Athol Fugard

Actor

Born: June 11, 1932
Died: March 8, 2025 (age 92)

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.

Filmography (12)

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