Patrick Wymark

Lahir Patrick Carl Cheeseman di Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, Inggris. Dia dibesarkan di negara tetangga Grimsby dan sering mengunjungi kembali daerah tersebut selama puncak karirnya. Dia kuliah di University College, London, sebelum berlatih di Old Vic Theatre School dan membuat penampilan panggung pertamanya dalam peran walk-on di Othello pada tahun 1951. Dia melakukan tur ke Afrika Selatan pada tahun berikutnya dan kemudian menyutradarai drama untuk departemen drama di Universitas Stanford, California. Pindah ke Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, Wymark memainkan berbagai peran tradisional, termasuk Dogberry di Much Ado about Nothing dan Stephano di The Tempest. Dia juga memainkan peran Marullus di Julius Caesar dan Bottom di A Midsummer Night's Dream. Bagian panggung lainnya termasuk peran utama dalam Danton's Death dan, dengan Royal Shakespeare Company, Ephihodov di The Cherry Orchard. Peran teaternya juga termasuk memainkan peran Bosola dalam produksi Royal Shakespeare Company dari The Duchess of Malfi karya John Webster pada tahun 1960. Peran filmnya meliputi: Children of the Damned (1964), Operation Crossbow (1965), Battle of Britain (1969), Where Eagles Dare (1968), Darah di Cakar Setan (1971) dan Cromwell (1970). Di televisi, di mana ia pernah dianggap sebagai pengganti William Hartnell di Doctor Who., ia terkenal karena perannya sebagai pengusaha machiavellian John Wilder dalam serial drama The Plane Makers/The Power Game, sebuah peran yang menghasilkan tawaran jabatan direktur perusahaan. Wymark, bagaimanapun, adalah seorang pria yang lembut dalam kehidupan nyata, mengaku tidak peduli dengan masalah bisnis, yang menganggap karakter Wilder sebagai "bajingan" dan digambarkan oleh istrinya sebagai "orang yang paling tidak efisien dan suka melamun di dunia."

​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."