Person

Basil Clarke

Acting · 1913–2004 · Hackney, London, England, UK

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.

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  E Street

  Reverend Jimmy McCabe

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  Rafferty's Rules

  Clarrie Clarke

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  Babe: Pig in the City

  Doctor

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  Oscar and Lucinda

  Elderly Parishoner

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  Muriel's Wedding

  Funeral Priest

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  The Edwardians

  William James Baird Odhams

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  Where the Green Ants Dream

  Judge Blackburn

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  The Blood of Heroes

  Red City Overlord

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  Young Einstein

  Charles Darwin

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  My Brilliant Career

  Butler

• 2000Old ManOld Man
• 1999PraiseFootless Old Man
• 1998Babe: Pig in the CityDoctor
• 1998TheyFour
• 1997Oscar and LucindaElderly Parishoner
• 1994Muriel's WeddingFuneral Priest
• 1992ResistanceStarkweather
• 1991Ring of ScorpioDigby
• 1989The Blood of HeroesRed City Overlord
• 1989Candy RegentagGeorge
• 1989E StreetReverend Jimmy McCabe
• 1988Young EinsteinCharles Darwin
• 1988Touch the Sun: Peter & PompeyMr. McHugh
• 1987Rafferty's RulesClarrie Clarke
• 1984Tale of a TigerJacko
• 1984Where the Green Ants DreamJudge Blackburn
• 1980Are You Being Served in Australia?
• 1979My Brilliant CareerButler
• 1976The Moon Over the AlleyMr. Deray
• 1975The Secret GardenPitcher
• 1972The EdwardiansWilliam James Baird Odhams
• 1972A Life Is Forever
• 1972Henry VIII and His Six WivesAbbot
• 1972The Love BoxOld Man
• 1970Rubia's Jungle