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Athol Fugard

Athol Fugard

Born: 1932-06-11

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