Patrick Wymark

Known for ActingBorn 1926-07-11Died 1970-10-20Lincolnshire, 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."Read more

Movies & web series

The Power Game

The Secret of Blood Island

Brand

Walt Disney Treasures - Dr. Syn: The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh

Hallmark Hall of Fame

The Cherry Orchard

The Wonderful World of Disney

Where Eagles Dare

Repulsion

Danger Man

Man of the World

The Man from the Other Side

ITV Playhouse

The League of Gentlemen

As You Like It

Moonstrike

Twentieth Century Theatre: Colombe

West 11

Battle of Britain

Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow

The Finest Hours

Operation Crossbow

The Scales of Justice

Sherlock Holmes

Cromwell

Witchfinder General

The Champions

Tell Me Lies

The Psychopath

The Criminal

Woman Times Seven

The Plane Makers

Doppelgänger

The Blood on Satan's Claw

Children of the Damned

The Skull

Armchair Theatre

The Wednesday Play

Sir Francis Drake

Michelangelo

The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh

The Invasion

The Pitcairn People

The Cruel Necessity