Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
June 11, 1932
Died
March 8, 2025
Age
92
Place of Birth
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Popularity
0.8
Athol Fugard
Acting
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.
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Known For
5.3
BBC Play of the Month
1965 · TV
7.0
Playhouse
1974 · TV
7.2
Theatre 625
1964 · TV
7.6
Gandhi
1982 · Movie
7.5
The Killing Fields
1984 · Movie
7.5
The Guest: An Episode in the Life of Eugène Marais
1977 · Movie
6.9
Tsotsi
2005 · Movie
5.5
Master Harold... and the Boys
2010 · Movie
8.0
Mille Miglia
1968 · Movie
6.0
Boesman and Lena
2000 · Movie
6.7
Meetings with Remarkable Men
1979 · Movie
6.6
'Master Harold'... and the Boys
1985 · Movie
Filmography
2019
The Space: Theatre of Survival
Movie · as Self(rumored)
0.0
2012
Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard
Movie · Self
0.0
1994
In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid
Movie · Self (archive footage)
8.0
1991
The Road to Mecca
Movie · Rev. Marius Byleveld
5.5
1984
The Killing Fields
Movie · Dr. Sundesval
7.5
1982
Gandhi
Movie · General Jan Christiaan Smuts
7.6
1981
A Sizwe Bansi Workshop
Movie · Himself
0.0
1980
Marigolds in August
Movie · Paulus Olifant
8.0
1979
Meetings with Remarkable Men
Movie · Professor Skridlov
6.7
1977
The Guest: An Episode in the Life of Eugène Marais
Movie · Eugène Marais
7.5
1974
The Public's Right to Know
Movie · Self
0.0
1973
Boesman and Lena
Movie · Boesman
10.0
1964
Theatre 625
TV · Morris
7.2