
Vincent Ball
Biography
Vincent Martin Ball OAM (born 4 December 1923) is an Australian-born retired character actor of radio, stage and screen, active in the industry for nearly 55 years (with a brief return) firstly in Britain and then his native Australia. He has also authored a number of books. He is best known for film roles in British and Australian films and TV movies, including A Town Like Alice, Breaker Morant, Phar Lap, Muriel's Wedding and The Man Who Sued God. He appeared in numerous TV roles, primarily in cameo guest roles, but had recurring roles in serials like Rush, The Young Doctors, A Country Practice and Home and Away. Vincent Ball has also worked variously in theatre, including Shakespeare, with productions of Henry IV and Romeo and Juliet and a musical based on Charles Dickens famous novel Great Expectations. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Movie Appearances

The Long Arm
as P.C. at Hospital (uncredited)
1956

The Year My Voice Broke
as Headmaster
1987

Sea of Sand
as Sgt Nesbitt
1958

Where Eagles Dare
as Carpenter
1968

Carry On Cruising
as Jenkins
1962

Breaker Morant
as Col. Ian (Johnny) Hamilton
1980

The Black Rider
as Ted Lintott
1954

The Stolen Airliner
as Flight Sergeant Watkins
1955

Phar Lap
as Lachlan McKinnon
1983

Blood of the Vampire
as Dr. John Pierre
1958

Clinic Exclusive
as Bernard Wilcox
1971

Sirens
as Bishop of Sydney
1994
Menace In The Night
as Bob Meredith
1957

Devil's Point
as Williams
1954

A Town Like Alice
as Ben
1956
Middle Course
as Cliff Wilton
1961
Feet of Clay
as David Kyle
1960

Blonde Blackmailer
as Johnson
1955

The Night We Called It a Day
as Rex Hooper
2003

Dangerous Voyage
as John Drew
1954
TV Appearances

Blue Murder
as Dr. Cumberland
1995

Compact
1962

Rush
as Supt. James Kendall
1974

Man in a Suitcase
1967
International Detective
as Joplin
1959
Deadline Midnight
1960

Home and Away
as Tom Knight
1988

The Flying Doctors
as Warren
1986

The Sullivans
as Admiral Spencer / Major Greenwell
1976

Anzacs
as Sir Rupert Barrington
1985

Rafferty's Rules
as Mathew
1987

Bodyline
as Joseph Lyons (Prime Minister)
1984