Norman Kaye
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
Credits
- 2005 · The Remarkable Mr. Kaye as Self
- 2001 · Moulin Rouge! as Satine's Doctor
- 1997 · Heaven's Burning as Store Owner
- 1997 · Paws as Alex
- 1997 · Roar as
- 1996 · Lust and Revenge as
- 1996 · Water Rats as Felix Friedman
- 1995 · Bordertown as Pieter Leeuwen
- 1994 · Exile as Ghost Priest
- 1994 · The Custodian as Judge
- 1993 · Touch Me as Charles
- 1993 · The Nostradamus Kid as Wedding Pastor
- 1993 · Broken Highway as Elias Kidd
- 1992 · The Nun and the Bandit as George
- 1991 · A Woman's Tale as Billy
- 1989 · Bangkok Hilton as George McNair
- 1989 · Island as
- 1988 · The Riddle of the Stinson as Joseph Binstead
- 1988 · The True Believers as Archbishop Mannix
- 1988 · The Shiralee as Desmond
- 1988 · Boundaries of the Heart as Billy Morgan
- 1987 · Warm Nights on a Slow Moving Train as Salesman
- 1987 · Rafferty's Rules as Harold Messenger
- 1986 · Call Me Mister as
- 1986 · Cactus as Tom
- 1986 · The Flying Doctors as William Randall
- 1986 · The Flying Doctors as Bill Randall
- 1986 · Frenchman's Farm as Reverend Aldershot
- 1986 · I Own the Racecourse as Drunken Old Man
- 1985 · Unfinished Business as George
- 1985 · Flug in die Hölle as Bruder Jones
- 1985 · Relatives as Uncle Edward
- 1984 · Where the Green Ants Dream as Baldwin Ferguson
- 1983 · Man of Flowers as Charles Bremer
- 1983 · Buddies as George
- 1982 · Lonely Hearts as
- 1982 · A Dangerous Summer as Percy Farley
- 1981 · The Killing of Angel Street as Mander
- 1980 · The Last Outlaw as Supt. Sadleir
- 1977 · Inside Looking Out as Alex
- 1976 · Mad Dog Morgan as Swagman
- 1976 · Power Without Glory as
- 1976 · Illuminations as
- 1964 · Homicide as Prosecutor
- 1964 · The Road as Sir Timothy Hassall