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