Acting

Basil Clarke

Born 1913-09-26 · Hackney, London, England, UK

Died 2004-11-28

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.

Credits

Newest first

Old Man
as Old Man
2000
Praise
as Footless Old Man
1999
Babe: Pig in the City
as Doctor
1998
They
as Four
1998
Oscar and Lucinda
as Elderly Parishoner
1997
Muriel's Wedding
as Funeral Priest
1994
Resistance
as Starkweather
1992
Ring of Scorpio
as Digby
1991
The Blood of Heroes
as Red City Overlord
1989
Candy Regentag
as George
1989
E Street
as Reverend Jimmy McCabe
1989
Young Einstein
as Charles Darwin
1988
Touch the Sun: Peter & Pompey
as Mr. McHugh
1988
Rafferty's Rules
as Clarrie Clarke
1987
Tale of a Tiger
as Jacko
1984
Where the Green Ants Dream
as Judge Blackburn
1984
Are You Being Served in Australia?
1980
My Brilliant Career
as Butler
1979
The Moon Over the Alley
as Mr. Deray
1976
The Secret Garden
as Pitcher
1975
The Edwardians
as William James Baird Odhams
1972
A Life Is Forever
1972
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
as Abbot
1972
The Love Box
as Old Man
1972
Rubia's Jungle
1970
The Troubleshooters
as Sir Victor Petty, Q.C.
1965