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.
The Citadel
as Doctor PageAndrew Manson, a young, idealistic, newly qualified Scottish doctor arrives in Wales takes his...
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Rembrandt
as Adrien van RijnA character study depicting the life of Rembrandt Van Rijn at the height of his fame in the mid...
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The Wandering Jew
as Pontius Pilate (Phase I)Old Jerusalem: Matathias, spiteful over his lover's illness, spits on Jesus along the road to...
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St. Martin's Lane
as MagistrateOn the sidewalks of the London theater district the buskers (street performers) earn enough...
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Knight Without Armour
as AxelsteinBritish agent working in Russia is forced to remain longer than planned once the revolution...
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High Treason
as President of the Federated States of EuropeThe year is 1940 and tension is growing between the empires of United Europe and the Atlantic...
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The School for Scandal
as Sir Peter TeazleCharles, Joseph and Sir Benjamin are in love with Maria and Lady Sneerwell is in love with Charles.
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The Crimson Circle
as James BeardmoreBased on the novel by Edgar Wallace, detectives at Scotland Yard try and track down The Crimson...
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On the Banks of Allan Water
as Richard WardenA bart's son weds a miller's daughter and their class disparity almost causes her suicide.
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Should a Doctor Tell?
as Dr. Bruce SmithA doctor agonises over whether to tell his son that the woman he is marrying is pregnant by...
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His Lordship
as AbdullahA complicated adventure involving twin brothers and the Foreign Office trying to thwart the...
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