Basil Gill
Mar 10, 1877 - Apr 23, 1955 (78 years old) in 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
St. Martin's Lane
Magistrate
The Epic That Never Was
Xenophon, Claudius' doctor (archive footage; uncredited)
Should a Doctor Tell?
Dr. Bruce Smith
His Lordship
Abdullah
Rembrandt
Adrien van Rijn
High Treason
President of the Federated States of Europe
Gaol Break
Dr. Walter Merkin
The School for Scandal
Sir Peter Teazle
Glamour
Lord Westborough
The Citadel
Doctor Page
Credits
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Xenophon, Claudius' doctor (archive footage; uncredited)★ 6.7 -
The Citadel 1938Doctor Page★ 6.4 -
St. Martin's Lane 1938Magistrate★ 7.1 -
Dangerous Medicine 1938Sir Francis★ NR
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Axelstein★ 5.8 -
His Lordship 1936Abdullah★ 5.5 -
Rembrandt 1936Adrien van Rijn★ 6.8 -
Gaol Break 1936Dr. Walter Merkin★ NR
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The Crimson Circle 1936James Beardmore★ 4.8 -
The Divine Spark 1935Romanie★ NR
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William Shakespeare / Malvolio★ NR
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Mrs. Dane's Defence 1933Sir Daniel Carteret★ NR
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The Wandering Jew 1933Pontius Pilate (Phase I)★ 7.6 -
Glamour 1931Lord Westborough★ NR
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Dr. Bruce Smith★ NR -
Sir Peter Teazle★ NR -
High Treason 1929President of the Federated States of Europe★ 5.8 -
God's Good Man 1919★ NR -
The Rocks of Valpre 1919Trevor Mordaunt★ NR
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Richard Warden★ 4