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Patrick Wymark
Actor
Died October 20, 1970 (44 years)
Born Patrick Carl Cheeseman in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, England. He was brought up in neighbouring Grimsby and frequently re-visited the area during the height of his career. He attended University College, London, before training at the Old Vic Theatre School and making his first stage appearance in a walk-on part in Othello in 1951. He toured South Africa the following year and then directed plays for the drama department at Stanford University, California. Moving to the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, Wymark played a wide range of traditional roles, including Dogberry in Much Ado about Nothing and Stephano in The Tempest. He also played the parts of Marullus in Julius Caesar and Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream. Other stage parts included the title role in Danton's Death and, with the Royal Shakespeare Company, Ephihodov in The Cherry Orchard. His theatre roles also included playing the part of Bosola in a Royal Shakespeare Company production of John Webster's The Duchess of Malfi in 1960. His film roles included: Children of the Damned (1964), Operation Crossbow (1965), Battle of Britain (1969), Where Eagles Dare (1968), Blood on Satan's Claw (1971) and Cromwell (1970). On television, where at one point he was considered as a replacement for William Hartnell on Doctor Who., he was best known for his role as the machiavellian businessman John Wilder in the drama series The Plane Makers/The Power Game, a role which led to offers of company directorships. Wymark, however, was a gentle man in real life, self-confessedly ignorant of business matters, who considered the Wilder character to be a "bastard" and was described by his wife as "the most inefficient, dreamy muddler in the world."
Filmography
| 1972 | Chelovek s drugoy storony · as Christian Holm |
| 1971 | The Blood on Satan's Claw · as The Judge |
| 1970 | Cromwell · as The Earl of Strafford |
| 1969 | The Battle of Britain · as Air Vice Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory |
| 1969 | Journey to the Far Side of the Sun · as Jason Webb |
| 1968 | Where Eagles Dare · as Col. Wyatt Turner DSO MC |
| 1968 | Tell Me Lies · as Unknown |
| 1968 | The Champions (TV Series) · as Gen. Gomez |
| 1968 | Witchfinder General · as Cromwell |
| 1967 | Woman Times Seven · as Henri |
| 1967 | ITV Playhouse (TV Series) · as Hubert |
| 1965 | |
| 1965 | The Secret of Blood Island · as Major Jocomo |
| 1965 | A King's Story · as Winston Churchill |
| 1965 | Operation Crossbow · as Prime Minister Winston Churchill |
| 1965 | The Skull · as Anthony Marco |
| 1964 | Children of the Damned · as Commander |
| 1964 | The Finest Hours · as Churchill (voice) |
| 1964 | The Wednesday Play (TV Series) · as Sigismonda Pandolfo Malatesta |
| 1964 | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1964 | The Other World of Winston Churchill · as Winston Churchill |
| 1963 | Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow · as Joseph Ransley |
| 1963 | West 11 · as Father Hogan |
| 1962 | The Pitcairn People · as Narrator |
| 1961 | Sir Francis Drake (TV Series) · as Captain Williams |
| 1960 | The Concrete Jungle · as Sol |
| 1960 | The League of Gentlemen · as Wylie |
| 1960 | Danger Man (TV Series) · as Ortiz |
| 1957 | Television World Theatre (TV Series) · as Menelaus |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre (TV Series) · as Manny Barnes |
| 1955 | Othello · as Montano |
| 1954 | Disneyland (TV Series) · as Joseph Ransley |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall Of Fame (TV Series) · as Winston Churchill (voice) |