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Basil Gill
Acting
Born: March 10, 1877
Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK
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.
Known For
Rembrandt
as Adrien van Rijn
The Citadel
as Doctor Page
Knight Without Armour
as Axelstein
St. Martin's Lane
as Magistrate
High Treason
as President of the Federated States of Europe
The Crimson Circle
as James Beardmore
The Wandering Jew
as Pontius Pilate (Phase I)
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The Divine Spark
as Romanie
The School for Scandal
as Sir Peter Teazle
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Glamour
as Lord Westborough
