Doctor Tell?

    Movie Dr. Bruce Smith

  16. 1930
    The School for Scandal

    Movie Sir Peter Teazle

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  1. 1929
    High Treason

    Movie President of the Federated States of Europe

  2. 1919
  3. 1919
    The Rocks of Valpre

    Movie Trevor Mordaunt

  4. 1918
    The Admirable Crichton

    Movie Crichton

  5. 1916
    On the Banks of Allan Water

    Movie Richard Warden