Vincent Ball
Date of birth: 1923-12-04
Place of birth: Wee Waa, New South Wales, Australia
Known for: Acting
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
Movie Credits
The Long Arm
1956-06-01
Scotland Yard detectives attempt to solve a spate of safe robberies across England beginning with cl
The Year My Voice Broke
1987-10-15
Set in 1962, a young prepubescent boy in rural Australia watches painfully as his best friend and fi
Sea of Sand
1958-11-04
A small British army team is sent deep behind enemy lines to destroy a German petrol dump as part of
Where Eagles Dare
1968-12-04
World War II is raging, and an American general has been captured and is being held hostage in the S
Carry On Cruising
1962-03-12
Captain Crowther's lot is not a happy one! Five of his crew have to be replaced and at such short no
Breaker Morant
1980-06-11
During the Boer War, three Australian lieutenants are on trial for shooting Boer prisoners. Though t
The Black Rider
1954-12-01
When young reporter and amateur biker Jerry Marsh investigates a mysterious hooded figure on a motor
The Stolen Airliner
1955-01-01
Three air cadets foil Revolutionaries who are plotting to steal an airliner.
Phar Lap
1983-08-11
Phar Lap, the big bold chestnut reigned as the king of the turf in the depression that gripped Austr
Blood of the Vampire
1958-08-25
A man and wife are terrorized by Mad Scientist Dr. Callistratus who was executed but has returned to
Clinic Exclusive
1971-01-01
A beautiful massage parlor/sex clinic owner financially & emotionally mistreats her customers.
Sirens
1994-03-04
In 1930s Australia, Anglican clergyman Anthony Campion and his prim wife, Estella, are asked to visi
Menace In The Night
1957-06-01
A woman (Lisa Gastoni) witnesses the theft of soiled banknotes from a mail delivery truck, then is t
Devil's Point
1954-12-07
A Thames River barge operator finds a mysterious package dropped by smugglers.
A Town Like Alice
1956-03-01
In 1941 Malaysia, the advancing Japanese army captures a lot of British territory very quickly. The
Middle Course
1961-11-10
During World War II, the residents of a French village find an able helper in their task of making l
Feet of Clay
1960-11-18
Newly graduated defense attorney David Kyle (Vincent Ball) is stymied by his first case: to represen
Blonde Blackmailer
1955-10-01
A man (Richard Arlen) wants answers when he gets out of prison after spending seven years for a murd
The Night We Called It a Day
2003-08-14
Based on the true events surrounding Frank Sinatra's tour of Australia. When Sinatra calls a local r
Dangerous Voyage
1954-09-03
A yacht in the English Channel is helped to port - when the police arrive there are no crew, no pape
Stop Press Girl
1949-06-02
A young woman leaves her backwards hometown to go to London to find a runaway suitor. What she does
The Highest Honour
1982-05-15
After a highly successful raid on Singapore Harbour, soldiers of Z Special Unit lead a new expeditio
The Drayton Case
1953-02-01
During the early years of World War II, a bomb from a German airplane uncovers the corpse of a stran
Dentist in the Chair
1960-08-08
The misfortunes that befall three dental students when they become unwitting accessories to a burgla
Robbery Under Arms
1957-01-10
During the mid 1860s, brothers Dick and Jim Marston are drawn into a life of crime by their ex-convi
Highway to Battle
1961-05-21
Months before the out break of WWII, suspicion falls on a German ambassador when one of his envoys f
The Interrupted Journey
1949-10-11
When John North, a budding author, pulls the communication cord of a late night train that is taking
Love In Limbo
1993-05-20
Ken Riddle (Craig Adams), to whom sex is a mystery, joins his two mates from work, Arthur (Russell C
Not Tonight, Darling
1971-09-23
A lonely 'Stay-at-Home' Housewife is being watched every night through the bathroom window by a 'Pee
Paradise Road
1997-02-11
A group of English, American, Dutch and Australian women creates a vocal orchestra while being impri
Talk of a Million
1951-03-12
A family reduced to imminent poverty by the father's disinclination to work; an American lawyer look
Echo of Diana
1963-05-01
When a woman begins to investigate her husband's mysterious death in a plane accident she discovers
Alison's Birthday
1981-05-01
During a Ouija board session with her teenaged friends, 16-year-old Alison gets a message from beyon
The Secret of the Forest
1956-01-01
Two children dig up an old Viking treasure ship and become involved with crooks who have buried thei
Identity Unknown
1960-06-01
Two reporters, a youth and a girl, find romance during interviews with relatives and friends of pass
Dead Lucky
1960-06-01
Mike Billing's newspaper series about quasi-illegal gambling parties in Mayfair have so far been wor
Deathcheaters
1976-12-16
Two best friends, Vietnam War veterans-turned-stuntmen, are sent as spies to the Philippines on a to
Oh! What a Lovely War
1969-03-10
The working-class Smiths change their initially sunny views on World War I after the five boys of th
Call Me Mr. Brown
1985-12-31
Based on the 1971 true story known as "The Great Plane Robbery", this tele-movie tells the story of
Follow That Camel
1967-08-10
Bertram Oliphant 'Bo' West wants to clear his unjustly smeared reputation, so he joins the Foreign L
Encore
1951-06-11
Encore is a 1951 anthology film composed of adaptations of three short stories by W. Somerset Maugha
Demolition
1979-06-21
When British Intelligence, following a series of experiments designed to increase alertness of long-
Muriel's Wedding
1994-09-29
Socially awkward Muriel Heslop wants nothing more than to get married. Unfortunately, due to her opp
Double Sculls
1986-10-09
A man tries to rehabilitate his alcoholic friend by entering them both into the Australian national
Vietnam
1987-02-23
The trials and tribulations of the Goddard family after the entry of Australia into the Vietnam War.
Danger Within
1959-02-17
Drama set in an Italian prisoner of war camp during World War 2, where a group of British soldiers f
The Man Who Sued God
2001-10-25
A lawyer becomes a fisherman from frustration. When his one piece of property, his boat, is struck b
A Matter of WHO
1961-10-03
Health officials from the World Health Organization link a smallpox outbreak in Europe to oil drilli
The Mouse on the Moon
1963-05-07
Sequel to The Mouse that Roared; The Tiny Country of Grand Fenwick has a hot water problem in the ca
Black and White
2002-10-31
Australia, 1958. When a nine year old white girl is found murdered, police are quick to arrest illit
Frauds
1993-06-04
The film is a story of the ways in which insurance investigator Roland Copping interferes in and man
Deadline
1982-01-01
A journalist sets out to report on a minor earthquake in the Australian outback, and finds that the
The Baby and the Battleship
1956-06-01
After a quayside mix-up with the Italian family of his fiancée, Able Seaman Knocker White finds hims
9 Across
1998-07-01
A story of two prison cellmates, a crossword puzzle, and a dramatic escape.
The Irishman
1978-02-28
Paddy Doolan refuses to accept change. In a new century where the motor car is changing the way thin
John and Julie
1955-07-26
The adventures of two children who runaway to London to see the coronation of Queen Elizabeth.