Vincent Ball
Acting
Born: December 4, 1923 (age 102) · Wee Waa, New South Wales, Australia
Highest Rated
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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Movies (55)
Where Eagles Dare
Carpenter
Muriel's Wedding
Priest
The Battle of the River Plate
Barnes - HMS Achilles (uncredited)
Sirens
Bishop of Sydney
Breaker Morant
Col. Ian (Johnny) Hamilton
Encore
Young Husband
The Year My Voice Broke
Headmaster
The Man Who Sued God
Cardinal
Paradise Road
Mr. Dickson
Oh! What a Lovely War
Australian Soldier
Reach for the Sky
Thelma's cousin (uncredited)
The Mouse on the Moon
Pilot
A Town Like Alice
Ben
The Long Arm
P.C. at Hospital (uncredited)
Carry On Cruising
Jenkins
The Baby and the Battleship
Second Sailor at Dance
The Night We Called It a Day
Rex Hooper
Clinic Exclusive
Bernard Wilcox
Sea of Sand
Sgt Nesbitt
Robbery Under Arms
George Storefield
A Matter of WHO
Dr. Blake
Frauds
Judge
Blood of the Vampire
Dr. John Pierre
Vietnam
Dave the Spook
Nobody Runs Forever
Australian Policeman (uncredited)
Danger Within
Capt. Pat Foster
Follow That Camel
Ship's Officer
Call Me Mr. Brown
Captain Ritchie
Phar Lap
Lachlan McKinnon
The Interrupted Journey
the first workman
Dentist in the Chair
Michaels
Black and White
Chief Justice Napier
The Highest Honour
Lieutenant Commander Hubert Marsham
John and Julie
Digger
Talk of a Million
Jack Murnahan
Very Important Person
Higgins (uncredited)
Deathcheaters
1976
Stop Press Girl
Hero in cinema sequence
The Irishman
Bailey Clark
Love In Limbo
Cyril Williams
Alison's Birthday
Dr. Jeremy Lyall
Dangerous Voyage
John Drew
Dead Lucky
Mike Billing
Deadline
Prime Minister
Highway to Battle
Ransome
Devil's Point
Williams
Blonde Blackmailer
Johnson
Identity Unknown
Ken
The Black Rider
Ted Lintott
Double Sculls
Stuart
Echo of Diana
Bill Vernon
Demolition
1979
Not Tonight, Darling
Alex / Karen's lover
The Drayton Case
Henley's Assistant
The Stolen Airliner
Flight Sergeant Watkins
TV Shows (13)
Home and Away
Tom Knight · 1 eps
The Sullivans
Admiral Spencer / Major Greenwell · 2 eps
The Flying Doctors
Warren · 1 eps
All Saints
Bill Weiner · 1 eps
Compact
374 eps
Rafferty's Rules
Mathew · 1 eps
Man in a Suitcase
1 eps
Bodyline
Joseph Lyons (Prime Minister) · 7 eps
Blue Murder
Dr. Cumberland · 2 eps
Rush
Supt. James Kendall · 13 eps
Grass Roots
Monty Chesney · 1 eps
Anzacs
Sir Rupert Barrington · 5 eps
Timelapse
Boyd McKiel · 12 eps