Patrick Wymark

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Actor

Birth Date: July 11, 1926

Death Date: October 20, 1970

Birth Place: Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, England, UK

Children: Jane Wymark

Patrick Wymark was a British theater actor who carried his extensive Shakespearean work into television beginning in the mid-1950s. He appeared as Montano on BBC's 1955 production of "Othello," and in 1963, he took on the role of Touchstone in "As You Like It," with Vanessa Redgrave as Rosalind. After several years performing the work of "The Bard," Wymark took up another English icon, Winston Churchill, providing his voice for the documentaries "The Finest Hours" and "A King's Story," both narrated by Orson Welles, and appearing as the World War II-era prime minister in the Sophia Loren-starring drama "Operation Crossbow" in Wymark's own finest year, 1965. His other productions that year included the part of Catherine Deneuve's landlord in Roman Polanski's psychological thriller "Repulsion" and a starring role in the first of three seasons on the hour-long British television drama "The Power Game." Wymark's John Wilder was born out of the 1963 drama "The Plane Makers," and, in addition to gaining knighthood for the spin-off series "The Power Game," Wilder moved from a man of leisure to a man of corporate takeover, a businessman with a mission, and a character viewers loved to hate. Due to Wymark's death from a heart attack, at just 44, "The Power Game"'s life, too, was cut short. Another key film role came as Colonel Wyatt Turner in the 1968 Anglo-American action adventure, "Where Eagles Dare," a Nazis vs. Brits epic which starred fellow Englishman Richard Burton and lone American Clint Eastwood.

Credits

Winston Churchill: Finest Hours

Voice
Churchill
Show
2024

Ciné-club

Actor
Show
2005

Mannen från andra sidan

Actor
Christian Holm
Movie
1972

The Blood on Satan's Claw

Actor
The Judge
Movie
1971

Krv na Sotoninoj pandži

Actor
Movie
1971

The Blood on Satan's Claw

Actor
The Judge
Movie
1971

Cromwell

Actor
The Earl of Strafford
Movie
1970

Journey to the Far Side of the Sun

Actor
Jason Webb
Movie
1969

Where Eagles DareStream

Actor
Col. Wyatt Turner, DSO MC
Movie
1969
83%

The ChampionsStream

Guest Star
Series
1968

The Conqueror Worm

Actor
Gen. Oliver Cromwell
Movie
1968
88%

Woman Times Seven

Actor
Henri
Movie
1967

The Psychopath

Actor
Inspector Holloway
Movie
1966

The Skull

Actor
Anthony Marco
Movie
1965

The Secret of Blood Island

Actor
Major Jocomo
Movie
1965

Poupées de cendres

Actor
Movie
1965

Le Secret de l'île sanglante

Actor
Movie
1965

RepulsionStream

Actor
Landlord
Movie
1965
96%

Operation Crossbow

Actor
Prime Minister Winston Churchill
Movie
1965

Combate Sangriento

Actor
Movie
1965

Man of the World

Actor
Show
1962

The Cherry Orchard

Actor
Semion Panteleyevich Epihodov
Movie
1962

Sir Francis Drake

Actor
Captain Williams
Show
1961

BBC Sunday-Night Play

Actor
Surette
Show
1960

The League of Gentlemen

Actor
Wylie
Movie
1960