Basil Gill
View on IMDb ↗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
The School for Scandal
Should a Doctor Tell?
The Wandering Jew
St. Martin's Lane
God's Good Man
The Epic That Never Was
Rembrandt
The Citadel
High Treason
His LordshipFilmography (21)
- 1969
The Epic That Never WasXenophon, Claudius' doctor (archive footage) (uncredited) - 1938Dangerous MedicineSir Francis
- 1938
St. Martin's LaneMagistrate - 1938
The CitadelDoctor Page - 1937
Knight Without ArmourAxelstein - 1936Gaol BreakDr. Walter Merkin
- 1936
RembrandtAdrien van Rijn - 1936
His LordshipAbdullah - 1936
The Crimson CircleJames Beardmore - 1935The Immortal GentlemanWilliam Shakespeare / Malvolio
- 1935The Divine SparkRomanie
- 1933Mrs. Dane's DefenceSir Daniel Carteret
- 1933
The Wandering JewPontius Pilate (Phase I) - 1931GlamourLord Westborough
- 1930
The School for ScandalSir Peter Teazle - 1930
Should a Doctor Tell?Dr. Bruce Smith - 1929
High TreasonPresident of the Federated States of Europe - 1919The Rocks of ValpreTrevor Mordaunt
- 1919
God's Good Man - 1918The Admirable CrichtonCrichton
- 1916On the Banks of Allan WaterRichard Warden