Vincent Ball
Overview
- Occupation Actor
- Birthdate January 01, 1924
- Birthplace Wee Waa, New South Wales, Australia
- Education Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
- Character WingCommander Cecil Carpenter
Biography
Vincent Ball is an Australian born actor. He came to England as a ship’s deck hand and started to study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art almost immediately upon arrival. The Blue Lagoon was one of his first movies in which he was a stunt double. But after a few years he was featured on his own in movies like Stop Press Girl, The Drayton Case and A Town Like Alice. In the early 1960s Ball became a fixture of medium-budget action films, thanks to his street-tough handsomeness and pugnacious personality. He returned to Australia in the early 1970s and stared in Australian films like Breaker Morant, The Southern Cross and Phar Lap.
Selected films
- Interrupted Journey, The - 1949
- Warning to Wantons, A - 1949
- Stop Press Girl - 1949
- Come Dance with Me - 1950
- Black Rider, The - 1954
- Devil's Point - 1954
- Blue Peter - 1955
- Town Like Alice, A - 1957
- Robbery Under Arms - 1957
- Blood of the Vampire - 1958
- Breakout - 1959
- Navy Heroes - 1959
- Identity Unknown - 1960
- Coming-Out Party, A - 1961
- Highway to Battle - 1961
- Matter of Who, A - 1962
- Mouse on the Moon, The - 1963
- Follow That Camel - 1967
- Where Eagles Dare - 1969
- Oh! What a Lovely War - 1969
- Not Tonight Darling - 1972
- Demolition - 1977
- Breaker Morant - 1980
- Phar Lap - 1983
- Highest, The - 1984
- Year My Voice Broke, The - 1988
- Muriel's Wedding - 1994
- Sirens - 1994
Almost a fixture on Sixties Brit tv. I never realised he was an Aussie until he went home and again became almost a standard fitting during the growth of Australian movies.
Rod Hart lived in Lyminge in Kent till 1977. Rod is pleased to see that Vincent is still alive and kicking. Remembering the wild parties in Lyminge at Ottinge.
Rod and his wife Sue will be in visiting Oz at the end of January this year and will keep their eyes openn for him!
I remember Vincent Ball from the 50s and noted that he seemed to be in every second English movie that I saw. I liked him and realised he had that perfect Aussie accent which only an Aussie does well. He deserved bigger roles because he was personable and natural, an ideal combination. I am pleased that he is still alive. I note that he was in “The Irishman”, a film in which my brother Don did the solo riding scenes. Good on you , Vincent.