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