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