{{Short description|South African actor (1925–2002)}} {{Distinguish|Dan Leonard|Dion Leonard}} {{Use South African English|date=April 2016}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{more citations needed|date=December 2017}} {{Infobox person | name = Don Leonard | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Wilson Sawyer Arthur | birth_date = {{birth date text|1925}}<!-- {{Birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|df=yes}} --> | birth_place = Winburg, Orange Free State, South Africa | death_date = {{death year and age|2002|1925}}<!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD|df=yes}} Death date then birth --> | death_place = | occupation = Actor | years_active = | website = | imagesize = | othername = | spouse = Jean Leonard }}
'''Don Leonard''' (1925–2002) was a South African film actor.<ref>Database (undated). [https://web.archive.org/web/20090128140906/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/383450 "Leonard, Don"]. ''British Film Institute Film and Television Database''. Accessed 20 August 2010.</ref>
== Career ==
He appeared in ten films between 1965 and 1979.<ref>Database (undated). [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0502609/filmotype "Filmography by Type for Don Leonard"]. ''The Internet Movie Database''. Accessed 20 August 2010.</ref>
== Filmography ==
{| class="wikitable sortable" |+ Filmography |- ! Year ! Title ! Genre ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 1965 | ''Kimberley Jim'' | musical comedy | Rube | |- |1965 |King Hendrik |Comedy |Customs officer | |- | 1967 | ''Wild Season'' | drama |Jerry | |- | 1968 | ''Die Kandidaat'' | drama | Krisjan | |- |1969 |Danie Bosman: Die verhaal van die grootste S.A. komponis |Biography / Drama / Music |Bossie | |- | 1969 | ''Katrina'' | romance-drama | Kimberley | |- | 1970 | ''Jannie Totsiens'' | mystery-horror romance | | |- |1970 |Scotty & Co. |Western |Court interpreter | |- | 1971 | ''Creatures the World Forgot'' | science-fiction adventure horror | The Old Leader | |- | 1971 | ''Die Banneling'' | action |Rooie | |- |1971 |Erfgenaam |Drama |Faan Landman | |- |1971 |Sononder |Drama |Kobus du Plooy | |- |1972 |Die Lewe Sonder Jou |Drama |Koos Pretorius | |- |1972 |Vlug van die Seemeeu |Drama |Skinny (Gert van Eeden) | |- |1973 |Die Sersant en die Tiger Moth |Comedy / Drama |Sgt. Herklaas van der Poel | |- |1973 |Môre, Môre |Drama |Vercueil | |- |1974 |Die Afspraak |Thriller |van Tonder | |- |1974 |Pens en Pootjies |Comedy |Pens van Helsdingen | |- |1975 |Dingetjie Is Dynamite! (My Naam Is Nog Steeds Dingetjie) |Action / Comedy / Western |Daan van der Merwe | |- |1975 |Kniediep |Comedy |Spek Poggenpoel | |- |1975 |Wat Maak Oom Kalie Daar? |Comedy |Oom Kalie du Preez | |- |1976 |Erfgoed is Sterfgoed |Comedy |Racegoer | |- |1976 |'n Beeld vir Jeannie |Drama |Flippie Moolman | |- |1977 |Kom Tot Rus |Comedy |Oom Barkhuizen | |- |1977 |My Way II |Family | | |- |1978 |'n Seder Val in Waterkloof |Comedy/Drama |Van | |- | 1978 |''Someone Like You "Iemand Soos Jy"'' | drama |Oom Faan | |- |1978 |Witblits & Peach Brandy |Comedy |Koos van Graan | |- | 1979 | ''Scotty & Co.'' | western | | |- | 1979 | ''Zulu Dawn'' | war | Fannin | |- | | | | | |}
== References == {{Reflist}}
== Further reading == * Tomaselli, Keyan (1989). ''The Cinema of Apartheid — Race and Class in South African Film''. Routledge (London, England; New York City). {{ISBN|978-0-415-02628-4}}.
== External links == * {{IMDb name|0502609}}
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