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

Arena
1979
BBC Play of the Month
1979
Playhouse
1974
Theatre 625
1967
Gandhi
1982
The Killing Fields
1984
Tsotsi
2005
Master Harold... and the Boys
2010
Meetings with Remarkable Men
1979
Marigolds in August
1980
Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard
2012
'Master Harold'... and the Boys
1985

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
14
Directing
1
Writing
16
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
1979
Arena
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
1967
Theatre 625
as Morris