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