Patrick Wymark

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."

Known For

The Champions

The Wednesday Play

ITV Playhouse

ITV Playhouse

ITV Playhouse

ITV Playhouse

Danger Man

Sir Francis Drake

All Movies (29)

• Walt Disney Treasures - Dr. Syn: The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh2008 · as Joseph Ransley (archive footage)
• The Man from the Other Side1972 · as Christian Holm
• The Blood on Satan's Claw1971 · as The Judge
• Cromwell1970 · as The Earl of Strafford
• Battle of Britain1969 · as Air Vice Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory
• Doppelgänger1969 · as Jason Webb
• Where Eagles Dare1968 · as Col. Wyatt Turner DSO MC
• Witchfinder General1968 · as Cromwell
• Tell Me Lies1968
• Woman Times Seven1967 · as Henri
• The Psychopath1966 · as Inspector Holloway
• The Skull1965 · as Anthony Marco
• Repulsion1965 · as le propriétaire
• Operation Crossbow1965 · as Prime Minister Winston Churchill
• The Secret of Blood Island1964 · as Major Jocomo
• The Finest Hours1964 · as Churchill (voice)
• Children of the Damned1964 · as Commander
• Michelangelo1964 · as Vasari (voice)
• Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow1963 · as Joseph Ransley
• West 111963 · as Father Hogan
• The Invasion1963 · as Royston Land-Price
• As You Like It1963 · as Touchstone
• The Pitcairn People1962 · as Narrator
• The Cruel Necessity1962 · as Oliver Cromwell
• The Cherry Orchard1962 · as Semion Panteleyevich Epihodov
• The Criminal1960 · as Sol
• The League of Gentlemen1960 · as Wylie
• Twentieth Century Theatre: Colombe1960 · as Surette
• Brand1959 · as Mayor

All TV Shows (19)

• The Champions1968 · as Gen. Gomez
• ITV Playhouse1967 · as The Captain
• ITV Playhouse1967 · as The Judge
• ITV Playhouse1967 · as Hubert
• ITV Playhouse1967 · as Joe Malkin, M.P.
• The Power Game1965 · as Sir John Wilder
• The Wednesday Play1964 · as Sigismonda Pandolfo Malatesta
• Sherlock Holmes1964
• The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh1964 · as Joseph Ransley
• Moonstrike1963 · as Abess
• The Plane Makers1963 · as Sir John Wilder
• Man of the World1962 · as Downing
• The Scales of Justice1962 · as Mr. Godfrey
• Sir Francis Drake1961 · as Captain Williams
• Danger Man1960 · as Ortiz
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Manny Barnes
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Royston Land-Price
• The Wonderful World of Disney1954 · as Joseph Ransley
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Winston Churchill (voice)