Vincent Ball
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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Muriel's Wedding
as PriestA young social outcast in Australia steals money from her parents to finance a vacation where...
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Paradise Road
as Mr. DicksonA group of English, American, Dutch and Australian women creates a vocal orchestra while being...
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Breaker Morant
as Col. Ian (Johnny) HamiltonDuring the Boer War, three Australian lieutenants are on trial for shooting Boer prisoners....
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Sirens
as Bishop of SydneyIn 1930s Australia, Anglican clergyman Anthony Campion and his prim wife, Estella, are asked to...
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Oh! What a Lovely War
as Australian SoldierThe working-class Smiths change their initially sunny views on World War I after the three boys...
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Danger Within
as Capt. Pat FosterDrama set in an Italian prisoner of war camp during World War 2, where a group of British...
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A Town Like Alice
as BenIn 1941 Malaysia, the advancing Japanese army captures a lot of British territory very quickly....
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Vietnam
as Dave the SpookThe trials and tribulations of the Goddard family after the entry of Australia into the Vietnam War.
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The Mouse on the Moon
as PilotSequel to The Mouse that Roared; The Tiny Country of Grand Fenwick has a hot water problem in...
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Carry on Follow That Camel
as Ship's OfficerBertram Oliphant 'Bo' West wants to clear his unjustly smeared reputation, so he joins the...
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Sea of Sand
as Sgt NesbittA small British army team is sent deep behind enemy lines to destroy a German petrol dump as...
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The Man Who Sued God
as CardinalA lawyer becomes a fisherman from frustration. When his one piece of property, his boat, is...
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Dangerous Voyage
as John DrewIntrigue and smuggling in the English Channel.
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Carry On Cruising
as JenkinsCaptain Crowther's lot is not a happy one! Five of his crew have to be replaced and at such...
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The Long Arm
as P.C. at Hospital (uncredited)Scotland Yard detectives attempt to solve a spate of safe robberies across England beginning...
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Blood of the Vampire
as Dr. John PierreA man and wife are terrorized by Mad Scientist Dr. Callistratus who was executed but has...
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Phar Lap
as Lachlan McKinnonPhar Lap, the big bold chestnut reigned as the king of the turf in the depression that gripped...
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Black and White
as Chief Justice NapierAustralia, 1958. When a nine year old white girl is found murdered, police are quick to arrest...
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The Night We Called It a Day
as Rex HooperBased on the true events surrounding Frank Sinatra's tour of Australia. When Sinatra calls a...
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The Year My Voice Broke
as HeadmasterSet in 1962, a young prepubescent boy in rural Australia watches painfully as his best friend...
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Dentist in the Chair
as MichaelsThe misfortunes that befall three dental students when they become unwitting accessories to a...
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Frauds
as JudgeThe film is a story of the ways in which insurance investigator Roland Copping interferes in and...
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Alison's Birthday
as Dr. Jeremy LyallDuring a Ouija board session with her teenaged friends, 16-year-old Alison gets a message from...
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The Interrupted Journey
as the first workmanWhen John North, a budding author, pulls the communication cord of a late night train that is...
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Love In Limbo
as Cyril WilliamsKen Riddle (Craig Adams), to whom sex is a mystery, joins his two mates from work, Arthur...
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The Highest Honour
as Lieutenant Commander Hubert MarshamAfter a highly successful raid on Singapore Harbour, soldiers of Z Special Unit lead a new...
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Encore
as Young HusbandEncore is a 1951 anthology film composed of adaptations of three short stories by W. Somerset...
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Clinic Exclusive
as Bernard WilcoxA beautiful massage parlor/sex clinic owner financially & emotionally mistreats her customers.
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Robbery Under Arms
as George StorefieldDuring the mid 1860s, brothers Dick and Jim Marston are drawn into a life of crime by their...
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A Matter of WHO
as Dr. BlakeHealth officials from the World Health Organization link a smallpox outbreak in Europe to oil...
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The Dismissal
as Justin O'ByrneThe drama surrounding the dismissal of Mr. Gough Whitlam as the Labor Prime Minister of...
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The Black Rider
as Ted LintottWhen young reporter and amateur biker Jerry Marsh investigates a mysterious hooded figure on a...
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Stop Press Girl
as Hero in cinema sequenceA young woman leaves her backwards hometown to go to London to find a runaway suitor. What she...
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Double Sculls
as StuartA man tries to rehabilitate his alcoholic friend by entering them both into the Australian...
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Call Me Mr. Brown
as Captain RitchieBased on the 1971 true story known as "The Great Plane Robbery", this tele-movie tells the story...
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Highway to Battle
as RansomeMonths before the out break of WWII, suspicion falls on a German ambassador when one of his...
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Not Tonight, Darling
as Alex / Karen's loverA lonely 'Stay-at-Home' Housewife is being watched every night through the bathroom window by a...
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Devil's Point
as WilliamsA Thames River barge operator finds a mysterious package dropped by smugglers.
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Demolition
as uncreditedWhen British Intelligence, following a series of experiments designed to increase alertness of...
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The Drayton Case
as Henley's AssistantDuring the early years of World War II, a bomb from a German airplane uncovers the corpse of a...
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Dead Lucky
as Mike BillingMike Billing's newspaper series about quasi-illegal gambling parties in Mayfair have so far been...
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Identity Unknown
as KenTwo reporters, a youth and a girl, find romance during interviews with relatives and friends of...
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Blonde Blackmailer
as JohnsonA man (Richard Arlen) wants answers when he gets out of prison after spending seven years for a...
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The Flying Doctors
as WarrenThe Flying Doctors is an Australian drama series produced by Crawford Productions that revolved...
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Home and Away
as Tom KnightHome and Away is set in the fictional town of Summer Bay, a coastal town in New South Wales, and...
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Man in a Suitcase
as uncreditedAccused of treason, a former U.S. intelligence officer based in London tries to clear his name,...
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The Sullivans
as Admiral Spencer / Major GreenwellThe Sullivans is an Australian drama television series produced by Crawford Productions which...
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Blue Murder
as Dr. CumberlandSet in the 1970s and 1980s in Sydney, the miniseries concerns the relationship between...
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Bodyline
as Joseph Lyons (Prime Minister)Dramatization of the 1932/33 Test cricket series between England and Australia. Played in...
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Anzacs
as Sir Rupert BarringtonAnzacs was a 1985 5-part Australian miniseries set in World War I. The series follows the lives...
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Bangkok Hilton
as British AttacheThis classic Australian mini series was originally broadcast in 1989 as three 90 minute episodes...
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Rush
as uncreditedRush was an Australian television series produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation...
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