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| name = Basil Gill
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| name = Basil Gill
| birth_date = 10 March 1877
| birth_date = 10 March 1877
| birth_place = [[Birkenhead]], [[Cheshire]] <br> [[United Kingdom]]
| birth_place = [[Birkenhead]], [[Cheshire]], [[England]], UK
| death_date = 23 April 1955 (aged 78)
| death_date = 23 April 1955 (aged 78)
| death_place = [[Hove]], [[East Sussex]]<br> United Kingdom
| death_place = [[Hove]], [[Sussex]], England, UK
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| occupation = [[Film actor]]
| occupation = Stage and [[film actor]]
| years_active = [[1911 in film|1911]] - [[1938 in film|1938]]
| years_active = 1897 – 1938
| imdb_id = 0318624
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'''Basil Gill''' (10 March 1877 – 23 April 1955)<ref name=imdb/> was a British stage actor and film actor. His stage career included many roles in plays of Shakespeare.
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'''Basil Gill''' (1877–1955) was a British [[film actor]] whose film career started with ''Henry VIII'' (1911), a short silent film. In 1926, Gill appeared in two short films made in the [[Lee DeForest|DeForest]] [[Phonofilm]] sound-on-film process, ''Santa Claus'' as the title character, and ''[[Julius Caesar (play)|Julius Caesar]]'' as Brutus.<ref>[http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/19480 BFI Database]</ref>


==Life==
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==Selected filmography==
He was a son of the Rev. John Gill, of Cambridge.<ref name=obit>Obituary, ''The Glasgow Herald'', page 9, 25 April 1955.</ref>

His first stage appearance, in Bury, Lancashire in 1897, was in ''[[The Sign of the Cross (play)|The Sign of the Cross]]'' ([[Wilson Barrett]]'s most successful play); the following year he appeared in this play in London. He then toured Australia and the USA with ''The Sign of the Cross'' and ''[[Ben-Hur (play)|Ben-Hur]]''.<ref name=obit/>

In 1903 he joined [[Herbert Beerbohm Tree]]'s company at [[His Majesty's Theatre, London]], and appeared in plays of Shakespeare, playing several important roles. He left the company in 1907. He continued to perform, into the 1930s, in Shakespeare's plays during his career. As well as being a Shakespearean actor, he was regarded as a [[matinée idol]] and played romantic parts in modern plays.<ref name=obit/><ref name=players>[http://shakespeare.emory.edu/actordisplay.cfm?actorid=41 Basil Gill] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304202448/http://shakespeare.emory.edu/actordisplay.cfm?actorid=41 |date=4 March 2016 }} Shakespeare and the Players, accessed 18 August 2015.</ref>

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His career as a [[film actor]] started with ''[[Henry VIII (film)|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 [[Lee de Forest|De Forest]] [[Phonofilm]] sound-on-film process, ''Santa Claus'' as the title character, and ''[[Julius Caesar (play)|Julius Caesar]]'' as Brutus. He appeared in many more films, the last being ''[[The Citadel (1938 film)|The Citadel]]'' of 1938.<ref name=imdb>{{IMDb name|0318624}}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090115070234/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/19480 Basil Gill] BFI Database, accessed 18 August 2015.</ref>

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==Partial filmography==
* ''[[Henry VIII (film)|Henry VIII]]'' (1911)
* ''[[On the Banks of Allan Water]]'' (1916)
* ''[[Missing the Tide]]'' (1918)
* ''[[The Admirable Crichton (1918 film)|The Admirable Crichton]]'' (1918)
* ''[[The Homemaker]]'' (1919)
* ''[[The Soul of Guilda Lois]]'' (1919)
* ''[[The Rocks of Valpre (1919 film)|The Rocks of Valpre]]'' (1919)
* ''[[God's Good Man]]'' (1919)
* ''Julius Caesar'' (1926) short film of excerpt of Shakespeare's play, filmed in Phonofilm process
* ''Julius Caesar'' (1926) short film of excerpt of Shakespeare's play, filmed in Phonofilm process
* ''Santa Claus'' (1926) with Gill as title character
* ''Santa Claus'' (1926) with Gill as title character
* ''[[School for Scandal (film)|School for Scandal]]'' (1930)
* ''[[The School for Scandal (1930 film)|The School for Scandal]]'' (1930)
* ''[[Mrs. Dane's Defence (1933 film)|Mrs. Dane's Defence]]'' (1933)
* ''[[The Divine Spark]]'' (1935)
* ''[[The Divine Spark]]'' (1935)
* ''[[Immortal Gentleman]]'' (1935)
* ''[[Royal Cavalcade]]'' (1935)
* ''[[Royal Cavalcade]]'' (1935)
* ''[[Rembrandt (film)|Rembrandt]]'' (1936)
* ''[[Rembrandt (1936 film)|Rembrandt]]'' (1936)
* ''[[His Lordship]]'' (1936)
* ''[[Gaol Break]]'' (1936)
* ''[[His Lordship (1936 film)|His Lordship]]'' (1936)
* ''[[The Crimson Circle (1936 film)|The Crimson Circle]]'' (1936)
* ''[[I, Claudius (film)|I, Claudius]]'' (1937)
* ''[[I, Claudius (film)|I, Claudius]]'' (1937)
* ''[[St Martin's Lane]]'' (1938)
* ''[[St Martin's Lane]]'' (1938)
* ''[[Dangerous Medicine]]'' (1938)
* ''[[Dangerous Medicine]]'' (1938) - Sir Francis
* ''[[The Citadel]]'' (1938)
* ''[[The Citadel (1938 film)|The Citadel]]'' (1938)


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
* {{imdb name|0318624}}


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| NAME = Gill, Basil
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| DATE OF BIRTH = 10 March 1877
| PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Birkenhead]], [[Cheshire]] [[United Kingdom]]
| DATE OF DEATH = 23 April 1955
| PLACE OF DEATH = [[Hove]], [[East Sussex]] United Kingdom
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[[Category:English silent film actors]]
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Latest revision as of 01:57, 2 August 2024

Basil Gill
Born10 March 1877
Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK
Died23 April 1955 (aged 78)
Hove, Sussex, England, UK
Occupation(s)Stage and film actor
Years active1897 – 1938

Basil Gill (10 March 1877 – 23 April 1955)[1] was a British stage actor and film actor. His stage career included many roles in plays of Shakespeare.

Life

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He was a son of the Rev. John Gill, of Cambridge.[2]

His first stage appearance, in Bury, Lancashire in 1897, was in The Sign of the Cross (Wilson Barrett's most successful play); the following year he appeared in this play in London. He then toured Australia and the USA with The Sign of the Cross and Ben-Hur.[2]

In 1903 he joined Herbert Beerbohm Tree's company at His Majesty's Theatre, London, and appeared in plays of Shakespeare, playing several important roles. He left the company in 1907. He continued to perform, into the 1930s, in Shakespeare's plays during his career. As well as being a Shakespearean actor, he was regarded as a matinée idol and played romantic parts in modern plays.[2][3]

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 De Forest 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.[1][4]

Partial filmography

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References

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  1. ^ a b Basil Gill at IMDb
  2. ^ a b c Obituary, The Glasgow Herald, page 9, 25 April 1955.
  3. ^ Basil Gill Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Shakespeare and the Players, accessed 18 August 2015.
  4. ^ Basil Gill BFI Database, accessed 18 August 2015.
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