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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 4, 1923
Place of Birth
Wee Waa, New South Wales, Australia
Also Known As
- Vincent Martin Ball
Vincent Ball
2.4 Popularity
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
Known For
4.8
Rex Hooper
The Night We Called It a Day
2003
5.9
Chief Justice Napier
Black and White
2002
6.4
Cardinal
The Man Who Sued God
2001
0.0
Monty Chesney
Grass Roots
2000
🎬
0.0
Leo Sullivan
9 Across
1998
5.7
Bill Weiner
All Saints
1998
6.4
Mr. Dickson
Paradise Road
1997
5.0
Dr. Cumberland
Blue Murder
1995
6.8
Priest
Muriel's Wedding
1994
5.6
Bishop of Sydney
Sirens
1994
Credits
The Night We Called It a Day
as Rex Hooper
2003
4.8
Black and White
as Chief Justice Napier
2002
5.9
The Man Who Sued God
as Cardinal
2001
6.4
Grass Roots
as Monty Chesney
2000
0.0
🎬
9 Across
as Leo Sullivan
1998
0.0
All Saints
as Bill Weiner
1998
5.7
Paradise Road
as Mr. Dickson
1997
6.4
Blue Murder
as Dr. Cumberland
1995
5.0
Muriel's Wedding
as Priest
1994
6.8
Sirens
as Bishop of Sydney
1994
5.6
Frauds
as Judge
1993
6.0
Love In Limbo
as Cyril Williams
1993
4.7
🎬
The Private War of Lucinda Smith
as Col. Foster
1991
0.0
Home and Away
as Tom Knight
1988
6.2
The Year My Voice Broke
as Headmaster
1987
7.0
Vietnam
as Dave the Spook
1987
7.7
Rafferty's Rules
as Mathew
1987
6.0
Double Sculls
as Stuart
1986
0.0
The Flying Doctors
as Warren
1986
6.3
Call Me Mr. Brown
as Captain Ritchie
1985
5.0
Anzacs
as Sir Rupert Barrington
1985
6.7
Bodyline
as Joseph Lyons (Prime Minister)
1984
7.7
Phar Lap
as Lachlan McKinnon
1983
7.2
The Highest Honour
as Lieutenant Commander Hubert Marsham
1982
5.8
Deadline
as Prime Minister
1982
6.0
Alison's Birthday
as Dr. Jeremy Lyall
1981
5.0
Breaker Morant
as Col. Ian (Johnny) Hamilton
1980
7.1
Demolition
1979
2.3
The Irishman
as Bailey Clark
1978
0.0
Deathcheaters
1976
5.8
The Sullivans
as Admiral Spencer / Major Greenwell
1976
5.1
Rush
as Supt. James Kendall
1974
5.0
Not Tonight, Darling
as Alex / Karen's lover
1971
4.8
Clinic Exclusive
as Bernard Wilcox
1971
2.8
Oh! What a Lovely War
as Australian Soldier
1969
6.7
Where Eagles Dare
as Carpenter
1968
7.5
Man in a Suitcase
1967
7.0
Follow That Camel
as Ship's Officer
1967
5.8
The Mouse on the Moon
as Pilot
1963
6.1
🎬
Echo of Diana
as Bill Vernon
1963
5.2
Carry On Cruising
as Jenkins
1962
6.1
Compact
1962
3.0
🎬
Middle Course
as Cliff Wilton
1961
0.0
A Matter of WHO
as Dr. Blake
1961
6.2
Highway to Battle
as Ransome
1961
6.0
Very Important Person
as Higgins (uncredited)
1961
5.2
🎬
Feet of Clay
as David Kyle
1960
0.0
Dentist in the Chair
as Michaels
1960
5.9
🎬
Deadline Midnight
1960
0.0
Identity Unknown
as Ken
1960
0.0
Dead Lucky
as Mike Billing
1960
5.0
🎬
International Detective
as Joplin
1959
7.0
Danger Within
as Capt. Pat Foster
1959
6.2
Sea of Sand
as Sgt Nesbitt
1958
6.5
Blood of the Vampire
as Dr. John Pierre
1958
5.7
🎬
Menace In The Night
as Bob Meredith
1957
0.0
Robbery Under Arms
as George Storefield
1957
4.9
The Long Arm
as P.C. at Hospital (uncredited)
1956
6.9
The Baby and the Battleship
as Second Sailor at Dance
1956
6.0
A Town Like Alice
as Ben
1956
6.3
🎬
The Secret of the Forest
as Mr. Lawson
1956
0.0
Blonde Blackmailer
as Johnson
1955
0.0
John and Julie
as Digger
1955
4.6
The Stolen Airliner
as Flight Sergeant Watkins
1955
0.0
Devil's Point
as Williams
1954
0.0
The Black Rider
as Ted Lintott
1954
6.2
Dangerous Voyage
as John Drew
1954
5.9
The Drayton Case
as Henley's Assistant
1953
6.0
Encore
as Young Husband
1951
6.1
Talk of a Million
as Jack Murnahan
1951
0.0
The Interrupted Journey
as the first workman
1949
5.7
Stop Press Girl
as Hero in cinema sequence
1949
5.6