Norman Kaye

Known for ActingBorn 1927-01-17Died 2007-05-29Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Boundaries of the Heart

Illuminations

Relatives

Flug in die Hölle

Rafferty's Rules

Moulin Rouge!

The Riddle of the Stinson

Without Warning

Bordertown

The True Believers

I Own the Racecourse

The Last Outlaw

Inside Looking Out

Bangkok Hilton

Where the Green Ants Dream

The Shiralee

The Flying Doctors

Vincent

The Killing of Angel Street

Roar

Water Rats

Buddies

A Woman's Tale

Deadline

Broken Highway

Heaven's Burning

Frenchman's Farm

Call Me Mister

Power Without Glory

Mad Dog Morgan

Island

Homicide

Lonely Hearts

Warm Nights on a Slow Moving Train

Turtle Beach

Touch Me

Man of Flowers

Exile

Cactus

The Nostradamus Kid

Paws

The Custodian

The Nun and the Bandit

A Dangerous Summer

Lust and Revenge

Unfinished Business

The Remarkable Mr. Kaye

The Road