Acting · Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK · Born March 10, 1877
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.
MovieThe Epic That Never Was
1969
as Xenophon, Claudius' doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieThe Citadel
1938
as Doctor Page
MovieSt. Martin's Lane
1938
as Magistrate
Dangerous Medicine
1938
as Sir Francis
MovieKnight Without Armour
1937
as Axelstein
MovieHis Lordship
1936
as Abdullah
MovieRembrandt
1936
as Adrien van Rijn
Gaol Break
1936
as Dr. Walter Merkin
MovieThe Crimson Circle
1936
as James Beardmore
The Divine Spark
1935
as Romanie
The Immortal Gentleman
1935
as William Shakespeare / Malvolio
Mrs. Dane's Defence
1933
as Sir Daniel Carteret
MovieThe Wandering Jew
1933
as Pontius Pilate (Phase I)
Glamour
1931
as Lord Westborough
MovieShould a Doctor Tell?
1930
as Dr. Bruce Smith
MovieThe School for Scandal
1930
as Sir Peter Teazle
MovieHigh Treason
1929
as President of the Federated States of Europe
MovieGod's Good Man
1919
The Rocks of Valpre
1919
as Trevor Mordaunt
The Admirable Crichton
1918
as Crichton
On the Banks of Allan Water
1916
as Richard Warden
