Patrick Wymark

Actor | Producer

​Born Patrick Carl Cheeseman in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, England. He was brought up in neighbouring Grimsby and fre...

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Repulsion

Repulsion

... 1965

Operation Crossbow

Operation Crossbow

... 1965

Fullname:

Patrick Wymark

Date of Birth:

1926-07-11

Country:

Lincolnshire, England

Biography of

Patrick Wymark

​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.'

Biography of

Patrick Wymark

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Biography of

Patrick Wymark

Found movies in total

Blonde

Blonde

... 2022

Flicka

Flicka

... 2006

Sayen

Sayen

... 2023

Arn: The Knight Templar

Arn: The Knight Templar

... 2007

Mesrine: Killer Instinct

Mesrine: Killer Instinct

... 2008

You Get Me

You Get Me

... 2017

The Medallion

The Medallion

... 2003

Guns of Eden

Guns of Eden

... 2022

Siphayo

Siphayo

... 2016