Basil Clarke

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1913-09-26

Place of Birth

Hackney, London, England, UK
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Basil Clarke

Biography

Basil Clarke (September 26, 1913 - November 28, 2004) was an English-New Zealnder actor of the stage, film and television who at 86 won the best actor award at the Tropfest 2000 short film festival. Clarke was an actor who over his long life had three distinct careers and who never retired, remaining on his agent's books until the day he died.

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Acting History

1999
Praise as Footless Old Man
1998
Babe: Pig in the City as Doctor
1998
They as Four
1997
Oscar and Lucinda as Elderly Parishoner
1994
Muriel's Wedding as Funeral Priest
1992
Resistance as Starkweather
1991
Ring of Scorpio as Digby
1989
The Blood of Heroes as Red City Overlord
1989
Candy Regentag as George
1989
E Street as Reverend Jimmy McCabe
1988
Young Einstein as Charles Darwin
1988
Touch the Sun: Peter & Pompey as Mr. McHugh
1987
Rafferty's Rules as Clarrie Clarke
1984
Tale of a Tiger as Jacko
1984
Where the Green Ants Dream as Judge Blackburn
1980
Are You Being Served in Australia?
1979
My Brilliant Career as Butler
1976
The Moon Over the Alley as Mr. Deray
1972
The Edwardians as William James Baird Odhams
1972
A Life Is Forever
1972
Henry VIII and His Six Wives as Abbot
1972
The Love Box as Old Man
1970
Rubia's Jungle