Patrick Wymark
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 11, 1926
- Died
- October 20, 1970 (aged 44)
- Birthplace
- 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
Filmography
Walt Disney Treasures - Dr. Syn: The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh
Movie · as Joseph Ransley (archive footage)
The Man from the Other Side
Movie · as Christian Holm
Blood on Satan's Claw
Movie · as The Judge
Cromwell
Movie · as The Earl of Strafford
Battle of Britain
Movie · as Air Vice Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory
Doppelgänger
Movie · as Jason Webb
Where Eagles Dare
Movie · as Col. Wyatt Turner DSO MC
Tell Me Lies
Movie
Witchfinder General
Movie · as Cromwell
The Champions
TV · as Gen. Gomez · 1 ep
Woman Times Seven
Movie · as Henri
ITV Playhouse
TV · as The Captain, The Judge, Hubert, Joe Malkin, M.P. · 1 ep
The Psychopath
Movie · as Inspector Holloway
Repulsion
Movie · as le propriétaire
Operation Crossbow
Movie · as Prime Minister Winston Churchill
The Skull
Movie · as Anthony Marco
The Power Game
TV · as Sir John Wilder · 39 eps
Children of the Damned
Movie · as Commander
The Secret of Blood Island
Movie · as Major Jocomo
The Finest Hours
Movie · as Churchill (voice)
Michelangelo
Movie · as Vasari (voice)
Sherlock Holmes
TV · 1 ep
The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh
TV · as Joseph Ransley · 3 eps
The Wednesday Play
TV · as Sigismonda Pandolfo Malatesta · 1 ep
Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow
Movie · as Joseph Ransley
The Invasion
Movie · as Royston Land-Price
As You Like It
Movie · as Touchstone
West 11
Movie · as Father Hogan
Moonstrike
TV · as Abess · 1 ep
The Plane Makers
TV · as Sir John Wilder · 59 eps
The Cherry Orchard
Movie · as Semion Panteleyevich Epihodov
The Pitcairn People
Movie · as Narrator
The Cruel Necessity
Movie · as Oliver Cromwell
A Woman's Privilege
Movie · as Mr. Godfrey
The Scales of Justice
TV · as Mr. Godfrey · 1 ep
Man of the World
TV · as Downing · 1 ep
Sir Francis Drake
TV · as Captain Williams · 1 ep
The League of Gentlemen
Movie · as Wylie
The Criminal
Movie · as Sol
Twentieth Century Theatre: Colombe
Movie · as Surette
Danger Man
TV · as Ortiz · 1 ep
Brand
Movie · as Mayor
Armchair Theatre
TV · as Manny Barnes, Royston Land-Price · 1 ep
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV · as Joseph Ransley · 3 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Winston Churchill (voice) · 1 ep