Patrick Beattie Mynhardt (12 June 1932 in Bethulie, Free State, South
Africa â€" 25 October 2007 in London, England) was a well-known South
African film and theatre actor. He appeared in over 150 stage plays in
South Africa and England, 100 local and international films, TV plays
and serials as well as an opera. He died in London, where he was
performing in his one-man show Boy from Bethulie at the Jermyn Street
Theatre in the West End.The son of Johannes Tobias Mynhardt, a
district surgeon and Elizabeth Beattie, an Irish emigrant, Patrick was
born in Bethulie in the Free State. He matriculated from De La Salle
College in East London. He studied drama at Rhodes University before
joining the National Theatre Organisation in 1953 and touring South
Africa. In 1954, he moved to London to attend the Central School of
Speech and Drama. 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. At
the end of 1960 he returned to South Africa.
Africa â€" 25 October 2007 in London, England) was a well-known South
African film and theatre actor. He appeared in over 150 stage plays in
South Africa and England, 100 local and international films, TV plays
and serials as well as an opera. He died in London, where he was
performing in his one-man show Boy from Bethulie at the Jermyn Street
Theatre in the West End.The son of Johannes Tobias Mynhardt, a
district surgeon and Elizabeth Beattie, an Irish emigrant, Patrick was
born in Bethulie in the Free State. He matriculated from De La Salle
College in East London. He studied drama at Rhodes University before
joining the National Theatre Organisation in 1953 and touring South
Africa. In 1954, he moved to London to attend the Central School of
Speech and Drama. 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. At
the end of 1960 he returned to South Africa.
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