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Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 11, 1926
Died
October 20, 1970
Place of Birth
Lincolnshire, England, UK
Patrick Wymark
0.6 Popularity
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
8.3
Joseph Ransley (archive footage)
Walt Disney Treasures - Dr. Syn: The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh
2008
0.0
Christian Holm
The Man from the Other Side
1972
6.2
The Judge
The Blood on Satan's Claw
1971
6.5
The Earl of Strafford
Cromwell
1970
6.9
Air Vice Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory
Battle of Britain
1969
6.2
Jason Webb
Doppelgänger
1969
7.5
Col. Wyatt Turner DSO MC
Where Eagles Dare
1968
6.2
Gen. Gomez
The Champions
1968
6.5
Cromwell
Witchfinder General
1968
6.3
Tell Me Lies
1968
Credits
Walt Disney Treasures - Dr. Syn: The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh
as Joseph Ransley (archive footage)
2008
8.3
The Man from the Other Side
as Christian Holm
1972
0.0
The Blood on Satan's Claw
as The Judge
1971
6.2
Cromwell
as The Earl of Strafford
1970
6.5
Battle of Britain
as Air Vice Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory
1969
6.9
Doppelgänger
as Jason Webb
1969
6.2
Where Eagles Dare
as Col. Wyatt Turner DSO MC
1968
7.5
The Champions
as Gen. Gomez
1968
6.2
Witchfinder General
as Cromwell
1968
6.5
Tell Me Lies
1968
6.3
Woman Times Seven
as Henri
1967
6.2
The Psychopath
as Inspector Holloway
1966
6.3
The Power Game
as Sir John Wilder
1965
0.0
The Skull
as Anthony Marco
1965
6.0
Repulsion
as le propriétaire
1965
7.4
Operation Crossbow
as Prime Minister Winston Churchill
1965
6.7
The Secret of Blood Island
as Major Jocomo
1964
0.0
The Wednesday Play
as Sigismonda Pandolfo Malatesta
1964
4.5
The Finest Hours
as Churchill (voice)
1964
6.3
Sherlock Holmes
1964
6.6
The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh
as Joseph Ransley
1964
0.0
Children of the Damned
as Commander
1964
6.1
🎬
Michelangelo
as Vasari (voice)
1964
0.0
Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow
as Joseph Ransley
1963
6.9
West 11
as Father Hogan
1963
6.9
🎬
The Invasion
as Royston Land-Price
1963
0.0
🎬
As You Like It
as Touchstone
1963
0.0
🎬
Moonstrike
as Abess
1963
0.0
The Plane Makers
as Sir John Wilder
1963
6.0
🎬
The Pitcairn People
as Narrator
1962
0.0
Man of the World
as Downing
1962
7.0
🎬
The Cruel Necessity
as Oliver Cromwell
1962
0.0
The Cherry Orchard
as Semion Panteleyevich Epihodov
1962
8.0
The Scales of Justice
as Mr. Godfrey
1962
6.7
Sir Francis Drake
as Captain Williams
1961
4.5
The Criminal
as Sol
1960
6.3
The League of Gentlemen
as Wylie
1960
7.0
Twentieth Century Theatre: Colombe
as Surette
1960
0.0
Brand
as Mayor
1959
0.0
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Joseph Ransley
1954
7.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Winston Churchill (voice)
1951
8.6