Acting credits
63
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Vincent Ball
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 51Series: 12
TMDB ID: 75395
IMDb ID: nm0050482
Known for: Acting
Born: December 4, 1923
Age: 102
Place of birth: Wee Waa, New South Wales, Australia
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1949 - 2003
Years active: 55
Average TMDB rating: 6.4
Wikidata: Q7931660
Also known as
Vincent Martin Ball
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
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Vincent Ball.
4.8
The Night We Called It a Day
as Rex Hooper
2003 Movie
5.9
Black and White
as Chief Justice Napier
2002 Movie
6.4
The Man Who Sued God
as Cardinal
2001 Movie
6.4
Paradise Road
as Mr. Dickson
1997 Movie
6.8
Muriel's Wedding
as Priest
1994 Movie
5.6
Sirens
as Bishop of Sydney
1994 Movie
6.0
Frauds
as Judge
1993 Movie
4.7
Love In Limbo
as Cyril Williams
1993 Movie
7.0
The Year My Voice Broke
as Headmaster
1987 Movie
7.7
Vietnam
as Dave the Spook
1987 Movie
Double Sculls
as Stuart
1986 Movie
5.0
Call Me Mr. Brown
as Captain Ritchie
1985 Movie
7.2
Phar Lap
as Lachlan McKinnon
1983 Movie
5.8
The Highest Honour
as Lieutenant Commander Hubert Marsham
1982 Movie
6.0
Deadline
as Prime Minister
1982 Movie
5.0
Alison's Birthday
as Dr. Jeremy Lyall
1981 Movie
7.1
Breaker Morant
as Col. Ian (Johnny) Hamilton
1980 Movie
2.3
Demolition
1979 Movie
The Irishman
as Bailey Clark
1978 Movie
5.8
Deathcheaters
1976 Movie
4.8
Not Tonight, Darling
as Alex / Karen's lover
1971 Movie
2.8
Clinic Exclusive
as Bernard Wilcox
1971 Movie
6.7
Oh! What a Lovely War
as Australian Soldier
1969 Movie
7.5
Where Eagles Dare
as Carpenter
1968 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Vincent Ball.
Grass Roots
as Monty Chesney • 1 eps
2000 Series
6.1
All Saints
as Bill Weiner • 1 eps
1998 Series
5.0
Blue Murder
as Dr. Cumberland • 2 eps
1995 Series
6.3
Home and Away
as Tom Knight • 1 eps
1988 Series
6.0
Rafferty's Rules
as Mathew • 1 eps
1987 Series
6.6
The Flying Doctors
as Warren • 1 eps
1986 Series
6.7
Anzacs
as Sir Rupert Barrington • 6 eps
1985 Series
7.7
Bodyline
as Joseph Lyons (Prime Minister) • 7 eps
1984 Series
5.1
The Sullivans
as Admiral Spencer / Major Greenwell • 2 eps
1976 Series
5.0
Rush
as Supt. James Kendall • 13 eps
1974 Series
7.0
Man in a Suitcase
1 eps
1967 Series
3.0
Compact
372 eps
1962 Series