Basil Clarke

Personal Info

Birthday

September 26, 1913

Day of Death

2004-11-28

(91 years old)

Place of Birth

Hackney, London, England, UK

Also Known As

Basil Claude Hudson Clarke

Basil Clark

Basil Clarke

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.

Known For

Rafferty's Rules

E Street

Babe: Pig in the City

Muriel's Wedding

The Blood of Heroes

Young Einstein

Where the Green Ants Dream

Oscar and Lucinda

Filmography

1999
Praise
as Footless Old Man
1998
Babe: Pig in the City
as Doctor
They
as Four
1997
Oscar and Lucinda
as Elderly Parishoner
1994
Muriel's Wedding
as Funeral Priest
1992
Resistance
as Starkweather
1989
The Blood of Heroes
as Red City Overlord
Candy Regentag
as George
1988
Young Einstein
as Charles Darwin
Touch the Sun: Peter & Pompey
as Mr. McHugh
1984
Tale of a Tiger
as Jacko
Where the Green Ants Dream
as Judge Blackburn
1979
My Brilliant Career
as Butler
1976
The Moon Over the Alley
as Mr. Deray
1972
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
as Abbot
The Love Box
as Old Man