Acting
Basil Gill
EN cinema · 21 credits
Born
10 March 1877
Died
23 April 1955 (aged 78)
Birthplace
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 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
as Xenophon, Claudius' doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Citadel
as Doctor Page
Dangerous Medicine
1938
Dangerous Medicine
as Sir Francis
St. Martin's Lane
as Magistrate
Knight Without Armour
as Axelstein
His Lordship
as Abdullah
The Crimson Circle
as James Beardmore
Gaol Break
1936
Gaol Break
as Dr. Walter Merkin
Rembrandt
as Adrien van Rijn
The Immortal Gentleman
1935
The Immortal Gentleman
as William Shakespeare / Malvolio
Mrs. Dane's Defence
1933
Mrs. Dane's Defence
as Sir Daniel Carteret
The Wandering Jew
as Pontius Pilate (Phase I)
Glamour
1931
Glamour
as Lord Westborough
The School for Scandal
as Sir Peter Teazle
Should a Doctor Tell?
as Dr. Bruce Smith
High Treason
as President of Europe
The Rocks of Valpre
1919
The Rocks of Valpre
as Trevor Mordaunt