Vincent Ball

Acting

Born December 4, 1923, Wee Waa, New South Wales, Australia

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

Filmography

• 2003The Night We Called It a Day — Rex Hooper
• 2002Black and White — Chief Justice Napier
• 2001The Man Who Sued God — Cardinal
• Grass Roots — Monty Chesney
• 19989 Across — Leo Sullivan
• All Saints — Bill Weiner
• 1997Paradise Road — Mr. Dickson
• Blue Murder — Dr. Cumberland
• 1994Muriel's Wedding — Priest
• 1994Sirens — Bishop of Sydney
• 1993Frauds — Judge
• 1993Love In Limbo — Cyril Williams
• The Private War of Lucinda Smith — Col. Foster
• Home and Away — Tom Knight
• Rafferty's Rules — Mathew
• 1987The Year My Voice Broke — Headmaster
• 1987Vietnam — Dave the Spook
• 1986Double Sculls — Stuart
• The Flying Doctors — Warren
• Anzacs — Sir Rupert Barrington
• 1985Call Me Mr. Brown — Captain Ritchie
• Bodyline — Joseph Lyons (Prime Minister)
• 1983Phar Lap — Lachlan McKinnon
• 1982Deadline — Prime Minister
• 1982The Highest Honour — Lieutenant Commander Hubert Marsham
• 1981Alison's Birthday — Dr. Jeremy Lyall
• 1980Breaker Morant — Col. Ian (Johnny) Hamilton
• Timelapse — Boyd McKiel
• 1979Demolition
• 1978The Irishman — Bailey Clark
• 1976Deathcheaters
• The Sullivans — Admiral Spencer / Major Greenwell
• Rush — Supt. James Kendall
• The Dragon's Opponent — Captain McColm
• 1971Clinic Exclusive — Bernard Wilcox
• 1971Not Tonight, Darling — Alex / Karen's lover
• 1969Oh! What a Lovely War — Australian Soldier
• 1968Nobody Runs Forever — Australian Policeman (uncredited)
• 1968Where Eagles Dare — Carpenter
• 1967Follow That Camel — Ship's Officer
• Man in a Suitcase
• 1963Echo of Diana — Bill Vernon
• 1963The Mouse on the Moon — Pilot
• 1962Carry On Cruising — Jenkins
• Compact
• 1961A Matter of WHO — Dr. Blake
• 1961Highway to Battle — Ransome
• 1961Middle Course — Cliff Wilton
• 1961Very Important Person — Higgins (uncredited)
• 1960Dead Lucky — Mike Billing
• Deadline Midnight
• 1960Dentist in the Chair — Michaels
• 1960Feet of Clay — David Kyle
• 1960Identity Unknown — Ken
• Theatre '70 — Martin Wade
• 1959Danger Within — Capt. Pat Foster
• International Detective — Joplin
• 1958Blood of the Vampire — Dr. John Pierre
• 1958Sea of Sand — Sgt Nesbitt
• 1957Menace In The Night — Bob Meredith
• 1957Robbery Under Arms — George Storefield
• 1956A Town Like Alice — Ben
• 1956Reach for the Sky — Thelma's cousin (uncredited)
• 1956The Baby and the Battleship — Second Sailor at Dance
• 1956The Battle of the River Plate — Barnes - HMS Achilles (uncredited)
• 1956The Long Arm — P.C. at Hospital (uncredited)
• 1956The Secret of the Forest — Mr. Lawson
• 1955Blonde Blackmailer — Johnson
• 1955John and Julie — Digger
• 1955The Stolen Airliner — Flight Sergeant Watkins
• 1954Dangerous Voyage — John Drew
• 1954Devil's Point — Williams
• 1954The Black Rider — Ted Lintott
• 1953The Drayton Case — Henley's Assistant
• 1951Encore — Young Husband
• 1951London Entertains — David
• 1951Talk of a Million — Jack Murnahan
• 1949Stop Press Girl — Hero in cinema sequence
• 1949The Interrupted Journey — the first workman