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

Clarrie Clarke

E Street

Reverend Jimmy McCabe

Babe: Pig in the City

Doctor

Muriel's Wedding

Funeral Priest

The Blood of Heroes

Red City Overlord

Where the Green Ants Dream

Judge Blackburn

Henry VIII and His Six Wives

Abbot

My Brilliant Career

Butler

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
1999	Praise	Footless Old Man
1998	Babe: Pig in the City	Doctor
1998	They	Four
1997	Oscar and Lucinda	Elderly Parishoner
1994	Muriel's Wedding	Funeral Priest
1992	Resistance	Starkweather
1989	Candy Regentag	George
1989	The Blood of Heroes	Red City Overlord
1988	Touch the Sun: Peter & Pompey	Mr. McHugh
1988	Young Einstein	Charles Darwin
1984	Where the Green Ants Dream	Judge Blackburn
1984	Tale of a Tiger	Jacko
1979	My Brilliant Career	Butler
1976	The Moon Over the Alley	Mr. Deray
1972	A Life Is Forever
1972	The Love Box	Old Man
1972	Henry VIII and His Six Wives	Abbot
1970	Rubia's Jungle

Year	TV Show	Role
1991	Ring of Scorpio	Digby
1989	E Street	Reverend Jimmy McCabe
1987	Rafferty's Rules	Clarrie Clarke