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Vincent Ball

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

Known For: Acting

Born: Wee Waa, New South Wales, Australia, 1923-12-04

Died: null

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1949	Stop Press Girl	Hero in cinema sequence	56
2	1949	The Interrupted Journey	the first workman	60
3	1951	Talk of a Million	Jack Murnahan	0
4	1951	Encore	Young Husband	62
5	1953	The Drayton Case	Henley's Assistant	60
6	1954	Dangerous Voyage	John Drew	59
7	1954	The Black Rider	Ted Lintott	62
8	1954	Devil's Point	Williams	0
9	1955	The Stolen Airliner	Flight Sergeant Watkins	0
10	1955	Blonde Blackmailer	Johnson	0
11	1956	The Secret of the Forest	Mr. Lawson	0
12	1956	A Town Like Alice	Ben	63
13	1956	The Long Arm	P.C. at Hospital (uncredited)	70
14	1956	The Baby and the Battleship	Second Sailor at Dance	60
15	1957	Robbery Under Arms	George Storefield	54
16	1957	Menace In The Night	Bob Meredith	0
17	1958	Blood of the Vampire	Dr. John Pierre	57
18	1958	Sea of Sand	Sgt Nesbitt	65
19	1959	Danger Within	Capt. Pat Foster	62
20	1960	Identity Unknown	Ken	0
21	1960	Dead Lucky	Mike Billing	50
22	1960	Dentist in the Chair	Michaels	59
23	1960	Feet of Clay	David Kyle	0
24	1961	Highway to Battle	Ransome	0
25	1961	A Matter of WHO	Dr. Blake	62
26	1961	Middle Course	Cliff Wilton	0
27	1962	Carry On Cruising	Jenkins	61
28	1963	Echo of Diana	Bill Vernon	52
29	1963	The Mouse on the Moon	Pilot	59
30	1967	Carry On Follow That Camel	Ship's Officer	58
31	1968	Where Eagles Dare	Carpenter	75
32	1969	Oh! What a Lovely War	Australian Soldier	68
33	1971	Clinic Exclusive	Bernard Wilcox	30
34	1971	Not Tonight, Darling	Alex / Karen's lover	51
35	1976	Deathcheaters		58
36	1978	The Irishman	Bailey Clark	0
37	1979	Demolition		30
38	1980	Breaker Morant	Col. Ian (Johnny) Hamilton	71
39	1981	Alison's Birthday	Dr. Jeremy Lyall	52
40	1982	Deadline	Prime Minister	60
41	1982	The Highest Honour	Lieutenant Commander Hubert Marsham	57
42	1983	Phar Lap	Lachlan McKinnon	72
43	1985	Call Me Mr. Brown	Captain Ritchie	50
44	1986	Double Sculls	Stuart	0
45	1987	Vietnam	Dave the Spook	80
46	1987	The Year My Voice Broke	Headmaster	71
47	1993	Love In Limbo	Cyril Williams	53
48	1993	Frauds	Judge	60
49	1994	Sirens	Bishop of Sydney	56
50	1994	Muriel's Wedding	Priest	68
51	1997	Paradise Road	Mr. Dickson	64
52	1998	9 Across	Leo Sullivan	0
53	2001	The Man Who Sued God	Cardinal	64
54	2002	Black and White	Chief Justice Napier	56
55	2003	The Night We Called It a Day	Rex Hooper	48

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1959	International Detective	Joplin	70
2	1960	Deadline Midnight		0
3	1962	Compact		30
4	1967	Man in a Suitcase		70
5	1974	Rush	Supt. James Kendall	50
6	1976	The Sullivans	Admiral Spencer / Major Greenwell	51
7	1984	Bodyline	Joseph Lyons (Prime Minister)	77
8	1985	Anzacs	Sir Rupert Barrington	67
9	1986	The Flying Doctors	Warren	63
10	1987	Rafferty's Rules	Mathew	60
11	1988	Home and Away	Tom Knight	63
12	1991	The Private War of Lucinda Smith	Col. Foster	0
13	1995	Blue Murder	Dr. Cumberland	58
14	1998	All Saints	Bill Weiner	62
15	2000	Grass Roots	Monty Chesney	0