Basil Gill

Basil Gill

1877-03-10 – 1955-04-23 (age 78) Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK
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Biography

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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.

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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Known For

The Citadel
The Citadel

1938

as Doctor Page

Knight Without Armour
Knight Without Armour

1937

as Axelstein

Rembrandt
Rembrandt

1936

as Adrien van Rijn

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Dangerous Medicine

1938

as Sir Francis

St. Martin's Lane
St. Martin's Lane

1938

as Magistrate

The Wandering Jew
The Wandering Jew

1933

as Pontius Pilate (Phase I)

The Crimson Circle
The Crimson Circle

1936

as James Beardmore

His Lordship
His Lordship

1936

as Abdullah

The Epic That Never Was
The Epic That Never Was

1969

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

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Gaol Break

1936

as Dr. Walter Merkin

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The Divine Spark

1935

as Romanie

High Treason
High Treason

1929

as President of the Federated States of Europe

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Glamour

1931

as Lord Westborough

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The Immortal Gentleman

1935

as William Shakespeare / Malvolio

The School for Scandal
The School for Scandal

1930

as Sir Peter Teazle

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Mrs. Dane's Defence

1933

as Sir Daniel Carteret

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The Admirable Crichton

1918

as Crichton

Should a Doctor Tell?
Should a Doctor Tell?

1930

as Dr. Bruce Smith

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On the Banks of Allan Water

1916

as Richard Warden

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The Rocks of Valpre

1919

as Trevor Mordaunt