Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
January 17, 1927
Place of Birth:
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Norman Kaye
Biography
Norman James Kaye (17 January 1927 – 28 May 2007) was an Australian actor and composer. He was best known for his roles in the films of director Paul Cox.
As an actor, he was strongly associated with the films of Paul Cox, appearing in 16 of them. He had small roles in Cox's Illuminations (1976) and Kostas (1979), and shared the lead with Wendy Hughes in Cox's 1982 film Lonely Hearts and the lead in Man of Flowers (1983), for which he won an AFI Award.
Norman Kaye was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease prior to 1997. His inability to memorise scripts for the film Innocence led to the end of his collaboration with Paul Cox, as well as the end of his career in 2004. Kaye was in the advanced stage of the disease at the time of his death in Sydney on 28 May 2007. He had enjoyed a 35-year relationship with the opera director Elke Neidhardt, and she was at his side at his death.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | The Remarkable Mr. Kaye | Self |
| 2001 | Moulin Rouge! | Satine's Doctor |
| 1997 | Paws | Alex |
| 1997 | Heaven's Burning | Store Owner |
| 1996 | Lust and Revenge | |
| 1994 | Exile | Ghost Priest |
| 1994 | The Custodian | Judge |
| 1993 | The Nostradamus Kid | Wedding Pastor |
| 1993 | Broken Highway | Elias Kidd |
| 1993 | Touch Me | Charles |
| 1992 | The Nun and the Bandit | George |
| 1992 | Turtle Beach | Hobday |
| 1991 | A Woman's Tale | Billy |
| 1989 | Island | |
| 1988 | Boundaries of the Heart | Billy Morgan |
| 1988 | The Riddle of the Stinson | Joseph Binstead |
| 1987 | Warm Nights on a Slow Moving Train | Salesman |
| 1986 | I Own the Racecourse | Drunken Old Man |
| 1986 | Cactus | Tom |
| 1986 | Frenchman's Farm | Reverend Aldershot |
| 1985 | Unfinished Business | George |
| 1985 | Relatives | Uncle Edward |
| 1984 | Where the Green Ants Dream | Baldwin Ferguson |
| 1983 | Man of Flowers | Charles Bremer |
| 1983 | Buddies | George |
| 1982 | Lonely Hearts | |
| 1982 | A Dangerous Summer | Percy Farley |
| 1982 | Deadline | ASIO Agent |
| 1981 | The Killing of Angel Street | Mander |
| 1977 | Inside Looking Out | Alex |
| 1976 | Illuminations | |
| 1976 | Mad Dog Morgan | Swagman |
| 1964 | The Road | Sir Timothy Hassall |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Roar | |
| 1996 | Water Rats | Felix Friedman |
| 1995 | Bordertown | Pieter Leeuwen |
| 1989 | Bangkok Hilton | George McNair |
| 1988 | The True Believers | Archbishop Mannix |
| 1988 | The Shiralee | Desmond |
| 1987 | Rafferty's Rules | Harold Messenger |
| 1986 | Call Me Mister | |
| 1986 | The Flying Doctors | William Randall |
| 1986 | The Flying Doctors | Bill Randall |
| 1985 | Flug in die Hölle | Bruder Jones |
| 1980 | The Last Outlaw | Supt. Sadleir |
| 1976 | Power Without Glory | |
| 1964 | Homicide | Prosecutor |