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Norman Kaye

Norman Kaye

Actor · Born 1927-01-17 · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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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.

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Moulin Rouge! (2001) — Satine's Doctor
  2. Where the Green Ants Dream (1984) — Baldwin Ferguson
  3. Bangkok Hilton (1989) — George McNair
  4. Mad Dog Morgan (1976) — Swagman
  5. Heaven's Burning (1997) — Store Owner
  6. Paws (1997) — Alex
  7. Roar (1997) — Galen
  8. The Flying Doctors (1986) — William Randall
  9. Turtle Beach (1992) — Hobday
  10. Innocence (2000) — Gerald
  11. Man of Flowers (1983) — Charles Bremer
  12. A Woman's Tale (1991) — Billy
  13. Water Rats (1996) — Felix Friedman
  14. Lonely Hearts (1982) — Peter
  15. Touch Me (1993) — Charles
  16. The Custodian (1994) — Judge
  17. The Killing of Angel Street (1981) — Mander
  18. Cactus (1986) — Tom
  19. A Dangerous Summer (1982) — Percy Farley
  20. The Nostradamus Kid (1993) — Wedding Pastor
  21. The Shiralee (1988) — Desmond
  22. Frenchman's Farm (1986) — Reverend Aldershot
  23. The Riddle of the Stinson (1988) — Joseph Binstead
  24. Warm Nights on a Slow Moving Train (1987) — Salesman
  25. Exile (1994) — Ghost Priest
  26. Broken Highway (1993) — Elias Kidd
  27. The Nun and the Bandit (1992) — George
  28. Island (1989)
  29. Buddies (1983) — George
  30. Unfinished Business (1985) — George
  31. Deadline (1982) — ASIO Agent
  32. Homicide (1964) — Prosecutor
  33. Lust and Revenge (1996) — Baba Charles
  34. The Last Outlaw (1980) — Supt. Sadleir
  35. Call Me Mister (1986)
  36. Power Without Glory (1976)
  37. Bordertown (1995) — Pieter Leeuwen
  38. Rafferty's Rules (1987) — Harold Messenger
  39. I Own the Racecourse (1986) — Drunken Old Man
  40. Illuminations (1976)