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Athol Fugard

Acting Born Jun 11, 1932 13 credits

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.

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Film

Gandhi

as General Jan Christiaan Smuts

Full filmography

  • Theatre 625 (1964) as Morris
  • Gandhi (1982) as General Jan Christiaan Smuts
  • The Killing Fields (1984) as Dr. Sundesval
  • The Space: Theatre of Survival (2019) as as Self(rumored)
  • Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard (2012) as Self
  • Meetings with Remarkable Men (1979) as Professor Skridlov
  • The Road to Mecca (1991) as Rev. Marius Byleveld
  • In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid (1994) as Self (archive footage)
  • Boesman and Lena (1973) as Boesman
  • The Public's Right to Know (1974) as Self
  • A Sizwe Bansi Workshop (1981) as Himself
  • Marigolds in August (1980) as Paulus Olifant
  • The Guest: An Episode in the Life of Eugène Marais (1977) as Eugène Marais