Cast & creator
Norman Kaye
Best known for The Flying Doctors, The Flying Doctors, Water Rats
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.
39
film credits
14
television credits
50
1964–2005 · acting roles
6.4
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (53)
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The Flying Doctors
William Randall
1986The Flying Doctors
Bill Randall
1986
Water Rats
Felix Friedman
1996
Homicide
Prosecutor
1964
Rafferty's Rules
Harold Messenger
1987
Moulin Rouge!
Satine's Doctor
2001
Roar
Galen
1997
Call Me Mister
1986
Bordertown
Pieter Leeuwen
1995
Bangkok Hilton
George McNair
1989
Power Without Glory
1976
The Last Outlaw
Supt. Sadleir
1980
The Shiralee
Desmond
1988
The True Believers
Archbishop Mannix
1988
Heaven's Burning
Store Owner
1997
Where the Green Ants Dream
Baldwin Ferguson
1984
Flug in die Hölle
Bruder Jones
1985
Exile
Ghost Priest
1994
Broken Highway
Elias Kidd
1993
The Custodian
Judge
1994
Warm Nights on a Slow Moving Train
Salesman
1987
Boundaries of the Heart
Billy Morgan
1988Boundaries of the Heart
Associate Producer
1988
The Riddle of the Stinson
Joseph Binstead
1988
Mad Dog Morgan
Swagman
1976
Touch Me
Charles
1993
Vincent
Music
1987
Buddies
George
1983
The Killing of Angel Street
Mander
1981
Island
1989
Relatives
Uncle Edward
1985
Lust and Revenge
Baba Charles
1996
Paws
Alex
1997
A Woman's Tale
Billy
1991
Turtle Beach
Hobday
1992
The Road
Sir Timothy Hassall
1964
Hungry Heart
Mr. O'Ryan
1987
Man of Flowers
Charles Bremer
1983
The Nostradamus Kid
Wedding Pastor
1993
Illuminations
1976
I Own the Racecourse
Drunken Old Man
1986
The Nun and the Bandit
George
1992
Unfinished Business
George
1985
Lonely Hearts
Peter
1982
A Dangerous Summer
Percy Farley
1982
Deadline
ASIO Agent
1982
Cactus
Tom
1986Cactus
Writer
1986
Innocence
Gerald
2000
Frenchman's Farm
Reverend Aldershot
1986
Inside Looking Out
Alex
1977
The Remarkable Mr. Kaye
Self
2005
Without Warning
Max
1999