
Basil Clarke
Born
1913-09-26
Place of birth
Hackney, London, England, UK
Died
2004-11-28
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

Babe: Pig in the City
Doctor

Muriel's Wedding
Funeral Priest

Young Einstein
Charles Darwin

The Blood of Heroes
Red City Overlord

Oscar and Lucinda
Elderly Parishoner

My Brilliant Career
Butler

Where the Green Ants Dream
Judge Blackburn

Henry VIII and His Six Wives
Abbot

Praise
Footless Old Man

They
Four

E Street
Reverend Jimmy McCabe

The Secret Garden
Pitcher

Touch the Sun: Peter & Pompey
Mr. McHugh

Candy Regentag
George

Tale of a Tiger
Jacko