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.

Movies & TV Shows

1. Babe: Pig in the City (1998) — Doctor
2. Muriel's Wedding (1994) — Funeral Priest
3. Young Einstein (1988) — Charles Darwin
4. The Blood of Heroes (1989) — Red City Overlord
5. Oscar and Lucinda (1997) — Elderly Parishoner
6. My Brilliant Career (1979) — Butler
7. Where the Green Ants Dream (1984) — Judge Blackburn
8. Henry VIII and His Six Wives (1972) — Abbot
9. Praise (1999) — Footless Old Man
10. They (1998) — Four
11. E Street (1989) — Reverend Jimmy McCabe
12. The Secret Garden (1975) — Pitcher
13. The Moon Over the Alley (1976) — Mr. Deray
14. Touch the Sun: Peter & Pompey (1988) — Mr. McHugh
15. Candy Regentag (1989) — George
16. Tale of a Tiger (1984) — Jacko
17. The Edwardians (1972) — William James Baird Odhams
18. Resistance (1992) — Starkweather
19. The Love Box (1972) — Old Man
20. Ring of Scorpio (1991) — Digby
21. Rafferty's Rules (1987) — Clarrie Clarke
22. Are You Being Served in Australia? (1980)
23. Rubia's Jungle (1970)
24. Old Man (2000) — Old Man
25. A Life Is Forever (1972)