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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.
Born
Saturday, 10 March 1877
Died
Saturday, 23 April 1955
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Citadel | Doctor Page | 1938 |
| Sidewalks of London | Magistrate | 1938 |
| Knight Without Armor | Axelstein | 1937 |
| Man of Affairs | Abdullah | 1936 |
| Rembrandt | Adrien van Rijn - Rembrandt's Brother / Adrien van Rijn | 1936 |
| Gaol Break | Dr. Walter Merkin | 1936 |
| The Divine Spark | Romanie | 1935 |
| Regal Cavalcade | Bishop | 1935 |
| The Immortal Gentleman | William Shakespeare / Malvolio | 1935 |
| The Wandering Jew | Pontius Pilate [cut from US version] | 1933 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Citadel | Doctor Page | 1938 |
| Sidewalks of London | Magistrate | 1938 |
| Knight Without Armor | Axelstein | 1937 |
| Man of Affairs | Abdullah | 1936 |
| Rembrandt | Adrien van Rijn - Rembrandt's Brother / Adrien van Rijn | 1936 |
| Gaol Break | Dr. Walter Merkin | 1936 |
| The Divine Spark | Romanie | 1935 |
| Regal Cavalcade | Bishop | 1935 |
| The Immortal Gentleman | William Shakespeare / Malvolio | 1935 |
| The Wandering Jew | Pontius Pilate [cut from US version] | 1933 |
| Glamour | Lord Westborough | 1931 |
| Should a Doctor Tell? | Dr. Bruce Smith | 1930 |
| School for Scandal | Sir Peter Teazle | 1930 |
| High Treason | President Stephen Deane / President of the Federated States of Europe | 1929 |
| Keeper of the Door | Max Wyndham | 1920 |
| The Worldlings | Maurice Blake / Philip Jardine | 1920 |
| The Soul of Guilda Lois | Julian Neave | 1919 |
| God's Good Man | Reverend John Walden | 1919 |
| The Irresistible Flapper | Ormande York | 1919 |
| Missing the Tide | Sir Felix Faber | 1919 |
| The Ragged Messenger | Reverend John Morton | 1917 |
| On the Banks of Allan Water | Richard Warden | 1916 |
| Chains of Bondage | John Malcolm | 1916 |
| Henry VIII | Duke of Buckingham | 1911 |
