Athol Fugard

Personal Info

Birthday

June 11, 1932

Day of Death

2025-03-08

(92 years old)

Place of Birth

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.

Known For

Gandhi

The Killing Fields

Meetings with Remarkable Men

Marigolds in August

The Road to Mecca

Boesman and Lena

The Guest: An Episode in the Life of Eugène Marais

Filmography

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