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Patrick Wymark

Patrick Wymark

Birthday: 1926-07-11 | Place of Birth: Lincolnshire, England

​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."

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1971
The Blood on Satan's Claw

as    The Judge

1970
Cromwell

as    The Earl of Strafford

1969
Where Eagles Dare

as    Col. Wyatt Turner DSO MC

1969
Doppelgänger

as    Jason Webb

1968
Witchfinder General

as    Cromwell

1965
The Skull

as    Anthony Marco

1965
Repulsion

as    le propriétaire

1963
The Plane Makers

as    John Wilder

1963
Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow

as    Joseph Ransley