Basil Clarke
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1913-09-26
Day of Death
2004-11-28 (91 years old)
Place of Birth
Hackney, London, England, UK
Basil Clarke
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
Acting
(1999)
Praise
as Footless Old Man
(1998)
Babe: Pig in the City
as Doctor
(1998)
They
as Four
(1997)
Oscar and Lucinda
as Elderly Parishoner
(1994)
Muriel's Wedding
as Funeral Priest
(1992)
Resistance
as Starkweather
(1989)
The Blood of Heroes
as Red City Overlord
(1989)
Candy Regentag
as George
(1988)
Young Einstein
as Charles Darwin
(1988)
Touch the Sun: Peter & Pompey
as Mr. McHugh
(1984)
Where the Green Ants Dream
as Judge Blackburn
(1984)
Tale of a Tiger
as Jacko
(1979)
My Brilliant Career
as Butler
(1976)
The Moon Over the Alley
as Mr. Deray
(1972)
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
as Abbot
(1972)
The Love Box
as Old Man
(1972)
(1970)