Patrick Cargill

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Birth Name: Patrick Cargill

Born: 3 June 1918 Died: 23 May 1996

Country of origin: United Kingdom

Height: 5' 10"

Relationship Status: In a relationship

Partner: James Camille Markowski

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Description: Patrick Cargill (3 June 1918 – 23 May 1996) was a British actor known for his role on the British television sitcom Father, Dear Father. Cargill was born to middle-class parents living in Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex. After education at Haileybury College, he made his debut in the Bexhill Amateur Theatrical Society. However, he was aiming for a military career and was selected for training at the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst. Cargill became a commissioned officer in the British Indian Army. Cargill was a private man, who did not relish his celebrity status, though he was always kind to fans who approached him. He would Patrick Cargill (3 June 1918 – 23 May 1996) was a British actor known for his role on the British television sitcom Father, Dear Father.

Cargill was born to middle-class parents living in Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex. After education at Haileybury College, he made his debut in the Bexhill Amateur Theatrical Society. However, he was aiming for a military career and was selected for training at the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst. Cargill became a commissioned officer in the British Indian Army.

Cargill was a private man, who did not relish his celebrity status, though he was always kind to fans who approached him. He would shun awards ceremonies in favour of a quiet evening at home playing mahjong. From the mid-1960s, Cargill lived at Sheen Gate Gardens, Richmond on Thames. In the later years of his life, he lived in Henley-on-Thames. He spent time at Spring Cottage, his country retreat situated in Warren Lane, near Cross-in-Hand, East Sussex. The love of his life was his Bentley, a black and dark green model of which only six were ever made. Cargill also had a Mini and often told a story about driving through Barnes one day and on seeing one of the other five Bentley dropheads at the traffic lights, waved furiously at the driver, only to realise that he was driving his Mini that day. In the mid-1980s, he changed the Bentley for a Rolls-Royce. Cargill's many pets included a monkey, a parrot, a wether and his favourites, Ra, a cross-border collie and Charles, a cat that lived at Spring Cottage.

For many years, Cargill was companions with Vernon Page, an eccentric landscape gardener, poet and lampoon songwriter, until Page married in 1984. In his later years he was companion with James Camille Markowski. After his death, it was alleged that Cargill was homosexual, but he never made any public acknowledgment of such. It was claimed that while lunching with Ray Cooney, Cargill observed, when a waiter removed his soup spoon, "Aah, look Ray, the dish has run away with the spoon."

At the time of his death at the age of 77, Cargill was suffering from a brain tumour and was being nursed in a hospice in Richmond on Thames, London. In 1995, the year before he died, Cargill had been struck by a car in Australia; though he was only slightly injured, this accident led to false reports that the cause of his death was a hit-and-run accident. ... (more)