
Basil Gill
Acting
From Wikipedia Basil Gill (March 10, 1877 β 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.
Known for
1969The Epic That Never Was
Xenophon, Claudius' doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
1938The Citadel
Doctor Page
1938St. Martin's Lane
Magistrate
1937Knight Without Armour
Axelstein
1936His Lordship
Abdullah
1936The Crimson Circle
James Beardmore
1936Rembrandt
Adrien van Rijn
1933The Wandering Jew
Pontius Pilate (Phase I)
1930The School for Scandal
Sir Peter Teazle
1930Should a Doctor Tell?
Dr. Bruce Smith
1929High Treason
President of the Federated States of Europe
1919God's Good Man