Patrick Wymark, né le 11 juillet 1926 à Cleethorpes (Lincolnshire) et mort le 20 octobre 1970 à Melbourne (Australie), est un acteur britannique.

Il a joué dans des films comme : Children of the Damned, Repulsion, Opération Crossbow, The Secret of Blood Island, Le Grand Inquisiteur, Battle of Britain, Quand les aigles attaquent, La Nuit des maléfices et Cromwell.

À la télévision, on se souvient de lui pour le rôle de John Wilder dans la série The Plane Makers/The Power Game.

Il était le père de l'actrice Jane Wymark.

Biographie

Wymark married Olwen Wymark, an American playwright, in 1953. He took his acting name from his grandfather-in-law, the writer William Wymark Jacobs. The couple lived in Parliament Hill, Hampstead, and had four children, including the future actress Jane Wymark. He had a brother, John Cheeseman.



Wymark died suddenly in Melbourne, Australia on 20 October 1970, aged 44, of a heart attack in the hotel room in which he was staying. He had been due to star in the play Sleuth at the Comedy Theatre three days later. On the night of his death, he was to appear on the TV variety program In Melbourne Tonight. He, guest Richard Deacon and host Stuart Wagstaff had just appeared together in a TV production of Hans Christian Andersen stories, and his non-appearance led to several jokes by Wagstaff and Deacon. Host Wagstaff was informed of Wymark's death mid-way through the program, and announced it at the end.

He was buried at Highgate Cemetery in London. Wymark View—located in his home town, Grimsby—is named after him.

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