Born Patrick Carl Cheeseman in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, England. He was brought up in neighbouring Grimsby and frequently re-visited the area during the height of his career. He attended University College, London, before training at the Old Vic Theatre School and making his first stage appearance in a walk-on part in Othello in 1951. He toured South Africa the following year and then directed plays for the drama department at Stanford University, California. Moving to the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, Wymark played a wide range of traditional roles, including Dogberry in Much Ado about Nothing and Stephano in The Tempest. He also played the parts of Marullus in Julius Caesar and Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream. Other stage parts included the title role in Danton's Death and, with the Royal Shakespeare Company, Ephihodov in The Cherry Orchard. His theatre roles also included playing the part of Bosola in a Royal Shakespeare Company production of John Webster's The Duchess of Malfi in 1960. His film roles included: Children of the Damned (1964), Operation Crossbow (1965), Battle of Britain (1969), Where Eagles Dare (1968), Blood on Satan's Claw (1971) and Cromwell (1970). On television, where at one point he was considered as a replacement for William Hartnell on Doctor Who., he was best known for his role as the machiavellian businessman John Wilder in the drama series The Plane Makers/The Power Game, a role which led to offers of company directorships. Wymark, however, was a gentle man in real life, self-confessedly ignorant of business matters, who considered the Wilder character to be a "bastard" and was described by his wife as "the most inefficient, dreamy muddler in the world."
2008
as Joseph Ransley
1972
as Christian Holm
1971
as The Judge
1970
as The Earl of Strafford
1969
as Air Vice Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory
1969
as Jason Webb
1968
as Col. Wyatt Turner DSO MC
1968
as Gen. Gomez
1968
as Cromwell
1968
1967
as Henri
1966
as Inspector Holloway
1965
as Anthony Marco
1965
as le propriétaire
1965
as Prime Minister Winston Churchill
1964
as Major Jocomo
1964
as Churchill (voice)
1964
1964
as Commander
1963
as Joseph Ransley
1963
as Father Hogan
1963
as Royston Land-Price
1963
as Touchstone
1963
as John Wilder
1962
as Narrator
1962
as Semion Panteleyevich Epihodov
1962
as Mr. Godfrey
1961
as Captain Williams
1960
as Sol
1960
as Wylie
1959
as Mayor
1954
as Joseph Ransley
1951
as Winston Churchill (voice)