- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- January 17, 1927
- Place of Birth
- Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Died
- May 29, 2007
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.
Filmography
movieThe Remarkable Mr. Kaye
2005 · Self
movieMoulin Rouge!
2001 · Satine's Doctor
movieWithout Warning
1999 · Max
movieHeaven's Burning
1997 · Store Owner
moviePaws
1997 · Alex
tvRoar
1997 · Galen
movieLust and Revenge
1996 · Baba Charles
tvWater Rats
1996 · Felix Friedman
tvBordertown
1995 · Pieter Leeuwen
movieExile
1994 · Ghost Priest
movieThe Custodian
1994 · Judge
movieTouch Me
1993 · Charles
movieThe Nostradamus Kid
1993 · Wedding Pastor
movieBroken Highway
1993 · Elias Kidd
movieTurtle Beach
1992 · Hobday
movieThe Nun and the Bandit
1992 · George
movieA Woman's Tale
1991 · Billy
tvBangkok Hilton
1989 · George McNair
movieIsland
1989
movieThe Riddle of the Stinson
1988 · Joseph Binstead
tvThe True Believers
1988 · Archbishop Mannix
tvThe Shiralee
1988 · Desmond
movieBoundaries of the Heart
1988 · Billy Morgan, Associate Producer
movieVincent
1987 · Music
movieWarm Nights on a Slow Moving Train
1987 · Salesman
tvRafferty's Rules
1987 · Harold Messenger
movieHungry Heart
1987 · Mr. O'Ryan
tvCall Me Mister
1986
movieCactus
1986 · Tom, Writer
tvThe Flying Doctors
1986 · William Randall, Bill Randall
movieFrenchman's Farm
1986 · Reverend Aldershot
movieI Own the Racecourse
1986 · Drunken Old Man
movieUnfinished Business
1985 · George
tvFlug in die Hölle
1985 · Bruder Jones
movieRelatives
1985 · Uncle Edward
movieWhere the Green Ants Dream
1984 · Baldwin Ferguson
movieMan of Flowers
1983 · Charles Bremer
movieBuddies
1983 · George
movieA Dangerous Summer
1982 · Percy Farley
movieLonely Hearts
1982 · Peter
movieDeadline
1982 · ASIO Agent
movieThe Killing of Angel Street
1981 · Mander
tvThe Last Outlaw
1980 · Supt. Sadleir
movieInside Looking Out
1977 · Alex
movieMad Dog Morgan
1976 · Swagman
tvPower Without Glory
1976
Illuminations
movieIlluminations
1976
tvHomicide
1964 · Prosecutor
movieThe Road
1964 · Sir Timothy Hassall