Basil Gill
March 10, 1877 (147 years old) in Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK
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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- 1938 ·The Citadelas Doctor Page
- 1938 ·St. Martin's Laneas Magistrate
- 1938 ·Dangerous Medicineas Sir Francis
- 1937 ·Knight Without Armouras Axelstein
- 1936 ·His Lordshipas Abdullah
- 1936 ·Rembrandtas Adrien van Rijn
- 1936 ·Gaol Breakas Dr. Walter Merkin
- 1936 ·The Crimson Circleas James Beardmore
- 1935 ·The Divine Sparkas Romanie
- 1935 ·The Immortal Gentlemanas William Shakespeare / Malvolio
- 1933 ·Mrs. Dane's Defenceas Sir Daniel Carteret
- 1933 ·The Wandering Jewas Pontius Pilate (Phase I)
- 1931 ·Glamouras Lord Westborough
- 1930 ·Should a Doctor Tell?as Dr. Bruce Smith
- 1930 ·The School for Scandalas Sir Peter Teazle
- 1929 ·High Treasonas President of the Federated States of Europe
- 1919 ·God's Good Manas
- 1919 ·The Rocks of Valpreas Trevor Mordaunt
- 1916 ·On the Banks of Allan Wateras Richard Warden