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