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