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