Norman Kaye
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 17, 1927
- Died
- May 29, 2007 (aged 80)
- Birthplace
- Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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
The Remarkable Mr. Kaye
Movie · as Self
Moulin Rouge!
Movie · as Satine's Doctor
Innocence
Movie · as Gerald
Without Warning
Movie · as Max
Paws
Movie · as Alex
Heaven's Burning
Movie · as Store Owner
Roar
TV · as Galen · 1 ep
Lust and Revenge
Movie · as Baba Charles
Water Rats
TV · as Felix Friedman · 2 eps
Bordertown
TV · as Pieter Leeuwen · 4 eps
Exile
Movie · as Ghost Priest
The Custodian
Movie · as Judge
The Nostradamus Kid
Movie · as Wedding Pastor
Broken Highway
Movie · as Elias Kidd
Touch Me
Movie · as Charles
The Nun and the Bandit
Movie · as George
Turtle Beach
Movie · as Hobday
A Woman's Tale
Movie · as Billy
Island
Movie · as Henry
Bangkok Hilton
TV · as George McNair · 3 eps
Boundaries of the Heart
Movie · as Billy Morgan
The Riddle of the Stinson
Movie · as Joseph Binstead
The True Believers
TV · as Archbishop Mannix · 8 eps
The Shiralee
TV · as Desmond · 2 eps
Warm Nights on a Slow Moving Train
Movie · as Salesman
Hungry Heart
Movie · as Mr. O'Ryan
Rafferty's Rules
TV · as Harold Messenger · 1 ep
I Own the Racecourse
Movie · as Drunken Old Man
Cactus
Movie · as Tom
Frenchman's Farm
Movie · as Reverend Aldershot
Call Me Mister
TV · 1 ep
The Flying Doctors
TV · as William Randall, Bill Randall · 4 eps
Unfinished Business
Movie · as George
Relatives
Movie · as Uncle Edward
Flug in die Hölle
TV · as Bruder Jones · 6 eps
Where the Green Ants Dream
Movie · as Baldwin Ferguson
Man of Flowers
Movie · as Charles Bremer
Buddies
Movie · as George
Lonely Hearts
Movie · as Peter
A Dangerous Summer
Movie · as Percy Farley
Deadline
Movie · as ASIO Agent
The Killing of Angel Street
Movie · as Mander
The Last Outlaw
TV · as Supt. Sadleir · 4 eps
Inside Looking Out
Movie · as Alex
Illuminations
Movie
Mad Dog Morgan
Movie · as Swagman
Power Without Glory
TV · 26 eps
The Road
Movie · as Sir Timothy Hassall
Homicide
TV · as Prosecutor · 2 eps