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Patrick Wymark

Patrick Wymark

Actor · 1926 – 1970 · Lincolnshire, England, UK

​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."

Movies23

  • Movie7.5

    Where Eagles Dare

    1968 · 1K votes

  • Movie6.2

    Blood on Satan's Claw

    1971 · 174 votes

  • Movie7.4

    Repulsion

    1965 · 1.1K votes

  • Movie6.8

    Battle of Britain

    1969 · 362 votes

  • Movie6.9
  • Movie6.5

    Witchfinder General

    1968 · 273 votes

  • Movie6.6

    Cromwell

    1970 · 109 votes

  • Movie6.7

    Operation Crossbow

    1965 · 125 votes

  • Movie6.4

    The Criminal

    1960 · 41 votes

  • Movie6.1

    Children of the Damned

    1964 · 112 votes

  • Movie6.3

    Woman Times Seven

    1967 · 59 votes

  • Movie6.0

    The Skull

    1965 · 116 votes

  • Movie7.1

    The League of Gentlemen

    1960 · 109 votes

  • Movie6.2

    Doppelgänger

    1969 · 136 votes

  • Movie
  • Movie6.4

    Tell Me Lies

    1968 · 11 votes

  • Movie9.0
  • Movie6.4

    The Psychopath

    1966 · 35 votes

  • Movie7.0

    As You Like It

    1963 · 1 votes

  • Movie9.0

    Brand

    1959 · 1 votes

  • Movie8.0

    The Cherry Orchard

    1962 · 1 votes

  • Movie7.0
  • Movie6.9

    West 11

    1963 · 14 votes

Series15

  • TV5.2

    The Wednesday Play

    1964 · 5 votes

  • TV7.0

    ITV Playhouse

    1967 · 3 votes

  • TV6.5

    The Champions

    1968 · 24 votes

  • TV7.3

    Danger Man

    1960 · 25 votes

  • TV7.9
  • TV5.1

    Sir Francis Drake

    1961 · 7 votes

  • TV6.7

    The Scales of Justice

    1962 · 3 votes

  • TV7.2

    Man of the World

    1962 · 5 votes

  • TV8.8

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

    1951 · 8 votes

  • TV6.9

    Sherlock Holmes

    1964 · 20 votes

  • TV10.0

    The Power Game

    1965 · 1 votes

  • TV6.3

    The Plane Makers

    1963 · 3 votes

  • TV7.0

    Moonstrike

    1963 · 1 votes

  • TV6.0

    Armchair Theatre

    1956 · 6 votes

  • TV