
Basil Gill
Actor
Born: March 10, 1877 (78 years old)
Died: April 23, 1955
Place of birth: Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK
Biography
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.
Filmography (7)
- High Treason (1929, ★ 6)
- Knight Without Armour (1937, ★ 5.8)
- The Citadel (1938, ★ 6.5)
- The Wandering Jew (1933, ★ 7.4)
- St. Martin's Lane (1938, ★ 7.3)
- Rembrandt (1936, ★ 6.8)
- The Epic That Never Was (1969, ★ 6.9)