College, London. He took his acting name from his wife's paternal grandfather, the writer William Wymark Jacobs. The couple lived near Parliament Hill in Hampstead, London, and had four children, including the future actress Jane Wymark. Wymark died suddenly in Melbourne, Australia on 20 October 1970, aged 44, of a heart attack in his hotel room. He had been due to star in the play Sleuth at the Comedy Theatre three days later. On the night of his death, he was to appear on the TV variety programme In Melbourne Tonight. He, guest Richard Deacon and host Stuart Wagstaff had just appeared together in a TV production of Hans Christian Andersen stories, and his non-appearance led to several jokes by Wagstaff and Deacon. Host Wagstaff was informed of Wymark's death mid-way through the programme and announced it at the end. He was buried at Highgate Cemetery in London. Wymark View—located in his home town, Grimsby—is named after him. Selected filmography The League of Gentlemen (1960) as Wylie The Criminal (1960) as Sol West 11 (1963) as Father Hogan Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow (1963) as Joseph Ransley Children of the Damned (1964) as Commander The Secret of Blood Island (1964) as Major Jocomo Operation Crossbow (1965) as Prime Minister Winston Churchill Repulsion (1965) as Landlord The Skull (1965) as Marco The Psychopath (1966) as Inspector Holloway Woman Times Seven (1967) as Henri (segment "At The Opera") Tell Me Lies (1968) as Guest Witchfinder General (1968) as Cromwell Where Eagles Dare (1968) as Colonel Wyatt Turner Doppelgänger (1969) (alternative title: Journey to the Far Side of the Sun) as Jason Webb Battle of Britain (1969) as Air Vice Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory Cromwell (1970) as The Earl of Strafford The Blood on Satan's Claw (1970) as The Judge (1972) as Christian Holm (final film role) References External links 1926 births 1970 deaths 20th-century English male actors Male actors from Lincolnshire Alumni of University College London Alumni of Bristol Old Vic Theatre School Best Actor BAFTA Award (television) winners Burials at Highgate Cemetery English male film actors English male stage actors English male television actors English people of Finnish descent English theatre directors People from Cleethorpes People from Grimsby Royal Navy personnel of World War II Royal Shakespeare Company members English Roman Catholics