Name
Vincent Ball
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1923-12-04 (103 years old)
Place of Birth
Wee Waa, New South Wales, Australia
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.
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Known For
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World War II is raging, and an American general has been captured and is being held hostag...
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Socially awkward Muriel Heslop wants nothing more than to get married. Unfortunately, due ...
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A group of English, American, Dutch and Australian women creates a vocal orchestra while b...
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The working-class Smiths change their initially sunny views on World War I after the five ...
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During the Boer War, three Australian lieutenants are on trial for shooting Boer prisoners...
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Drama set in an Italian prisoner of war camp during World War 2, where a group of British ...
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Set in 1962, a young prepubescent boy in rural Australia watches painfully as his best fri...
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Detective Scobie Malone accepts a mission to fly to London to arrest Sir James Quentin, a ...
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Sequel to The Mouse that Roared; The Tiny Country of Grand Fenwick has a hot water problem...
- 1956 The Long Arm as P.C. at Hospital (uncredited)
- 1987 The Year My Voice Broke as Headmaster
- 1958 Sea of Sand as Sgt Nesbitt
- 1968 Where Eagles Dare as Carpenter
- 1962 Carry On Cruising as Jenkins
- 1980 Breaker Morant as Col. Ian (Johnny) Hamilton
- 1954 The Black Rider as Ted Lintott
- 1955 The Stolen Airliner as Flight Sergeant Watkins
- 1983 Phar Lap as Lachlan McKinnon
- 1958 Blood of the Vampire as Dr. John Pierre
- 1971 Clinic Exclusive as Bernard Wilcox
- 1994 Sirens as Bishop of Sydney
- 1957 Menace In The Night as Bob Meredith
- 1954 Devil's Point as Williams
- 1956 A Town Like Alice as Ben
- 1961 Middle Course as Cliff Wilton
- 1960 Feet of Clay as David Kyle
- 1955 Blonde Blackmailer as Johnson
- 2003 The Night We Called It a Day as Rex Hooper
- 1954 Dangerous Voyage as John Drew
- 1949 Stop Press Girl as Hero in cinema sequence
- 1982 The Highest Honour as Lieutenant Commander Hubert Marsham
- 1953 The Drayton Case as Henley's Assistant
- 1960 Dentist in the Chair as Michaels
- 1957 Robbery Under Arms as George Storefield
- 1961 Highway to Battle as Ransome
- 1949 The Interrupted Journey as the first workman
- 1993 Love In Limbo as Cyril Williams
- 1971 Not Tonight, Darling as Alex / Karen's lover
- 1997 Paradise Road as Mr. Dickson
- 1951 Talk of a Million as Jack Murnahan
- 1963 Echo of Diana as Bill Vernon
- 1981 Alison's Birthday as Dr. Jeremy Lyall
- 1956 The Secret of the Forest as Mr. Lawson
- 1960 Identity Unknown as Ken
- 1960 Dead Lucky as Mike Billing
- 1976 Deathcheaters
- 1969 Oh! What a Lovely War as Australian Soldier
- 1985 Call Me Mr. Brown as Captain Ritchie
- 1967 Follow That Camel as Ship's Officer
- 1951 Encore as Young Husband
- 1979 Demolition
- 1994 Muriel's Wedding as Priest
- 1986 Double Sculls as Stuart
- 1987 Vietnam as Dave the Spook
- 1959 Danger Within as Capt. Pat Foster
- 2001 The Man Who Sued God as Cardinal
- 1961 A Matter of WHO as Dr. Blake
- 2002 Black and White as Chief Justice Napier
- 1993 Frauds as Judge
- 1982 Deadline as Prime Minister
- 1956 The Baby and the Battleship as Second Sailor at Dance
- 1998 9 Across as Leo Sullivan
- 1978 The Irishman as Bailey Clark
- 1955 John and Julie as Digger
- 1961 Very Important Person as Higgins (uncredited)
- 1963 The Mouse on the Moon as Pilot
- 1951 London Entertains as David
- 1956 Reach for the Sky as Thelma's cousin (uncredited)
- 1956 The Battle of the River Plate as Barnes - HMS Achilles (uncredited)
- 1968 Nobody Runs Forever as Australian Policeman (uncredited)
- 1995 Blue Murder ( 2 episodes ) as Dr. Cumberland
- 1962 Compact ( 374 episodes )
- 1974 Rush ( 13 episodes ) as Supt. James Kendall
- 1967 Man in a Suitcase ( 1 episode )
- 1959 International Detective ( 1 episode ) as Joplin
- 1960 Deadline Midnight ( 39 episodes )
- 1988 Home and Away ( 1 episode ) as Tom Knight
- 1986 The Flying Doctors ( 1 episode ) as Warren
- 1976 The Sullivans ( 2 episodes ) as Admiral Spencer / Major Greenwell
- 1985 Anzacs ( 5 episodes ) as Sir Rupert Barrington
- 1987 Rafferty's Rules ( 1 episode ) as Mathew
- 1984 Bodyline ( 7 episodes ) as Joseph Lyons (Prime Minister)
- 1991 The Private War of Lucinda Smith ( 2 episodes ) as Col. Foster
- 2000 Grass Roots ( 1 episode ) as Monty Chesney
- 1998 All Saints ( 1 episode ) as Bill Weiner
- 1960 Theatre '70 ( 1 episode ) as Martin Wade
- 1973 The Dragon's Opponent ( 4 episodes ) as Captain McColm
- 1980 Timelapse ( 12 episodes ) as Boyd McKiel
