Norman Kaye
Actor
Biography
Norman James Kaye (17 January 1927 – 28 May 2007) was an Australian actor and composer. He was best known for his roles in the films of director Paul Cox.
As an actor, he was strongly associated with the films of Paul Cox, appearing in 16 of them. He had small roles in Cox's Illuminations (1976) and Kostas (1979), and shared the lead with Wendy Hughes in Cox's 1982 film Lonely Hearts and the lead in Man of Flowers (1983), for which he won an AFI Award.
Norman Kaye was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease prior to 1997. His inability to memorise scripts for the film Innocence led to the end of his collaboration with Paul Cox, as well as the end of his career in 2004. Kaye was in the advanced stage of the disease at the time of his death in Sydney on 28 May 2007. He had enjoyed a 35-year relationship with the opera director Elke Neidhardt, and she was at his side at his death.
Filmography
Where the Green Ants Dream
as Baldwin Ferguson 1984
Mad Dog Morgan
as Swagman 1976
Heaven's Burning
as Store Owner 1997
Paws
as Alex 1997
Turtle Beach
as Hobday 1992
Man of Flowers
as Charles Bremer 1983
A Woman's Tale
as Billy 1991
Lonely Hearts
as Peter 1982
Touch Me
as Charles 1993
The Custodian
as Judge 1994
The Killing of Angel Street
as Mander 1981
A Dangerous Summer
as Percy Farley 1982
The Nostradamus Kid
as Wedding Pastor 1993
Cactus
as Tom 1986
The Riddle of the Stinson
as Joseph Binstead 1988
Warm Nights on a Slow Moving Train
as Salesman 1987