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.
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Movies (37)
The Remarkable Mr. Kaye
2005 · Self
Moulin Rouge, amor en rojo
2001 · Satine's Doctor
Innocence
2000 · Gerald
Without Warning
1999 · Max
Heaven's Burning
1997 · Store Owner
Paws
1997 · Alex
Lust and Revenge
1996 · Baba Charles
Exile
1994 · Ghost Priest
The Custodian
1994 · Judge
Touch Me
1993 · Charles
The Nostradamus Kid
1993 · Wedding Pastor
Broken Highway
1993 · Elias Kidd
Turtle Beach
1992 · Hobday
The Nun and the Bandit
1992 · George
A Woman's Tale
1991 · Billy
Island
1989 · Henry
The Riddle of the Stinson
1988 · Joseph Binstead
Boundaries of the Heart
1988 · Billy Morgan, Associate Producer
Vincent
1987 · Music
Warm Nights on a Slow Moving Train
1987 · Salesman
Hungry Heart
1987 · Mr. O'Ryan
Cactus
1986 · Tom, Writer
Frenchman's Farm
1986 · Reverend Aldershot
I Own the Racecourse
1986 · Drunken Old Man
Unfinished Business
1985 · George
Relatives
1985 · Uncle Edward
Where the Green Ants Dream
1984 · Baldwin Ferguson
Man of Flowers
1983 · Charles Bremer
Buddies
1983 · George
A Dangerous Summer
1982 · Percy Farley
Lonely Hearts
1982 · Peter
Deadline
1982 · ASIO Agent
The Killing of Angel Street
1981 · Mander
Inside Looking Out
1977 · Alex
Mad Dog Morgan
1976 · Swagman
Illuminations
1976
The Road
1964 · Sir Timothy Hassall
TV shows (13)
Roar
1997 · Galen
Water Rats
1996 · Felix Friedman
Bordertown
1995 · Pieter Leeuwen
Bangkok Hilton
1989 · George McNair
The True Believers
1988 · Archbishop Mannix
The Shiralee
1988 · Desmond
Rafferty's Rules
1987 · Harold Messenger
Call Me Mister
1986
The Flying Doctors
1986 · William Randall, Bill Randall
Flug in die Hölle
1985 · Bruder Jones
The Last Outlaw
1980 · Supt. Sadleir
Power Without Glory
1976
Homicide
1964 · Prosecutor