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