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Norman Kaye

Norman Kaye

Actor · 1927–2007 · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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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.

Acted in 48

2000s

  1. 2001

    Moulin Rouge!

    Satine's Doctor

    73
  2. 2000

    Innocence

    Gerald

1990s

  1. 1999

    Without Warning

    Max

  2. 1997

    Heaven's Burning

    Store Owner

    57

  3. Paws

    Alex

  4. Roar

    Galen · 1 episode

  5. 1996

    Lust and Revenge

    Baba Charles

  6. Water Rats

    Felix Friedman · 2 episodes

    67
  7. 1995

    Bordertown

    Pieter Leeuwen · 4 episodes

  8. 1994

    Exile

    Ghost Priest

  9. The Custodian

    Judge

  10. 1993

    Touch Me

    Charles

  11. The Nostradamus Kid

    Wedding Pastor

  12. Broken Highway

    Elias Kidd

  13. 1992

    Turtle Beach

    Hobday

    49

  14. The Nun and the Bandit

    George

  15. 1991

    A Woman's Tale

    Billy

1980s

  1. 1989

    Bangkok Hilton

    George McNair · 3 episodes

  2. Island

    Henry

  3. 1988

    The Riddle of the Stinson

    Joseph Binstead

  4. The True Believers

    Archbishop Mannix · 8 episodes

  5. The Shiralee

    Desmond · 2 episodes

  6. Boundaries of the Heart

    Billy Morgan

  7. 1987

    Warm Nights on a Slow Moving Train

    Salesman

  8. Rafferty's Rules

    Harold Messenger · 1 episode

  9. Hungry Heart

    Mr. O'Ryan

  10. 1986

    Call Me Mister

    TV

  11. Cactus

    Tom

  12. The Flying Doctors

    William Randall, Bill Randall · 4 episodes

    73

  13. Frenchman's Farm

    Reverend Aldershot

  14. I Own the Racecourse

    Drunken Old Man

  15. 1985

    Unfinished Business

    George

  16. Flug in die Hölle

    Bruder Jones · 6 episodes

  17. Relatives

    Uncle Edward

  18. 1984

    Where the Green Ants Dream

    Baldwin Ferguson

    72
  19. 1983

    Man of Flowers

    Charles Bremer

  20. Buddies

    George

  21. 1982

    A Dangerous Summer

    Percy Farley

  22. Lonely Hearts

    Peter

  23. Deadline

    ASIO Agent

  24. 1981

    The Killing of Angel Street

    Mander

  25. 1980

    The Last Outlaw

    Supt. Sadleir · 4 episodes

1970s

  1. 1977

    Inside Looking Out

    Alex

  2. 1976

    Mad Dog Morgan

    Swagman

  3. Power Without Glory

    TV

  4. Illuminations

    Movie

1960s

  1. 1964

    Homicide

    Prosecutor · 2 episodes

  2. The Road

    Sir Timothy Hassall

Produced 1

Sound 1

1980s

  1. 1987

    Vincent

    Music

Wrote 1

1980s

  1. 1986

    Cactus

    Writer

Appearances1

2000s

  1. 2005

    The Remarkable Mr. Kaye

    Self