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

E Street

Rafferty's Rules

The Edwardians

Babe: Pig in the City

Muriel's Wedding

The Blood of Heroes

Ring of Scorpio

Oscar and Lucinda

All Movies (19)

• Old Man2000 · as Old Man
• Praise1999 · as Footless Old Man
• Babe: Pig in the City1998 · as Doctor
• They1998 · as Four
• Oscar and Lucinda1997 · as Elderly Parishoner
• Muriel's Wedding1994 · as Funeral Priest
• Resistance1992 · as Starkweather
• The Blood of Heroes1989 · as Red City Overlord
• Candy Regentag1989 · as George
• Young Einstein1988 · as Charles Darwin
• Touch the Sun: Peter & Pompey1988 · as Mr. McHugh
• Tale of a Tiger1984 · as Jacko
• Where the Green Ants Dream1984 · as Judge Blackburn
• My Brilliant Career1979 · as Butler
• The Moon Over the Alley1976 · as Mr. Deray
• A Life Is Forever1972
• Henry VIII and His Six Wives1972 · as Abbot
• The Love Box1972 · as Old Man
• Rubia's Jungle1970

All TV Shows (6)

• Ring of Scorpio1991 · as Digby
• E Street1989 · as Reverend Jimmy McCabe
• Rafferty's Rules1987 · as Clarrie Clarke
• Are You Being Served in Australia?1980
• The Secret Garden1975 · as Pitcher
• The Edwardians1972 · as William James Baird Odhams