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