Basil Clarke
Birthday
1913/09/26
Day of death
2004/11/28 (91 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Hackney, London, England, UK
Also know as
Basil Claude Hudson Clarke, Basil Clark
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.
Acting
(1972) A Life Is Forever
as ---
(1976) The Moon Over the Alley
as Mr. Deray
(1970) Rubia's Jungle
as ---
(1988) Touch the Sun: Peter & Pompey
as Mr. McHugh
(1998) Babe: Pig in the City
as Doctor
(1979) My Brilliant Career
as Butler
(1999) Praise
as Footless Old Man
(1989) Candy Regentag
as George
(1992) Resistance
as Starkweather
(1972) The Love Box
as Old Man
(1984) Where the Green Ants Dream
as Judge Blackburn
(1989) The Blood of Heroes
as Red City Overlord
(1988) Young Einstein
as Charles Darwin
(1997) Oscar and Lucinda
as Elderly Parishoner
(1984) Tale of a Tiger
as Jacko
(1972) Henry VIII and His Six Wives
as Abbot
(1994) Muriel's Wedding
as Funeral Priest
(1998) They
as Four
(1989) E Street
as Reverend Jimmy McCabe
(1987) Rafferty's Rules
as Clarrie Clarke
(1991) Ring of Scorpio
as Digby