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