Norman Kaye

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1927-01-17 (80 years old)

Deathday

2007-05-29

Place of Birth

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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 en...

Acting

2001

Moulin Rouge!

as Satine's Doctor

1984

Where the Green Ants Dream

as Baldwin Ferguson

1986

I Own the Racecourse

as Drunken Old Man

1991

1997

Paws

as Alex

1983

Man of Flowers

as Charles Bremer

1994

Exile

as Ghost Priest

1986

Cactus

as Tom

1982

A Dangerous Summer

as Percy Farley

1993

The Nostradamus Kid

as Wedding Pastor

1993

Broken Highway

as Elias Kidd

1988

1983

Buddies

as George

1985

1994

1993

Touch Me

as Charles

1964

The Road

as Sir Timothy Hassall

1985

Relatives

as Uncle Edward

1986

Frenchman's Farm

as Reverend Aldershot

1976

Mad Dog Morgan

as Swagman

1988

The Riddle of the Stinson

as Joseph Binstead

1997

Heaven's Burning

as Store Owner

1989

1982

Deadline

as ASIO Agent

1992

Turtle Beach

as Hobday

Production

1988

Boundaries of the Heart

as Associate Producer

1987

Vincent

as Music

1986

Cactus

as Writer

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