
Basil Clarke
Known For
Acting
Born
1913-09-26 in Hackney, London, England, UK
Died
2004-11-28
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.
Most Known For

E Street
as Reverend Jimmy McCabe

Rafferty's Rules
as Clarrie Clarke

The Edwardians
as William James Baird Odhams

Babe: Pig in the City
as Doctor

They
as Four

Muriel's Wedding
as Funeral Priest

The Blood of Heroes
as Red City Overlord

Henry VIII and His Six Wives
as Abbot

Ring of Scorpio
as Digby

Oscar and Lucinda
as Elderly Parishoner

Young Einstein
as Charles Darwin

Praise
as Footless Old Man

Where the Green Ants Dream
as Judge Blackburn

Resistance
as Starkweather

My Brilliant Career
as Butler

Are You Being Served in Australia?

The Love Box
as Old Man

Touch the Sun: Peter & Pompey
as Mr. McHugh

The Moon Over the Alley
as Mr. Deray
