Athol Fugard

Biography

Harold Athol Lanigan Fugard (June 11, 1932 – March 8, 2025) was a South African playwright, novelist, actor and director. Widely considered South Africa's foremost playwright, he is best remembered for his anti-apartheid plays such as "Master Harold"...and the Boys and Blood Knot.

Known For

Theatre 625

Gandhi

The Killing Fields

Meetings with Remarkable Men

Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard

In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid

The Space: Theatre of Survival

The Public's Right to Know

All Movies (12)

• The Space: Theatre of Survival2019 · as as Self(rumored)
• Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard2012 · as Self
• In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid1994 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Road to Mecca1991 · as Rev. Marius Byleveld
• The Killing Fields1984 · as Dr. Sundesval
• Gandhi1982 · as General Jan Christiaan Smuts
• A Sizwe Bansi Workshop1981 · as Himself
• Marigolds in August1980 · as Paulus Olifant
• Meetings with Remarkable Men1979 · as Professor Skridlov
• The Guest: An Episode in the Life of Eugène Marais1977 · as Eugène Marais
• The Public's Right to Know1974 · as Self
• Boesman and Lena1973 · as Boesman

All TV Shows (1)

• Theatre 6251964 · as Morris