Basil Gill
March 10, 1877 (147 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
Credits
- 1938 · The Citadel as Doctor Page
- 1938 · St. Martin's Lane as Magistrate
- 1938 · Dangerous Medicine as Sir Francis
- 1937 · Knight Without Armour as Axelstein
- 1936 · His Lordship as Abdullah
- 1936 · Rembrandt as Adrien van Rijn
- 1936 · Gaol Break as Dr. Walter Merkin
- 1936 · The Crimson Circle as James Beardmore
- 1935 · The Divine Spark as Romanie
- 1935 · The Immortal Gentleman as William Shakespeare / Malvolio
- 1933 · Mrs. Dane's Defence as Sir Daniel Carteret
- 1933 · The Wandering Jew as Pontius Pilate (Phase I)
- 1931 · Glamour as Lord Westborough
- 1930 · Should a Doctor Tell? as Dr. Bruce Smith
- 1930 · The School for Scandal as Sir Peter Teazle
- 1929 · High Treason as President of the Federated States of Europe
- 1919 · God's Good Man as
- 1919 · The Rocks of Valpre as Trevor Mordaunt
- 1916 · On the Banks of Allan Water as Richard Warden