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(1932-2007) Gifted bilingual actor and enjoyable eccentric. Born in Bethulie in the Free State, he joined [[André Huguenet]] as actor?? ** In 195* he left for Britain to gain experience, working ***Returned to South Africa in 196* with the [[Langford-Inglis Company]]??*. * Most memorable in South Africa for his one man performances of the stories of [[Herman Charles Bosman]]'s "Oom Schalk Louwrens" stories. The first programme, called ''[[A Sip of Jerepigo]]'', was devised by Mynhardt, directed by [[Michal Grobbelaar]] and opened at the [[Johannesburg Civic Theatre]] on 4th Novemeber 1969. It has had more that ** performances over the years. Others in the series were called ** and ***. He has also dramatised and performed his own biography (''[[Boy from Bethulie]]'', 19**). His more formal stage credits include **, ''[[The Cherry Orchard]]'' ([[PACT]], 1963), **, ''[[Staircase]]'' by [[Charles Dyer]] (the [[Langford-Inglis Company]], 1967),  ** , ''[[A Long Day's Journey into Night]]'' (198*),  International film credits include ***, A Clockwork Orange, **. The brilliant local TV drama Vyfster made him a household name as the menacing prison "don" called "Papa", while his ongoing role as the grandfather in the popular sitcom Suburban Bliss kept him in the public eye for much of the 1990s. Died on stage in London in 2007. MYNHARDT, Patrick. Actor. He starred in [[John Fernald]]’s production of [[Chekhov]]’s ''[[The Cherry Orchard]]'' which was staged for [[PACT]] at the [[Alexander]] in 1963. It also starred [[Siegfried Mynhardt]], [[Jenny Laird]], [[Arthur Hall]], [[Estelle Kohler]] and [[Fiona Fraser]]. He starred in [[PACT]]’s production of ''[[Rashomon]]'', directed by [[Joan Brickhill]] in 1965. He directed ''[[Die Blinde Vegter]]'' for [[TRUK]] in 1965. He starred in the [[Langford-Inglis Company]] production of [[Charles Dyer]]’s ''[[Staircase]]'', also starring [[Robert Langford]] in 1967. He put together a one-man show in 1969, ''[[A Sip of Jerepigo]]'', based on the works of [[Herman Charles Bosman]] at the [[Pieter Roos Theatre]] in the [[Civic]], which ended up running for two years. It was staged again by [[PACT]] in 1971. ''[[A Sip of Jerepigo]]'' played again at the [[Brooke]] in February 1972. He was seen in ''[[More Jerepigo]]'' at the [[Alexander]] in 1973. He starred in [[Barney Simon]]’s production of [[Arthur Miller]]’s ''[[The Crucible]]'' for [[PACT]] together with [[Marius Weyers]], [[Michael McCabe]], [[Aletta Bezuidenhout]] and [[Michele Maxwell]] in 1975. He starred in [[Ken Leach]]’s  production of [[Pieter Fourie]]’s  ''[[Conspiracy]]'' for [[PACT]] at the [[Alexander]] in 1976. He starred in [[Mannie Manim]]’s production of [[Larry Gelbart]]’s ''[[Sly Fox]]'' for [[The Company]] at the [[Market]] in 1979. It was directed by [[Pieter-Dirk Uys]] and also starred [[Graham Armitage]] and [[Peter J. Elliott]]. He starred in ''[[More Jerepigo]]'' at the [[Academy]] in 1980. He starred in [[Peter Shaffer]]’s ''[[The Royal Hunt of the Sun]]'', directed by [[Leonard Schach]] together with [[Marius Weyers]], [[Michael McCabe]], [[David Horner]], [[Keith Grenville]] and [[Bill Flynn]]. It was staged during the opening season of the [[Pretoria State Theatre]] in 1981. His one-man autobiographical piece ''[[The Boy from Bethulie]]'' was staged at the [[Intimate]] by a group called [[A Teater]] as their first production in 1983. He starred in [[Bobby Heaney]]’s production of  [[Brian Friel]]’s ''[[Translations]]'' together with [[Michael Richard]] in 1985. His one-man show ''[[Another Sip of Jerepigo]]'' was staged at the [[Market]] in January 1990. He staged ''[[The Boy from Bethulie]]'' at the [[Warehouse]] in May 1990. He returned to the [[Warehouse]] with ''[[Just Jerepigo]]'' in December of the same year. He starred in ''[[Die Sakeman van Venesie]]'' at the [[Alexander]] in 1991. He presented ''[[A Sip of Jerepigo]]'' at the [[Pieter Roos Theatre]] in 1992. MYNHARDT,Patrick – .  [[Estelle Kohler]] was first cast in ''[[Cherry Orchard]]'' in 1965 by [[John Fernald]] (dir) from UK.  She & Patrick Mynhardt were cast.  ''[[Just jerepigo]]'' & ''[[Cold stone jug]]'' by die [[Groot Marico Kunstefees]], 2002
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'''Patrick Mynhardt''' (1932-2007) was a gifted bilingual ([[Afrikaans]] and English) actor and enjoyable eccentric.
  
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== Biography ==
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Born on 12 June 1932 in Bethulie in the Free State, of an [[Afrikaans]] father and an Irish mother, he was educated at Bethulie School and De La Salle College in East London, South Africa. He then spent what he referred to as three “disastrous” years at [[Rhodes University]] in Grahamstown, where he did, however, discover that he had a flair for acting.
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He joined the [[National Theatre Organisation]] in 1953 as an actor and toured the country for a year and a half appearing in English and [[Afrikaans]] plays.
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In 1954 he left for London where he intended to spend three years at the Central School of Drama, but left after only one term and pursued his drama studies privately. He eventually landed his first job in a repertory company. Performing on stage and for the BBC in Britain, he worked with such luminaries as Peter Sellers, Burt Lancaster, Anthony Quinn, Richard Harris, Peter O’Toole, Michael Caine and Judi Dench.
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He returned to South Africa at the end of 1960 to make a career for himself in theatre, film and TV.
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He died on stage in London on 25 October 2007 at the age of 75 while performing in his one-man show ''[[Boy from Bethulie]]'' at the Jermyn Street Theatre in the West End.  He is buried at the Westpark Cemetery in Randburg, in a grave adjacent to that of [[Herman Charles Bosman]] (1905-1951).
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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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Mynhardt was a star of the stage, film, television and radio for more than 50 years in South Africa and overseas. He appeared in more than 150 stage productions (in South Africa and the United Kingdom), 100 local and international films and about 100 television plays and serials, some local and some abroad.
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===As actor===
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====Stage====
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His stage credits in South Africa include ''[[Le Malade imaginaire|Iepekonders]]'' (1953), ''[[The King of Diamonds]]'' (1961), ''[[A Touch of the Poet]]'' (1961), ''[[Lady Precious Stream|Jonkvrou Edelwater]]'' (1962), ''[[Guilty Party]]'' (1962), ''[[Policy for Murder]]'' (1963), ''[[Christie]]'', ''[[Montserrat]]'' (Equierdo 1963), ''[[The Playboy of the Western World]]'' (Sean Keogh 1963), ''[[The Cherry Orchard]]'' ([[PACT]], 1963),  ''[[Rashomon]]'', directed by [[Joan Brickhill]] in 1965, ''[[The Deputy]]'' (1965), ''[[Twelve Angry Men]]'' (1965), ''[[The Devils]]'' (1966), ''[[The Beaux' Stratagem]]'' (Fiogard, 1966), ''[[War and Peace]]'' (Napoleon, 1966), ''[[Staircase]]'' (1967, Harry), ''[[Dödsdansen|Dodedans]]'' (Edgar, 1967), ''[[Die Spel van Liefde en Toeval]]'' (Pasqual, 1967), ''[[Staircase]]''  (the [[Langford-Inglis Company]], 1967 as Harry), ''[[Fanny]]'' (1968), ''[[The Crucible]]'' ([[PACT]]  1975),  ''[[Conspiracy]]'' for [[PACT]] at the [[Alexander Theatre]] in 1976, ''[[Die Verminktes]]'' (1977), ''[[Die Vader]]'' (1978), ''[[Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead]]'' (1978), ''[[Sly Fox]]'' for [[The Company]] at the [[Market Theatre]] in 1979, ''[[The Siege of Nugget Street]]'' (1979), ''[[The Royal Hunt of the Sun]]''(1981), ''[[The Taming of the Shrew]]'' (1981), ''[[Karoo Grand]]'' (1983), ''[[Translations]]'' (1985), ''[[Long Day's Journey into Night]]'' (1989), ''[[Nemesis]]'' (1989), ''[[Houd-den-Bek]]'' (1990), ''[[Die Sakeman van Venesië]]'' (1991) and ''[[Mirakel]]'' (1992). 
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====The one-man shows====
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Mynhardt is most memorable in South Africa for his one-man performances. He created and performed in a number of these using material from the works of [[Herman Charles Bosman]], particularly Bosman's "Oom Schalk Lourens" stories. Over the years (and up to the time of his death), he performed his one-man shows at embassies, official residences and theatres in Brussels, London, New York, Washington and also at the California Springbok Club in San Jose and San Francisco.
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The Bosman shows include:
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* ''[[A Sip of Jerepigo]]'' (1969)
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* ''[[More Jerepigo]]''  (1973)
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* ''[[Just Jerepigo]]'' (1981)
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* ''[[Another Sip of Jerepigo]]'' (1989)
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* ''[[Cold Stone Jug]]'' (2002)
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* ''[[Tjeerio Jerepigo]]'' (2003)
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Mynhardt's autobiography:
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* ''[[The Boy from Bethulie]]'' (1982)
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=== Film and TV ===
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====Film====
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Roles in South African films include ''[[Vadertjie Langbeen]]'' (1955), ''[[Nor the Moon by Night]]'' (1958), ''[[The Hellions]]'' (1961), ''[[As Ons Twee Eers Getroud Is!]]'' (1962), ''[[Stropers van die Laeveld]]'' (1962), ''[[Seven against the Sun]]'' (1964), ''[[The Naked Prey]]'' (1965), ''[[Diamond Walkers]]'' (1965), ''[[Africa Shakes]]'' (1966), ''[[Kavaliers]]'' (1966), ''[[The Cape Town Affair]]'' (1967),  ''[[The Jackals]]'' (1967), ''[[Majuba: Heuwel van Duiwe]]'' (1968), [[Vrolike Vrydag 13de]] (1969), ''[[Petticoat Safari]]'' (1969), ''[[Lied in My Hart]]'' (1970), ''[[Scotty & Co.]]'' (1970), ''[[Jannie totsiens]]'' (1970), ''[[Shangani Patrol]]'' (1970), ''[[Pressure Burst]]'' (1971), ''[[Three Bullets... for a Long Gun]]'' (1971), ''[[Z.E.B.R.A.]]'' (1971), ''[[Die Voortrekkers]]'' (1973), ''[[Saboteurs]]'' (1974), ''[[Forever Young, Forever Free]]'' (1975), ''[[Olie Kolonie]]'',  (1975), ''[[Kniediep...]]'' (1975), ''[[One Away]]'' (1976), ''[[Terug na Thaba]]'' (1977), ''[[Game for Vultures]]'' (1979), ''[[Zulu Dawn]]'' (1979), ''[[Killing Heat]]'' (1981), ''[[Die kersietuin]]'' (1983), ''[[Hedda Gabler]]'' (1983), ''[[Torn Allegiance]]'' (1984), ''[[Broer Matie]]'' (1984), ''[[Die Vuurtoring]]'' (1984), ''[[Skollie]]'' (1984), ''[[Eendag vir Altyd]]'' (1985), ''[[Galery]]'' (1985), ''[[Dodedans]]'' (1985), ''[[Arme moordenaar]]'' (1986), ''[[Vyfster: Die Slot]]'' (1986), ''[[Scavengers]]'' (1988), ''[[The Emissary]]'' (1988), ''[[Rising Storm]]'' (1989), ''[[Oddball Hall]]'' (1990), ''[[A Private Life]]'' (1991), ''[[Orkney Snork Nie! (die movie): 'Dis Lekker By Die See']]'' (1992), ''[[Lipstiek Dipstiek]]'' (1994), ''[[Hearts and Minds]]'' (1995), ''[[Operation Delta Force 2: Mayday]]'' (1997), ''[[Pride of Africa]]'' (1997), ''[[Dr Lucille: The Lucille Teasdale Story]]'' (2001), ''[[Cold Stone Jug]]'' (2003), ''[[Stander]]'' (2003).
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International film and tv credits include ''A Rough Diamond'' (1956), ''Mister Charlesworth'' (1957), ''The Killing Stones'' (1958), ''Quatermass and the Pit'' (1958), ''Danger Within'' (1959), ''Carlton-Browne of the F.O.'' (1959), ''My Side of the Story'' (1959), ''I'm All Right Jack'' (1959), ''The Distinguished Gathering'' (1959), ''The Watching Eye'' (1960), ''Deadline Midnight'' (1960), ''Macbeth'' (1960), ''Evidence in Concrete'' (1960), ''Danger Man'' (1961), ''Till the Day I Die'' (1961), ''[[Diamanten sind gefährlich]]'' (1965), ''[[Der Rivonia-Prozess]]'' (1966), ''[[Diamantendetektiv Dick Donald]]'' (1971), ''[[John Ralling - Abenteuer um Diamanten]]'' (1975), ''[[Les diamants du président]]'' (1975), ''[[Pour tout l'or du Transvaal]]'' (1979), ''[[The Lion's Share]]'' (1985), ''[[A Good Man in Africa]]'' (1994).
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====Television====
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The brilliant local TV drama ''[[Vyfster]]'' (1982, second series 1986) made him a household name as the menacing prison "don" called "Papa", while his ongoing role as the grandfather in the popular sitcom ''[[Suburban Bliss]]'' (1996) kept him in the public eye for much of the 1990s. Other tv shows include ''[[TJ 7]]'' (1977), ''[[Phoenix en Kie]]'' (1979), ''[[Oh George!]]'' (1981), ''[[Die Avonture van Joachim Verwey]]'' (1981), ''[[Brood Vir My Broer]]'' (1982), ''[[Skooldae]]'' (1984), ''[[Geknelde Land]]'' (1984), ''[[Hoekie vir Eensames]]'' (1986), ''[[Ballade vir 'n Enkeling]]'' (1987), ''[[Dot en Kie]]'' (1988), ''[[Saartjie]]'' (1989), ''[[Die Binnekring]]'' (1990), ''[[The Fourth Reich]]'' (1990), ''[[The Visual Bible: Matthew]]'' (1993), ''[[The Visual Bible: Acts]]'' (1994), ''[[Jackpot]]'' (1996).
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===As director===
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He directed ''[[Die Blinde Vegter]]'' for [[TRUK]] in 1965.
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== Awards, etc ==
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For ''[[Dodedans]]'' he won the [[Anton de Waal Toekenning|Anton de Waal Trophy]] for the best [[Afrikaans]] performance of the year, 1967.
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In 1991 he was once again nominated for the [[Anton de Waal Toekenning|Anton de Waal Trophy]] for his lead role in ''[[Die Sakeman van Venesië]]'' ("The Merchant of Venice").
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In 2002 he was a recipient of a [[Johannesburg Theatre Management Lifetime Achievement Award]] at the FNB [[Vita Awards]] presented at the [[Theatre on the Square]], Sandton.
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== Sources ==
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[[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997.
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http://www.patrickmynhardt.com/Roles.asp?Page=1
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''Boy from Bethulie'' programme notes, 1983.
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[[Oggendblad]],  6 May 2004.
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''The Citizen'', 26 October 2007.
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''Tjeerio Jerepigo'' programme, 2003.
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'Theatre icon Patrick Mynhardt dies'. ''[[Mail & Guardian]]''. 25 October 2007.
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https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0562782/
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Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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Latest revision as of 11:34, 23 July 2025

Patrick Mynhardt (1932-2007) was a gifted bilingual (Afrikaans and English) actor and enjoyable eccentric.

Biography

Born on 12 June 1932 in Bethulie in the Free State, of an Afrikaans father and an Irish mother, he was educated at Bethulie School and De La Salle College in East London, South Africa. He then spent what he referred to as three “disastrous” years at Rhodes University in Grahamstown, where he did, however, discover that he had a flair for acting.

He joined the National Theatre Organisation in 1953 as an actor and toured the country for a year and a half appearing in English and Afrikaans plays.

In 1954 he left for London where he intended to spend three years at the Central School of Drama, but left after only one term and pursued his drama studies privately. He eventually landed his first job in a repertory company. Performing on stage and for the BBC in Britain, he worked with such luminaries as Peter Sellers, Burt Lancaster, Anthony Quinn, Richard Harris, Peter O’Toole, Michael Caine and Judi Dench.

He returned to South Africa at the end of 1960 to make a career for himself in theatre, film and TV.

He died on stage in London on 25 October 2007 at the age of 75 while performing in his one-man show Boy from Bethulie at the Jermyn Street Theatre in the West End. He is buried at the Westpark Cemetery in Randburg, in a grave adjacent to that of Herman Charles Bosman (1905-1951).

Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

Mynhardt was a star of the stage, film, television and radio for more than 50 years in South Africa and overseas. He appeared in more than 150 stage productions (in South Africa and the United Kingdom), 100 local and international films and about 100 television plays and serials, some local and some abroad.

As actor

Stage

His stage credits in South Africa include Iepekonders (1953), The King of Diamonds (1961), A Touch of the Poet (1961), Jonkvrou Edelwater (1962), Guilty Party (1962), Policy for Murder (1963), Christie, Montserrat (Equierdo 1963), The Playboy of the Western World (Sean Keogh 1963), The Cherry Orchard (PACT, 1963), Rashomon, directed by Joan Brickhill in 1965, The Deputy (1965), Twelve Angry Men (1965), The Devils (1966), The Beaux' Stratagem (Fiogard, 1966), War and Peace (Napoleon, 1966), Staircase (1967, Harry), Dodedans (Edgar, 1967), Die Spel van Liefde en Toeval (Pasqual, 1967), Staircase (the Langford-Inglis Company, 1967 as Harry), Fanny (1968), The Crucible (PACT 1975), Conspiracy for PACT at the Alexander Theatre in 1976, Die Verminktes (1977), Die Vader (1978), Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (1978), Sly Fox for The Company at the Market Theatre in 1979, The Siege of Nugget Street (1979), The Royal Hunt of the Sun(1981), The Taming of the Shrew (1981), Karoo Grand (1983), Translations (1985), Long Day's Journey into Night (1989), Nemesis (1989), Houd-den-Bek (1990), Die Sakeman van Venesië (1991) and Mirakel (1992).

The one-man shows

Mynhardt is most memorable in South Africa for his one-man performances. He created and performed in a number of these using material from the works of Herman Charles Bosman, particularly Bosman's "Oom Schalk Lourens" stories. Over the years (and up to the time of his death), he performed his one-man shows at embassies, official residences and theatres in Brussels, London, New York, Washington and also at the California Springbok Club in San Jose and San Francisco.

The Bosman shows include:

Mynhardt's autobiography:

Film and TV

Film

Roles in South African films include Vadertjie Langbeen (1955), Nor the Moon by Night (1958), The Hellions (1961), As Ons Twee Eers Getroud Is! (1962), Stropers van die Laeveld (1962), Seven against the Sun (1964), The Naked Prey (1965), Diamond Walkers (1965), Africa Shakes (1966), Kavaliers (1966), The Cape Town Affair (1967), The Jackals (1967), Majuba: Heuwel van Duiwe (1968), Vrolike Vrydag 13de (1969), Petticoat Safari (1969), Lied in My Hart (1970), Scotty & Co. (1970), Jannie totsiens (1970), Shangani Patrol (1970), Pressure Burst (1971), Three Bullets... for a Long Gun (1971), Z.E.B.R.A. (1971), Die Voortrekkers (1973), Saboteurs (1974), Forever Young, Forever Free (1975), Olie Kolonie, (1975), Kniediep... (1975), One Away (1976), Terug na Thaba (1977), Game for Vultures (1979), Zulu Dawn (1979), Killing Heat (1981), Die kersietuin (1983), Hedda Gabler (1983), Torn Allegiance (1984), Broer Matie (1984), Die Vuurtoring (1984), Skollie (1984), Eendag vir Altyd (1985), Galery (1985), Dodedans (1985), Arme moordenaar (1986), Vyfster: Die Slot (1986), Scavengers (1988), The Emissary (1988), Rising Storm (1989), Oddball Hall (1990), A Private Life (1991), Orkney Snork Nie! (die movie): 'Dis Lekker By Die See' (1992), Lipstiek Dipstiek (1994), Hearts and Minds (1995), Operation Delta Force 2: Mayday (1997), Pride of Africa (1997), Dr Lucille: The Lucille Teasdale Story (2001), Cold Stone Jug (2003), Stander (2003).

International film and tv credits include A Rough Diamond (1956), Mister Charlesworth (1957), The Killing Stones (1958), Quatermass and the Pit (1958), Danger Within (1959), Carlton-Browne of the F.O. (1959), My Side of the Story (1959), I'm All Right Jack (1959), The Distinguished Gathering (1959), The Watching Eye (1960), Deadline Midnight (1960), Macbeth (1960), Evidence in Concrete (1960), Danger Man (1961), Till the Day I Die (1961), Diamanten sind gefährlich (1965), Der Rivonia-Prozess (1966), Diamantendetektiv Dick Donald (1971), John Ralling - Abenteuer um Diamanten (1975), Les diamants du président (1975), Pour tout l'or du Transvaal (1979), The Lion's Share (1985), A Good Man in Africa (1994).

Television

The brilliant local TV drama Vyfster (1982, second series 1986) made him a household name as the menacing prison "don" called "Papa", while his ongoing role as the grandfather in the popular sitcom Suburban Bliss (1996) kept him in the public eye for much of the 1990s. Other tv shows include TJ 7 (1977), Phoenix en Kie (1979), Oh George! (1981), Die Avonture van Joachim Verwey (1981), Brood Vir My Broer (1982), Skooldae (1984), Geknelde Land (1984), Hoekie vir Eensames (1986), Ballade vir 'n Enkeling (1987), Dot en Kie (1988), Saartjie (1989), Die Binnekring (1990), The Fourth Reich (1990), The Visual Bible: Matthew (1993), The Visual Bible: Acts (1994), Jackpot (1996).

As director

He directed Die Blinde Vegter for TRUK in 1965.

Awards, etc

For Dodedans he won the Anton de Waal Trophy for the best Afrikaans performance of the year, 1967.

In 1991 he was once again nominated for the Anton de Waal Trophy for his lead role in Die Sakeman van Venesië ("The Merchant of Venice").

In 2002 he was a recipient of a Johannesburg Theatre Management Lifetime Achievement Award at the FNB Vita Awards presented at the Theatre on the Square, Sandton.

Sources

Tucker, 1997.

http://www.patrickmynhardt.com/Roles.asp?Page=1

Boy from Bethulie programme notes, 1983.

Oggendblad, 6 May 2004.

The Citizen, 26 October 2007.

Tjeerio Jerepigo programme, 2003.

'Theatre icon Patrick Mynhardt dies'. Mail & Guardian. 25 October 2007.

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0562782/

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