Norman Kaye
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.
Movie Appearances
Moulin Rouge!
as Satine's Doctor
2001
Where the Green Ants Dream
as Baldwin Ferguson
1984
I Own the Racecourse
as Drunken Old Man
1986
A Woman's Tale
as Billy
1991
Paws
as Alex
1997
Man of Flowers
as Charles Bremer
1983
Exile
as Ghost Priest
1994
Cactus
as Tom
1986
Lonely Hearts
as Peter
1982
A Dangerous Summer
as Percy Farley
1982
The Nostradamus Kid
as Wedding Pastor
1993
Broken Highway
as Elias Kidd
1993
Illuminations
1976
Boundaries of the Heart
as Billy Morgan
1988
Buddies
as George
1983
Unfinished Business
as George
1985
The Custodian
as Judge
1994
The Remarkable Mr. Kaye
as Self
2005
Touch Me
as Charles
1993
Inside Looking Out
as Alex
1977
TV Appearances
The Last Outlaw
as Supt. Sadleir
1980
The True Believers
as Archbishop Mannix
1988
Bangkok Hilton
as George McNair
1989
Roar
as Galen
1997
Water Rats
as Felix Friedman
1996
Call Me Mister
1986
Power Without Glory
1976
The Flying Doctors
as William Randall
1986
The Flying Doctors
as Bill Randall
1986
Flug in die Hölle
as Bruder Jones
1985
Bordertown
as Pieter Leeuwen
1995
Homicide
as Prosecutor
1964