
Athol Fugard
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.
Movie Appearances

Gandhi
as General Jan Christiaan Smuts
1982

Marigolds in August
as Paulus Olifant
1980
A Sizwe Bansi Workshop
as Himself
1981

The Space: Theatre of Survival
as as Self(rumored)
2019

Meetings with Remarkable Men
as Professor Skridlov
1979

In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid
as Self (archive footage)
1994
The Guest: An Episode in the Life of Eugène Marais
as Eugène Marais
1977
Boesman and Lena
as Boesman
1973
The Road to Mecca
as Rev. Marius Byleveld
1991

The Killing Fields
as Dr. Sundesval
1984

Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard
as Self
2012

The Public's Right to Know
as Self
1974
