Patrick Wymark
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jul 11, 1926
- Died
- Oct 20, 1970 (aged 44)
- Place of birth
- Lincolnshire, England, UK
- Credits
- 45
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."
Known for
Repulsion
1965Movie
le propriétaire
Where Eagles Dare
1968Movie
Col. Wyatt Turner DSO MC
Battle of Britain
1969Movie
Air Vice Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory
Witchfinder General
1968Movie
Cromwell
Blood on Satan's Claw
1971Movie
The Judge
Doppelgänger
1969Movie
Jason Webb
Filmography
Walt Disney Treasures - Dr. Syn: The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh
2008Movie
Joseph Ransley (archive footage)
The Man from the Other Side
1972Movie
Christian Holm
Blood on Satan's Claw
1971Movie
The Judge
Cromwell
1970Movie
The Earl of Strafford
Battle of Britain
1969Movie
Air Vice Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory
Doppelgänger
1969Movie
Jason Webb
Where Eagles Dare
1968Movie
Col. Wyatt Turner DSO MC
The Champions
1968TV
Gen. Gomez
Witchfinder General
1968Movie
Cromwell
Tell Me Lies
1968Movie
Woman Times Seven
1967Movie
Henri
ITV Playhouse
1967TV
The Captain, The Judge, Hubert, Joe Malkin, M.P.
The Psychopath
1966Movie
Inspector Holloway
The Power Game
1965TV
Sir John Wilder
The Skull
1965Movie
Anthony Marco
Repulsion
1965Movie
le propriétaire
Operation Crossbow
1965Movie
Prime Minister Winston Churchill
The Secret of Blood Island
1964Movie
Major Jocomo
The Wednesday Play
1964TV
Sigismonda Pandolfo Malatesta
The Finest Hours
1964Movie
Churchill (voice)
Sherlock Holmes
1964TV
The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh
1964TV
Joseph Ransley
Children of the Damned
1964Movie
Commander
Michelangelo
1964Movie
Vasari (voice)
Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow
1963Movie
Joseph Ransley
West 11
1963Movie
Father Hogan
The Invasion
1963Movie
Royston Land-Price
As You Like It
1963Movie
Touchstone
Moonstrike
1963TV
Abess
The Plane Makers
1963TV
Sir John Wilder
The Pitcairn People
1962Movie
Narrator
A Woman's Privilege
1962Movie
Mr. Godfrey
Man of the World
1962TV
Downing
The Cruel Necessity
1962Movie
Oliver Cromwell
The Cherry Orchard
1962Movie
Semion Panteleyevich Epihodov
The Scales of Justice
1962TV
Mr. Godfrey
Sir Francis Drake
1961TV
Captain Williams
The Criminal
1960Movie
Sol
Danger Man
1960TV
Ortiz
The League of Gentlemen
1960Movie
Wylie
Twentieth Century Theatre: Colombe
1960Movie
Surette
Brand
1959Movie
Mayor
Armchair Theatre
1956TV
Manny Barnes, Royston Land-Price
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954TV
Joseph Ransley
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951TV
Winston Churchill (voice)