Portrait of Basil Clarke

Basil Clarke

Acting

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.

Born: September 26, 1913

Place of Birth: Hackney, London, England, UK

Filmography

1999
Praise

as Footless Old Man

1998
They

as Four

1997
Oscar and Lucinda

as Elderly Parishoner

1994
Muriel's Wedding

as Funeral Priest

1992
Resistance

as Starkweather

1991
1989
The Blood of Heroes

as Red City Overlord

1989
1989
E Street

as Reverend Jimmy McCabe

1988
Young Einstein

as Charles Darwin

1987
Rafferty's Rules

as Clarrie Clarke

1984
1984
Where the Green Ants Dream

as Judge Blackburn

1979
1976
1972
The Edwardians

as William James Baird Odhams

1972
The Love Box

as Old Man