Basil Clarke
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Acting Credits
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.
Known For
Filmography
Old Man
2000
as Old Man
Praise
1999
as Footless Old Man
Babe: Pig in the City
1998
as Doctor
They
1998
as Four
Oscar and Lucinda
1997
as Elderly Parishoner
Muriel's Wedding
1994
as Funeral Priest
Resistance
1992
as Starkweather
Ring of Scorpio
1991
as Digby
Candy Regentag
1989
as George
The Blood of Heroes
1989
as Red City Overlord
E Street
1989
as Reverend Jimmy McCabe
Touch the Sun: Peter & Pompey
1988
as Mr. McHugh
Young Einstein
1988
as Charles Darwin
Rafferty's Rules
1987
as Clarrie Clarke
Where the Green Ants Dream
1984
as Judge Blackburn
Tale of a Tiger
1984
as Jacko
Are You Being Served in Australia?
1980
My Brilliant Career
1979
as Butler
The Moon Over the Alley
1976
as Mr. Deray
The Secret Garden
1975
as Pitcher
A Life Is Forever
1972
The Love Box
1972
as Old Man
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
1972
as Abbot
The Edwardians
1972
as William James Baird Odhams
Rubia's Jungle
1970