Basil Clarke
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
- Born
- 1913-09-26 · Hackney, London, England, UK
- Died
- 2004-11-28
Known for
- Babe: Pig in the City (1998) — Doctor
- Muriel's Wedding (1994) — Funeral Priest
- Young Einstein (1988) — Charles Darwin
- The Blood of Heroes (1989) — Red City Overlord
- My Brilliant Career (1979) — Butler
- Oscar and Lucinda (1997) — Elderly Parishoner
- Where the Green Ants Dream (1984) — Judge Blackburn
- Henry VIII and His Six Wives (1972) — Abbot
- Praise (1999) — Footless Old Man
- They (1998) — Four
- E Street (1989) — Reverend Jimmy McCabe
- The Secret Garden (1975) — Pitcher
- The Moon Over the Alley (1976) — Mr. Deray
- Touch the Sun: Peter & Pompey (1988) — Mr. McHugh
- Candy Regentag (1989) — George
- Tale of a Tiger (1984) — Jacko