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.

Known For

The Flying Doctors

The Flying Doctors

Water Rats

Homicide

Rafferty's Rules

Moulin Rouge!

Roar

Bangkok Hilton

All Movies (34)

• The Remarkable Mr. Kaye2005 · as Self
• Moulin Rouge!2001 · as Satine's Doctor
• Without Warning1999 · as Max
• Heaven's Burning1997 · as Store Owner
• Paws1997 · as Alex
• Lust and Revenge1996 · as Baba Charles
• Exile1994 · as Ghost Priest
• The Custodian1994 · as Judge
• Touch Me1993 · as Charles
• The Nostradamus Kid1993 · as Wedding Pastor
• Broken Highway1993 · as Elias Kidd
• Turtle Beach1992 · as Hobday
• The Nun and the Bandit1992 · as George
• A Woman's Tale1991 · as Billy
• Island1989
• The Riddle of the Stinson1988 · as Joseph Binstead
• Boundaries of the Heart1988 · as Billy Morgan
• Warm Nights on a Slow Moving Train1987 · as Salesman
• Cactus1986 · as Tom
• Frenchman's Farm1986 · as Reverend Aldershot
• I Own the Racecourse1986 · as Drunken Old Man
• Unfinished Business1985 · as George
• Relatives1985 · as Uncle Edward
• Where the Green Ants Dream1984 · as Baldwin Ferguson
• Man of Flowers1983 · as Charles Bremer
• Buddies1983 · as George
• A Dangerous Summer1982 · as Percy Farley
• Lonely Hearts1982 · as Peter
• Deadline1982 · as ASIO Agent
• The Killing of Angel Street1981 · as Mander
• Inside Looking Out1977 · as Alex
• Mad Dog Morgan1976 · as Swagman
• Illuminations1976
• The Road1964 · as Sir Timothy Hassall

All TV Shows (14)

• Roar1997 · as Galen
• Water Rats1996 · as Felix Friedman
• Bordertown1995 · as Pieter Leeuwen
• Bangkok Hilton1989 · as George McNair
• The True Believers1988 · as Archbishop Mannix
• The Shiralee1988 · as Desmond
• Rafferty's Rules1987 · as Harold Messenger
• Call Me Mister1986
• The Flying Doctors1986 · as William Randall
• The Flying Doctors1986 · as Bill Randall
• Flug in die Hölle1985 · as Bruder Jones
• The Last Outlaw1980 · as Supt. Sadleir
• Power Without Glory1976
• Homicide1964 · as Prosecutor