Name
Patrick Wymark
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1926-07-11
Deathday
1970-10-20 (44 years old)
Place of Birth
Lincolnshire, England, UK
Biography
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
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English vicar Dr. Syn becomes a scarecrow on horseback by night to thwart King George III'...
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- 1964 Children of the Damned as Commander
- 1968 Where Eagles Dare as Col. Wyatt Turner DSO MC
- 1969 Battle of Britain as Air Vice Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory
- 1965 Repulsion as le propriétaire
- 1970 Cromwell as The Earl of Strafford
- 1971 The Blood on Satan's Claw as The Judge
- 1969 Doppelgänger as Jason Webb
- 1964 The Secret of Blood Island as Major Jocomo
- 1965 Operation Crossbow as Prime Minister Winston Churchill
- 1962 The Cherry Orchard as Semion Panteleyevich Epihodov
- 1965 The Skull as Anthony Marco
- 1963 Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow as Joseph Ransley
- 1967 Woman Times Seven as Henri
- 1960 The League of Gentlemen as Wylie
- 1966 The Psychopath as Inspector Holloway
- 2008 Walt Disney Treasures - Dr. Syn: The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh as Joseph Ransley (archive footage)
- 1962 The Pitcairn People as Narrator
- 1972 The Man from the Other Side as Christian Holm
- 1959 Brand as Mayor
- 1963 The Invasion as Royston Land-Price
- 1963 As You Like It as Touchstone
- 1964 The Finest Hours as Churchill (voice)
- 1968 Tell Me Lies
- 1968 Witchfinder General as Cromwell
- 1960 The Criminal as Sol
- 1963 West 11 as Father Hogan
- 1964 Michelangelo as Vasari (voice)
- 1962 The Cruel Necessity as Oliver Cromwell
- 1960 Twentieth Century Theatre: Colombe as Surette
- 1962 The Scales of Justice ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Godfrey
- 1968 The Champions ( 1 episode ) as Gen. Gomez
- 1961 Sir Francis Drake ( 1 episode ) as Captain Williams
- 1964 Sherlock Holmes ( 1 episode )
- 1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame ( 1 episode ) as Winston Churchill (voice)
- 1954 The Wonderful World of Disney ( 3 episodes ) as Joseph Ransley
- 1965 The Power Game ( 39 episodes ) as Sir John Wilder
- 1964 The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh ( 3 episodes ) as Joseph Ransley
- 1963 Moonstrike ( 1 episode ) as Abess
- 1964 The Wednesday Play ( 1 episode ) as Sigismonda Pandolfo Malatesta
- 1962 Man of the World ( 1 episode ) as Downing
- 1963 The Plane Makers ( 59 episodes ) as Sir John Wilder
- 1956 Armchair Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Manny Barnes
- 1956 Armchair Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Royston Land-Price
- 1967 ITV Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as The Captain
- 1967 ITV Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as The Judge
- 1967 ITV Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Hubert
- 1967 ITV Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Joe Malkin, M.P.
- 1960 Danger Man ( 1 episode ) as Ortiz
