Basil Clarke

Acting

Basil Clarke

Born 26 September 1913 · Hackney, London, England, UK · Died 28 November 2004 at 91

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.

Known for

Highlights

Muriel's Wedding1994 · Film · Funeral Priest
Babe: Pig in the City1998 · Film · Doctor
The Blood of Heroes1989 · Film · Red City Overlord
Where the Green Ants Dream1984 · Film · Judge Blackburn
Oscar and Lucinda1997 · Film · Elderly Parishoner
My Brilliant Career1979 · Film · Butler

Filmography

Movies

18 films

Praise1999 · Film · Footless Old Man
Babe: Pig in the City1998 · Film · Doctor
They1998 · Film · Four
Oscar and Lucinda1997 · Film · Elderly Parishoner
Muriel's Wedding1994 · Film · Funeral Priest
Resistance1992 · Film · Starkweather
The Blood of Heroes1989 · Film · Red City Overlord
Candy Regentag1989 · Film · George
Young Einstein1988 · Film · Charles Darwin
Touch the Sun: Peter & Pompey1988 · Film · Mr. McHugh
Tale of a Tiger1984 · Film · Jacko
Where the Green Ants Dream1984 · Film · Judge Blackburn
My Brilliant Career1979 · Film · Butler
The Moon Over the Alley1976 · Film · Mr. Deray
A Life Is Forever1972 · Film
Henry VIII and His Six Wives1972 · Film · Abbot
The Love Box1972 · Film · Old Man
Rubia's Jungle1970 · Film

Filmography

Series

7 shows

Ring of Scorpio1991 · Series · Digby
E Street1989 · Series · Reverend Jimmy McCabe
Rafferty's Rules1987 · Series · Clarrie Clarke
Are You Being Served in Australia?1980 · Series
The Secret Garden1975 · Series · Pitcher
The Edwardians1972 · Series · William James Baird Odhams
The Troubleshooters1965 · Series · Sir Victor Petty, Q.C.