Athol Fugard
Acting
June 11, 1932 — March 8, 2025
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
2019The Space: Theatre of Survival
as Self(rumored)
2012Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard
Self
1994In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid
Self (archive footage)
1984The Killing Fields
Dr. Sundesval
1982Gandhi
General Jan Christiaan Smuts
1980Marigolds in August
Paulus Olifant
1979Meetings with Remarkable Men
Professor Skridlov
1974The Public's Right to Know
Self
