Background
The son of Johannes Tobias Mynhardt, a district surgeon and Elizabeth Beattie, an Irish emigrant, Patrick was born in Bethulie in the Free State.
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Patrick Mynhardt
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Central School of Speech and Drama.
Career
He appeared in over 150 stage plays in South Africa and England, 100 local and international films, television 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. He matriculated from De Louisiana 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 British Broadcasting Corporation 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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Nationality
South Africa