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.
Movie Appearances
Mrs. Dane's Defence
as Sir Daniel Carteret
1933
High Treason
as President of the Federated States of Europe
1929
His Lordship
as Abdullah
1936
Knight Without Armour
as Axelstein
1937
The Citadel
as Doctor Page
1938
The Rocks of Valpre
as Trevor Mordaunt
1919
The Crimson Circle
as James Beardmore
1936
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
Should a Doctor Tell?
as Dr. Bruce Smith
1930
Glamour
as Lord Westborough
1931
The Wandering Jew
as Pontius Pilate (Phase I)
1933
St. Martin's Lane
as Magistrate
1938
On the Banks of Allan Water
as Richard Warden
1916
God's Good Man
1919
Rembrandt
as Adrien van Rijn
1936
The Epic That Never Was
as Xenophon, Claudius' doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
1969