
Vincent Ball
Actor
Born: December 4, 1923 (102 years old)
Place of birth: Wee Waa, New South Wales, Australia
Biography
Vincent Martin Ball OAM (born 4 December 1923) is an Australian-born retired character actor of radio, stage and screen, active in the industry for nearly 55 years (with a brief return) firstly in Britain and then his native Australia. He has also authored a number of books. He is best known for film roles in British and Australian films and TV movies, including A Town Like Alice, Breaker Morant, Phar Lap, Muriel's Wedding and The Man Who Sued God. He appeared in numerous TV roles, primarily in cameo guest roles, but had recurring roles in serials like Rush, The Young Doctors, A Country Practice and Home and Away. Vincent Ball has also worked variously in theatre, including Shakespeare, with productions of Henry IV and Romeo and Juliet and a musical based on Charles Dickens famous novel Great Expectations. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Filmography (41)
- The Long Arm (1956, ★ 6.9)
- The Year My Voice Broke (1987, ★ 7)
- Where Eagles Dare (1968, ★ 7.5)
- Sea of Sand (1958, ★ 6.5)
- Breaker Morant (1980, ★ 7.1)
- Phar Lap (1983, ★ 7.2)
- Vietnam (1987, ★ 7.7)
- Bodyline (1984, ★ 7.7)
- Carry On Cruising (1962, ★ 6.1)
- A Town Like Alice (1956, ★ 6.3)
- Dangerous Voyage (1954, ★ 5.9)
- Dentist in the Chair (1960, ★ 5.9)
- Oh! What a Lovely War (1969, ★ 6.7)
- Muriel's Wedding (1994, ★ 6.8)
- Man in a Suitcase (1967, ★ 7)
- Anzacs (1985, ★ 6.7)
- Blood of the Vampire (1958, ★ 5.7)
- Sirens (1994, ★ 5.6)
- Stop Press Girl (1949, ★ 5.6)
- The Interrupted Journey (1949, ★ 5.7)
- Paradise Road (1997, ★ 6.4)
- Deathcheaters (1976, ★ 5.8)
- Follow That Camel (1967, ★ 5.8)
- Encore (1951, ★ 6.1)
- Danger Within (1959, ★ 6.2)
- The Man Who Sued God (2001, ★ 6.3)
- Black and White (2002, ★ 5.9)
- Frauds (1993, ★ 6)
- The Baby and the Battleship (1956, ★ 6)
- The Mouse on the Moon (1963, ★ 6.3)