Basil Clarke
Actor
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
Muriel's Wedding
as Funeral Priest 1994
Young Einstein
as Charles Darwin 1988
The Blood of Heroes
as Red City Overlord 1989
Oscar and Lucinda
as Elderly Parishoner 1997
My Brilliant Career
as Butler 1979
Where the Green Ants Dream
as Judge Blackburn 1984
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
as Abbot 1972
Praise
as Footless Old Man 1999
They
as Four 1998
Touch the Sun: Peter & Pompey
as Mr. McHugh 1988
Candy Regentag
as George 1989
Tale of a Tiger
as Jacko 1984
The Moon Over the Alley
as Mr. Deray 1976
Resistance
as Starkweather 1992
The Love Box
as Old Man 1972
A Life Is Forever
1972