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Basil Gill

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Basil Gill

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British actor (1877-1955)

Film & TV

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…

Known for

  • The Epic That Never Was — Xenophon, Claudius' doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)1969
  • The Citadel — Doctor Page1938
  • Dangerous Medicine — Sir Francis1938
  • St. Martin's Lane — Magistrate1938
  • Knight Without Armour — Axelstein1937
  • His Lordship — Abdullah1936
  • The Crimson Circle — James Beardmore1936
  • Gaol Break — Dr. Walter Merkin1936
  • Rembrandt — Adrien van Rijn1936
  • The Immortal Gentleman — William Shakespeare / Malvolio1935

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Instance of
human
Given name
Basil
Family name
Gill
Gender
male
Place of birth
Birkenhead
Place of death
Hove
Occupation
actor
Languages spoken
English language
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has works in the collection
Manchester Art Gallery
date of death
1955-04-23
date of birth
1877-03-10
start of work period
1911-00-00
Commons category
Basil Gill
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