{{Short description|South African actor (1906–1996)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Siegfried Mynhardt | image = Siegfried Mynhardt 1930.jpg | caption = Mynhardt in 1930 | birth_name = Siegfried Charles Ferdinand Mynhardt | birth_date = {{birth date|1909|3|5|df=y}} | birth_place = Johannesburg, Transvaal Colony | death_date = {{death date and age|1996|3|28|1909|3|5|df=y}} | death_place = Johannesburg, South Africa | other_names = | years_active = 1956–1990 | spouse = Jocelyn Mynhardt | children = 3 | parents = | website = }}
'''Siegfried Mynhardt''' (5 March 1906 – 28 March 1996) was a South African actor.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://apnews.com/bdddfa116054f26a60f7b81670839bc5|title = Veteran Actor Siegfried Mynhardt Dies at 87| website=Associated Press News }}</ref>
==Personal life== Mynhardt was born in Johannesburg and lived in a Wynberg army camp, where his father was a padre. He had three children with his wife, Jocelyn.<ref name=fv>{{cite book|year=1980s|author=Jani Allan|author-link=Jani Allan|title=Face Value |publisher=Longstreet}}</ref>
==Career== As well as appearing in several films and several television projects, Mynhardt was also known for his work in both South African and British theatre.<ref name=fv/> After the end of school, he started appearing in theatre productions across South Africa.<ref name=fv/> He admitted that he learnt true professionalism in the 1930s, when he was performing in the Old Vic in London and sharing a flat with Alec Guinness.<ref name=fv/> His credits included appearing in ''Dingaka'', a 1965 film by the acclaimed South African director, Jamie Uys. He later appeared alongside Jacqueline Bisset in ''A Cape Town Affair''. On 26 January 2020, Siegfried was also inaugurated as a living legend in the South African Legends Museum. His nephew, Shaun Mynhardt dedicated the museum in memory of Siegie.
==Selected filmography== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;" ! colspan=4 style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Film & Television |- ! Year ! Film ! Role ! Notes |- | 1965 || ''Dingaka'' || Judge|| Jamie Uys film |- | 1967 || ''The Cape Town Affair'' || Fenton || Robert D. Webb film |- | rowspan=3|1968 || ''Majuba: Heuwel van Duiwe'' || Philippus Du Toit || David Millin film |- | ''Doctor Kalie'' || Doctor Kalie || Ivan Hall film |- | ''Jy is my liefling'' || Du Toit || Dirk DeVilliers |- | 1969 ||''Danie Bosman: Die verhaal van die Grootste Komponis'' || || Tommie Meyer film |- |1974 |''Tant Ralie se losieshuis'' |Matroos CJ |Ivan Hall film |- |1975 |''Die troudag van tant Ralie'' |Matroos CJ |Ivan Hall film |- | 1977 || ''Funeral for an Assassin'' || Judge William Whitfield || Ivan Hall film |- | 1986 || ''Auf Achse'' || – || German television series, episode "Konvo" |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=0617069|name=Siegfried Mynhardt}}
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