Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
December 4, 1923
Place of Birth:
Wee Waa, New South Wales, Australia
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Vincent Ball
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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | The Night We Called It a Day | Rex Hooper |
| 2002 | Black and White | Chief Justice Napier |
| 2001 | The Man Who Sued God | Cardinal |
| 1998 | 9 Across | Leo Sullivan |
| 1997 | Paradise Road | Mr. Dickson |
| 1994 | Sirens | Bishop of Sydney |
| 1994 | Muriel's Wedding | Priest |
| 1993 | Love In Limbo | Cyril Williams |
| 1993 | Frauds | Judge |
| 1987 | The Year My Voice Broke | Headmaster |
| 1987 | Vietnam | Dave the Spook |
| 1986 | Double Sculls | Stuart |
| 1985 | Call Me Mr. Brown | Captain Ritchie |
| 1983 | Phar Lap | Lachlan McKinnon |
| 1982 | The Highest Honour | Lieutenant Commander Hubert Marsham |
| 1982 | Deadline | Prime Minister |
| 1981 | Alison's Birthday | Dr. Jeremy Lyall |
| 1980 | Breaker Morant | Col. Ian (Johnny) Hamilton |
| 1979 | Demolition | |
| 1976 | Deathcheaters | |
| 1971 | Clinic Exclusive | Bernard Wilcox |
| 1971 | Not Tonight, Darling | Alex / Karen's lover |
| 1969 | Oh! What a Lovely War | Australian Soldier |
| 1968 | Where Eagles Dare | Carpenter |
| 1967 | Carry On Follow That Camel | Ship's Officer |
| 1963 | Echo of Diana | Bill Vernon |
| 1963 | The Mouse on the Moon | Pilot |
| 1962 | Carry On Cruising | Jenkins |
| 1961 | Middle Course | Cliff Wilton |
| 1961 | Highway to Battle | Ransome |
| 1961 | A Matter of WHO | Dr. Blake |
| 1960 | Feet of Clay | David Kyle |
| 1960 | Dentist in the Chair | Michaels |
| 1960 | Identity Unknown | Ken |
| 1960 | Dead Lucky | Mike Billing |
| 1959 | Danger Within | Capt. Pat Foster |
| 1958 | Sea of Sand | Sgt Nesbitt |
| 1958 | Blood of the Vampire | Dr. John Pierre |
| 1957 | Menace In The Night | Bob Meredith |
| 1957 | Robbery Under Arms | George Storefield |
| 1956 | The Long Arm | P.C. at Hospital (uncredited) |
| 1956 | A Town Like Alice | Ben |
| 1956 | The Secret of the Forest | Mr. Lawson |
| 1956 | The Baby and the Battleship | Second Sailor at Dance |
| 1955 | The Stolen Airliner | Flight Sergeant Watkins |
| 1955 | Blonde Blackmailer | Johnson |
| 1954 | The Black Rider | Ted Lintott |
| 1954 | Devil's Point | Williams |
| 1954 | Dangerous Voyage | John Drew |
| 1953 | The Drayton Case | Henley's Assistant |
| 1951 | Talk of a Million | Jack Murnahan |
| 1951 | Encore | Young Husband |
| 1949 | Stop Press Girl | Hero in cinema sequence |
| 1949 | The Interrupted Journey | the first workman |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Grass Roots | Monty Chesney |
| 1998 | All Saints | Bill Weiner |
| 1995 | Blue Murder | Dr. Cumberland |
| 1991 | The Private War of Lucinda Smith | Col. Foster |
| 1988 | Home and Away | Tom Knight |
| 1987 | Rafferty's Rules | Mathew |
| 1986 | The Flying Doctors | Warren |
| 1985 | Anzacs | Sir Rupert Barrington |
| 1984 | Bodyline | Joseph Lyons (Prime Minister) |
| 1976 | The Sullivans | Admiral Spencer / Major Greenwell |
| 1974 | Rush | Supt. James Kendall |
| 1967 | Man in a Suitcase | |
| 1962 | Compact | |
| 1960 | Deadline Midnight | |
| 1959 | International Detective | Joplin |