
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."
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Credits
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Joseph Ransley★ 8.3
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Christian Holm★ NR
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The Judge★ 6.2
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Cromwell 1970The Earl of Strafford★ 6.5
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Battle of Britain 1969Air Vice Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory★ 6.9
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Doppelgänger 1969Jason Webb★ 6.2
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Where Eagles Dare 1968Col. Wyatt Turner DSO MC★ 7.5
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The Champions 1968Gen. Gomez★ 6.1
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Witchfinder General 1968Cromwell★ 6.5
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Tell Me Lies 1968★ 6.3
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Woman Times Seven 1967Henri★ 6.3
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The Psychopath 1966Inspector Holloway★ 6.3
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The Power Game 1965Sir John Wilder★ NR
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The Skull 1965Anthony Marco★ 6
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Repulsion 1965le propriétaire★ 7.4
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Operation Crossbow 1965Prime Minister Winston Churchill★ 6.8
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Major Jocomo★ NR
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The Finest Hours 1964Churchill (voice)★ 6.3
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Sherlock Holmes 1964★ 6.4
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Joseph Ransley★ NR
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Commander★ 6.1
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Joseph Ransley★ 7
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West 11 1963Father Hogan★ 6.9
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The Invasion 1963Royston Land-Price★ NR
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As You Like It 1963Touchstone★ NR
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The Plane Makers 1963John Wilder★ 6
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The Pitcairn People 1962Narrator★ NR
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The Cherry Orchard 1962Semion Panteleyevich Epihodov★ 8
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Mr. Godfrey★ 6.7
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Sir Francis Drake 1961Captain Williams★ 4.5
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The Criminal 1960Sol★ 6.4
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Wylie★ 7
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Brand 1959Mayor★ NR
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Joseph Ransley★ 7.8
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Winston Churchill (voice)★ 8.6