Basil Henson
Basil Henson was a prominent stage actor in Britain for over 40 years. His love of theatre began at the age of 12 while playing "Portia" at St. Cuthbert's Prep School. After World War II broke out, he joined the Indian Army and was a Major with the Royal Gharwal Rifles. His professional stage debut was in 1946 at the London Casino, where he played a chorus boy in "The Dancing Years", by Ivor Novello. His long list of his stage credits included "Malvolio" in "Twelfth Night", opposite Vivien Leigh in the Old Vic tour of Australia, New Zealand and South America, and "The Duke of Venice" in the London and New York productions of "Merchant of Venice", with Dustin Hoffman.
Basil Hoffman
Basil Hoffman was an American character actor, known for his work, often in classic films, with distinguished film directors including Peter Bogdanovich, Mario Monicelli, Richard Benjamin, Carl Reiner (twice), Peter Medak (five times) and Alan J. Pakula (twice); Academy Award winners Ethan and Joel Coen, Paolo Sorrentino, Michel Hazanavicius, Steven Spielberg, Delbert Mann, Blake Edwards, Stanley Donen, Sydney Pollack, Ron Howard and Robert Redford (twice); and many others. A long-time private acting teacher and coach, he was also a frequent guest lecturer and teacher at prestigious academic institutions, including (among many others) the American Film Institute, the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Emerson College, University of Southern California, the National University of Theater and Film in Bucharest Romania, Confederation College in Canada and the Academie Libanaise des Beaux-Arts in Beirut, Lebanon. In 2008, he returned to Beirut as a U.S. State Department Cultural Envoy to Lebanon to teach acting and directing at the University of Balamand's Academie Libanaise des Beaux-Arts, Lebanese University, Notre Dame University and St. Joseph University's Institut D'Etude Sceniques Audiovisuelles et Cinematographiques. He was a member of the Board of Directors of Screen Actors Guild and the Fine Arts Advisory Council of Loyola Marymount University. He was an Advisory Director of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and is a member of both the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Basil was the author of the acting textbooks, "Cold Reading and How to Be Good at It" and "Acting and How to Be Good at It" (and The Second Edition) with a foreword by Sydney Pollack.
Basil Hoskins
A popular British film actor, Basil Hoskins also had a distinguished career on the London stage appearing opposite such stars as Vivien Leigh (in "Duel of Angels" [1958]) and Alec Guinness (in Terence Rattigan's "Ross" [1960]) and had a long run in the musical "Applause" opposite Lauren Bacall (1971). British television viewers knew him best for his role starting in 1963 as Dr. Rex Lane Russell in Emergency-Ward 10 (1957), Britain's first twice-weekly, long-running drama series, focusing on the staff and patients in a general hospital. Hoskins studied acting at RADA and later joined the Nottingham Playhouse Company. He spent five seasons with the Shakespeare Memorial Company at Stratford playing leading roles, including Lucias to Laurence Olivier's Titus Andronicus. During the 1950s he toured Australia with the Old Vic Company with Katharine Hepburn. He also appeared in many stage musicals, including "A Little Night Music" and the London revival of "Call Me Madam" (1983) with TV star Noele Gordon. He appeared in numerous TV drama series, and his best known films were Ice Cold in Alex (1958) and North West Frontier (1959).
Basil J. Maqbool
Basil J. Maqbool is known for his work on Top Chef Amateurs (2021).
Basil Jose
Basil Jose is known for Aickarakkonathe Bhishaguaranmaar (2018).
Basil Joseph
Basil Joseph is an actor and director, known for Minnal Murali (2021), Kunjiramayanam (2015) and Thira (2013).
Basil Keeman
Basil Keeman is an actor, known for Wellington Paranormal (2018).
Basil Kershner
Basil Kershner is an actor, known for Hustle (2022) and Do No Harm (2013). He has been married to Denise Impriano since May 4, 1974. They have five children.
Basil Lord
Basil Lord was born on March 20, 1909 in Bexleyheath, Bexley, London, England. He was an actor and producer, known for Brian Rix Presents ... (1960), Theatre Night (1957) and Laughter from the Whitehall (1963). He died on April 3, 1979 in Newbury, Berkshire, England.
Basil MacDonald
Basil MacDonald is known for Confessions of a Call Girl (1998).
