Basil Gill

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

St. Martin's Lane

as Magistrate

Knight Without Armour

as Axelstein

High Treason

as President of the Federated States of Europe

The Epic That Never Was

as Xenophon, Claudius' doctor (archive footage; uncredited)

The Wandering Jew

as Pontius Pilate (Phase I)

His Lordship

as Abdullah

The Crimson Circle

as James Beardmore

On the Banks of Allan Water

as Richard Warden