Basil Clarke

Known for: Acting

Born: 1913-09-26 – 2004-11-28 (aged 91)

From: 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.

Filmography (25)

MOVIE★ 9.0
Old Man
2000
as Old Man
MOVIE★ 4.8
Praise
1999
as Footless Old Man
MOVIE★ 5.7
Babe: Pig in the City
1998
as Doctor
MOVIE★ 7.5
They
1998
as Four
MOVIE★ 6.4
Oscar and Lucinda
1997
as Elderly Parishoner
MOVIE★ 6.8
Muriel's Wedding
1994
as Funeral Priest
MOVIE★ 6.0
Resistance
1992
as Starkweather
TV★ 6.3
Ring of Scorpio
1991
as Digby
MOVIE★ 5.9
The Blood of Heroes
1989
as Red City Overlord
MOVIE★ 4.3
Candy Regentag
1989
as George
TV★ 6.7
E Street
1989
as Reverend Jimmy McCabe
MOVIE★ 5.3
Young Einstein
1988
as Charles Darwin
MOVIE★ 7.3
Touch the Sun: Peter & Pompey
1988
as Mr. McHugh
TV★ 8.0
Rafferty's Rules
1987
as Clarrie Clarke
MOVIE★ 6.5
Tale of a Tiger
1984
as Jacko
MOVIE★ 6.9
Where the Green Ants Dream
1984
as Judge Blackburn
TV★ 9.0
Are You Being Served in Australia?
1980
MOVIE★ 6.2
My Brilliant Career
1979
as Butler
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Moon Over the Alley
1976
as Mr. Deray
TV★ 7.8
The Secret Garden
1975
as Pitcher
TV★ 6.3
The Edwardians
1972
as William James Baird Odhams
MOVIE
A Life Is Forever
1972
MOVIE★ 5.8
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
1972
as Abbot
MOVIE★ 4.3
The Love Box
1972
as Old Man
MOVIE★ 7.0
Rubia's Jungle
1970