Personal life

Mynhardt was born in Johannesburg and lived in a Wynberg

Wynberg, Gauteng

Wynberg is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region 3....

 army camp, where his father was a padre. He had three children with his wife, Jocelyn.

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.

After the end of school, he started appearing in theatre productions across South Africa.

He admitted that he learnt true professionalism in the thirties, when he was performing in the Old Vic

Old Vic

The Old Vic is a theatre located just south-east of Waterloo Station in London on the corner of The Cut and Waterloo Road. Established in 1818 as the Royal Coburg Theatre, it was taken over by Emma Cons in 1880 when it was known formally as the Royal Victoria Hall. In 1898, a niece of Cons, Lilian...

 in London and sharing a flat with Alec Guinness

Alec Guinness

Sir Alec Guinness, CH, CBE was an English actor. He was featured in several of the Ealing Comedies, including Kind Hearts and Coronets in which he played eight different characters. He later won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Colonel Nicholson in The Bridge on the River Kwai...

.

His credits included appearing in Dingaka

Dingaka

Dingaka is a 1965 film by South African director Jamie Uys with the soundtrack by Bertha Egnos, Eddie Domingo and Basil Gray.-Synopsis:Dingaka tells the story of a tribesman, Ntuku Makwena, who avenges the murder of his daughter according to custom tribal laws...

, a 1965 film by the acclaimed South African director, Jamie Uys

Jamie Uys

Jacobus Johannes Uys , better known as Jamie Uys, was a South African film director.-Early life:Prior to his foray into film, Uys was a math teacher in his hometown of Boksburg. He then married Hettie, a fellow math teacher and the couple started farming and opening trading posts along the Palala...

. He later appeared alongside Jacqueline Bisset

Jacqueline Bisset

Jacqueline Bisset is an English actress. She has been nominated for four Golden Globe Awards and an Emmy Award. She is known for her roles in the films Bullitt , Airport , The Deep , Class , and the TV series Nip/Tuck in 2006...

 in A Cape Town Affair.

Selected filmography

Film & Television
Year	Film	Role	Notes
1965	Dingaka Dingaka Dingaka is a 1965 film by South African director Jamie Uys with the soundtrack by Bertha Egnos, Eddie Domingo and Basil Gray.-Synopsis:Dingaka tells the story of a tribesman, Ntuku Makwena, who avenges the murder of his daughter according to custom tribal laws...	Judge	Jamie Uys Jamie Uys Jacobus Johannes Uys , better known as Jamie Uys, was a South African film director.-Early life:Prior to his foray into film, Uys was a math teacher in his hometown of Boksburg. He then married Hettie, a fellow math teacher and the couple started farming and opening trading posts along the Palala...  film
1967	The Cape Town Affair	Fenton	Robert D. Webb Robert D. Webb Robert D. Webb was an American film director. He directed 16 films between 1945 and 1968.-Selected filmography:* Beneath the 12-Mile Reef * Seven Cities of Gold * White Feather...  film
1968	Majuba	Philippus Du Toit	David Millin film
	Doctor Kalie	Doctor Kalie	Ivan Hall film
	Jy is my liefling	Du Toit	Dirk DeVilliers
1977	Funeral for an Assassin	Judge William Whitfield	Ivan Hall film
1986	Auf Achse Auf Achse (TV series) Auf Achse was a German television series on the ARD channel. The series ran from 1977 until 1996 and 86 episodes were produced altogether.- Plot :...	-	German television series, episode "Konvo"

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