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