Basil Gill

Basil Gill

Actor

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK
March 10, 1877

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.

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Representative Works

The Citadel
The Citadel
6.4
/ English
St. Martin's Lane
St. Martin's Lane
7.4
/ English
Rembrandt
Rembrandt
6.8
/ English
The Crimson Circle
The Crimson Circle
5.6
/ English
Dangerous Medicine
Dangerous Medicine
8.0
/ English
The Wandering Jew
The Wandering Jew
7.4
/ English

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

The Citadel
1938Nominee

Best Performance

The Citadel

St. Martin's Lane
1938Nominee

Best Performance

St. Martin's Lane

The Epic That Never Was
1969Nominee

Best Performance

The Epic That Never Was

Career Highlights

Knight Without Armour
1937Highlight

Best Performance

Knight Without Armour

Rembrandt
1936Highlight

Best Performance

Rembrandt

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