
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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances

A Life Is Forever
1972

The Moon Over the Alley
as Mr. Deray
1976

Rubia's Jungle
1970

Touch the Sun: Peter & Pompey
as Mr. McHugh
1988

Where the Green Ants Dream
as Judge Blackburn
1984

Babe: Pig in the City
as Doctor
1998

Praise
as Footless Old Man
1999

Oscar and Lucinda
as Elderly Parishoner
1997

Resistance
as Starkweather
1992

Candy Regentag
as George
1989

The Blood of Heroes
as Red City Overlord
1989

Young Einstein
as Charles Darwin
1988

Tale of a Tiger
as Jacko
1984

My Brilliant Career
as Butler
1979

The Love Box
as Old Man
1972

Henry VIII and His Six Wives
as Abbot
1972

Muriel's Wedding
as Funeral Priest
1994

They
as Four
1998
Old Man
as Old Man
2000





