Basil Gill
Actor
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.
Filmography
The Citadel
as Doctor Page 1938
St. Martin's Lane
as Magistrate 1938
Knight Without Armour
as Axelstein 1937
High Treason
as President of the Federated States of Europe 1929
The Epic That Never Was
as Xenophon, Claudius' doctor (archive footage; uncredited) 1969
The Wandering Jew
as Pontius Pilate (Phase I) 1933
The Crimson Circle
as James Beardmore 1936
His Lordship
as Abdullah 1936
On the Banks of Allan Water
as Richard Warden 1916
Mrs. Dane's Defence
as Sir Daniel Carteret 1933
The Rocks of Valpre
as Trevor Mordaunt 1919
The Immortal Gentleman
as William Shakespeare / Malvolio 1935
The Divine Spark
as Romanie 1935
Dangerous Medicine
as Sir Francis 1938
Gaol Break
as Dr. Walter Merkin 1936
The School for Scandal
as Sir Peter Teazle 1930