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Basil Clarke

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Basil Clarke

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

Sep 26, 1913 (113 years old)

Place of Birth

Hackney, London, England, UK

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

Acting
1999PraiseFootless Old Man
1998Babe: Pig in the CityDoctor
1998TheyFour
1997Oscar and LucindaElderly Parishoner
1994Muriel's WeddingFuneral Priest
1992ResistanceStarkweather
1991Ring of ScorpioDigby
1989Candy RegentagGeorge
1989The Blood of HeroesRed City Overlord
1989E StreetReverend Jimmy McCabe
1988Touch the Sun: Peter & PompeyMr. McHugh
1988Young EinsteinCharles Darwin
1987Rafferty's RulesClarrie Clarke
1984Where the Green Ants DreamJudge Blackburn
1984Tale of a TigerJacko
1980Are You Being Served in Australia?
1979My Brilliant CareerButler
1976The Moon Over the AlleyMr. Deray
1975The Secret GardenPitcher
1972A Life Is Forever
1972The Love BoxOld Man
1972Henry VIII and His Six WivesAbbot
1972The EdwardiansWilliam James Baird Odhams
1970Rubia's Jungle