Vincent Ball
Acting • Born 1923-12-04
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
Filmography
72 credits
The Long Arm
Movie • 1956
P.C. at Hospital (uncredited)
The Year My Voice Broke
Movie • 1987
Headmaster
Sea of Sand
Movie • 1958
Sgt Nesbitt
Where Eagles Dare
Movie • 1968
Carpenter
Carry On Cruising
Movie • 1962
Jenkins
Breaker Morant
Movie • 1980
Col. Ian (Johnny) Hamilton
The Black Rider
Movie • 1954
Ted Lintott
The Stolen Airliner
Movie • 1955
Flight Sergeant Watkins
Phar Lap
Movie • 1983
Lachlan McKinnon
Blood of the Vampire
Movie • 1958
Dr. John Pierre
Clinic Exclusive
Movie • 1971
Bernard Wilcox
Sirens
Movie • 1994
Bishop of Sydney
Menace In The Night
Movie • 1957
Bob Meredith
Devil's Point
Movie • 1954
Williams
A Town Like Alice
Movie • 1956
Ben
Middle Course
Movie • 1961
Cliff Wilton
Feet of Clay
Movie • 1960
David Kyle
Blonde Blackmailer
Movie • 1955
Johnson
The Night We Called It a Day
Movie • 2003
Rex Hooper
Dangerous Voyage
Movie • 1954
John Drew
Stop Press Girl
Movie • 1949
Hero in cinema sequence
The Highest Honour
Movie • 1982
Lieutenant Commander Hubert Marsham
The Drayton Case
Movie • 1953
Henley's Assistant
Dentist in the Chair
Movie • 1960
Michaels
Robbery Under Arms
Movie • 1957
George Storefield
Highway to Battle
Movie • 1961
Ransome
The Interrupted Journey
Movie • 1949
the first workman
Love In Limbo
Movie • 1993
Cyril Williams
Not Tonight, Darling
Movie • 1971
Alex / Karen's lover
Paradise Road
Movie • 1997
Mr. Dickson
Talk of a Million
Movie • 1951
Jack Murnahan
Echo of Diana
Movie • 1963
Bill Vernon
Alison's Birthday
Movie • 1981
Dr. Jeremy Lyall
The Secret of the Forest
Movie • 1956
Mr. Lawson
Identity Unknown
Movie • 1960
Ken
Dead Lucky
Movie • 1960
Mike Billing
Deathcheaters
Movie • 1976
Oh! What a Lovely War
Movie • 1969
Australian Soldier
Call Me Mr. Brown
Movie • 1985
Captain Ritchie
Follow That Camel
Movie • 1967
Ship's Officer
Encore
Movie • 1951
Young Husband
Demolition
Movie • 1979
Muriel's Wedding
Movie • 1994
Priest
Double Sculls
Movie • 1986
Stuart
Vietnam
Movie • 1987
Dave the Spook
Danger Within
Movie • 1959
Capt. Pat Foster
The Man Who Sued God
Movie • 2001
Cardinal
A Matter of WHO
Movie • 1961
Dr. Blake
Black and White
Movie • 2002
Chief Justice Napier
Frauds
Movie • 1993
Judge
Deadline
Movie • 1982
Prime Minister
The Baby and the Battleship
Movie • 1956
Second Sailor at Dance
9 Across
Movie • 1998
Leo Sullivan
The Irishman
Movie • 1978
Bailey Clark
John and Julie
Movie • 1955
Digger
Very Important Person
Movie • 1961
Higgins (uncredited)
The Mouse on the Moon
Movie • 1963
Pilot
Blue Murder
TV • 1995
Dr. Cumberland
Compact
TV • 1962
Rush
TV • 1974
Supt. James Kendall
Man in a Suitcase
TV • 1967
International Detective
TV • 1959
Joplin
Deadline Midnight
TV • 1960
Home and Away
TV • 1988
Tom Knight
The Flying Doctors
TV • 1986
Warren
The Sullivans
TV • 1976
Admiral Spencer / Major Greenwell
Anzacs
TV • 1985
Sir Rupert Barrington
Rafferty's Rules
TV • 1987
Mathew
Bodyline
TV • 1984
Joseph Lyons (Prime Minister)
The Private War of Lucinda Smith
TV • 1991
Col. Foster
Grass Roots
TV • 2000
Monty Chesney
All Saints
TV • 1998
Bill Weiner