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Vincent Ball

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Vincent Ball

Born December 4, 1923 in Wee Waa, New South Wales, Australia60 films

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.

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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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Where Eagles Dare posterFirst watchWhere Eagles Dare19687.5as CarpenterWorld War II is raging, and an American general has been captured and is being held hostage in the Schloss Adler, a Bavarian castle that's nearly impossible to breach.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Muriel's Wedding poster6.8Muriel's Wedding1994Breaker Morant poster7.1Breaker Morant1980Sirens poster5.6Sirens1994Paradise Road poster6.3Paradise Road1997The Battle of the River Plate poster6.4The Battle of the River Plate1956The Man Who Sued God poster6.3The Man Who Sued God2001Oh! What a Lovely War poster6.6Oh! What a Lovely War1969Carry On Cruising poster6.1Carry On Cruising1962

Filmography

60 films as actor
  1. 2003The Night We Called It a DayRex Hooper
  2. 2002Black and WhiteChief Justice Napier
  3. 2001The Man Who Sued GodCardinal
  4. 19989 AcrossLeo Sullivan
  5. 1997Paradise RoadMr. Dickson
  6. 1994Muriel's WeddingPriest
  7. 1994SirensBishop of Sydney
  8. 1993FraudsJudge
  9. 1993Love In LimboCyril Williams
  10. 1987The Year My Voice BrokeHeadmaster
  11. 1987VietnamDave the Spook
  12. 1986Double ScullsStuart
  13. 1985Call Me Mr. BrownCaptain Ritchie
  14. 1983Phar LapLachlan McKinnon
  15. 1982The Highest HonourLieutenant Commander Hubert Marsham
  16. 1982DeadlinePrime Minister
  17. 1981Alison's BirthdayDr. Jeremy Lyall
  18. 1980Breaker MorantCol. Ian (Johnny) Hamilton
  19. 1979Demolition
  20. 1978The IrishmanBailey Clark
  21. 1976Deathcheaters
  22. 1971Not Tonight, DarlingAlex / Karen's lover
  23. 1971Clinic ExclusiveBernard Wilcox
  24. 1969Oh! What a Lovely WarAustralian Soldier
  25. 1968Where Eagles DareCarpenter
  26. 1968Nobody Runs ForeverAustralian Policeman (uncredited)
  27. 1967Follow That CamelShip's Officer
  28. 1963The Mouse on the MoonPilot
  29. 1963Echo of DianaBill Vernon
  30. 1962Carry On CruisingJenkins
  31. 1961Middle CourseCliff Wilton
  32. 1961A Matter of WHODr. Blake
  33. 1961Highway to BattleRansome
  34. 1961Very Important PersonHiggins (uncredited)
  35. 1960Feet of ClayDavid Kyle
  36. 1960Dentist in the ChairMichaels
  37. 1960Identity UnknownKen
  38. 1960Dead LuckyMike Billing
  39. 1959Danger WithinCapt. Pat Foster
  40. 1958Sea of SandSgt Nesbitt
  41. 1958Blood of the VampireDr. John Pierre
  42. 1957Menace In The NightBob Meredith
  43. 1957Robbery Under ArmsGeorge Storefield
  44. 1956The Battle of the River PlateBarnes - HMS Achilles (uncredited)
  45. 1956Reach for the SkyThelma's cousin (uncredited)
  46. 1956The Long ArmP.C. at Hospital (uncredited)
  47. 1956The Baby and the BattleshipSecond Sailor at Dance
  48. 1956A Town Like AliceBen
  49. 1956The Secret of the ForestMr. Lawson
  50. 1955Blonde BlackmailerJohnson
  51. 1955John and JulieDigger
  52. 1955The Stolen AirlinerFlight Sergeant Watkins
  53. 1954Devil's PointWilliams
  54. 1954The Black RiderTed Lintott
  55. 1954Dangerous VoyageJohn Drew
  56. 1953The Drayton CaseHenley's Assistant
  57. 1951EncoreYoung Husband
  58. 1951Talk of a MillionJack Murnahan
  59. 1949The Interrupted Journeythe first workman
  60. 1949Stop Press GirlHero in cinema sequence