Patrick Wymark
Known For
Acting
Born
1926-07-11 in Lincolnshire, England, UK
Died
1970-10-20
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."
Most Known For
The Wednesday Play
as Sigismonda Pandolfo Malatesta
The Champions
as Gen. Gomez
Sir Francis Drake
as Captain Williams
Where Eagles Dare
as Col. Wyatt Turner DSO MC
Repulsion
as le propriétaire
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Joseph Ransley
The Power Game
as Sir John Wilder
Man of the World
as Downing
Battle of Britain
as Air Vice Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory
The Scales of Justice
as Mr. Godfrey
Sherlock Holmes
Brand
as Mayor
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Winston Churchill (voice)
Witchfinder General
as Cromwell
Operation Crossbow
as Prime Minister Winston Churchill
The Plane Makers
as Sir John Wilder
Cromwell
as The Earl of Strafford
Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow
as Joseph Ransley
The Blood on Satan's Claw
as The Judge
The Skull
as Anthony Marco