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Basil Gill
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
St. Martin's Lane
as Magistrate
Knight Without Armour
as Axelstein
The Citadel
as Doctor Page
Dangerous Medicine
as Sir Francis
The Wandering Jew
as Pontius Pilate (Phase I)
The School for Scandal
as Sir Peter Teazle
His Lordship
as Abdullah
The Epic That Never Was
as Xenophon, Claudius' doctor (archive footage; uncredited)
High Treason
as President of the Federated States of Europe
