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.

Movies & TV Shows

1. Rembrandt (1936) — Adrien van Rijn
2. The Citadel (1938) — Doctor Page
3. St. Martin's Lane (1938) — Magistrate
4. Knight Without Armour (1937) — Axelstein
5. High Treason (1929) — President of the Federated States of Europe
6. The Epic That Never Was (1969) — Xenophon, Claudius' doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
7. The Wandering Jew (1933) — Pontius Pilate (Phase I)
8. The Crimson Circle (1936) — James Beardmore
9. His Lordship (1936) — Abdullah
10. On the Banks of Allan Water (1916) — Richard Warden
11. Mrs. Dane's Defence (1933) — Sir Daniel Carteret
12. The Rocks of Valpre (1919) — Trevor Mordaunt
13. The Immortal Gentleman (1935) — William Shakespeare / Malvolio
14. The Divine Spark (1935) — Romanie
15. Dangerous Medicine (1938) — Sir Francis
16. Gaol Break (1936) — Dr. Walter Merkin
17. The School for Scandal (1930) — Sir Peter Teazle
18. Should a Doctor Tell? (1930) — Dr. Bruce Smith
19. Glamour (1931) — Lord Westborough
20. God's Good Man (1919)
21. The Admirable Crichton (1918) — Crichton