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