Patrick McGoohan

Patrick McGoohan
Born: Mar 19, 1928
New York, NY
Career: 1955-2002
Countries: UK
USA
Genre/Type: Spy Film
Action
Adventure
Drama
Mystery
An American-born actor reared in Ireland and England, McGoohan made a memorable impression on the American and English viewing audiences by playing essentially the same role in three different television series. He began his performing career as a teen-ager, eventually played Henry V for the Old Vic company in London, and made mostly unremarkable films in the '50s. His movies include the delightful Disney film The Three Lives of Thomasina (1964). Success came in 1961, when McGoohan played government agent John Drake in Danger Man, a role he continued on Secret Agent (1965-66). He created, produced and often wrote episodes of the nightmarish, surrealistic cult series The Prisoner (1968-69). This show featured a character assumed to be the same John Drake (although he was known as Number 6 and his real name was never mentioned), who had been kidnapped and taken to a strange community. McGoohan later starred in the TV series Rafferty (1977) and directed the film Catch My Soul (1974). He won an Emmy Award in 1975 for his guest appearance on Columbo with Peter Falk.

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Filmography

Movie/Film Released Rating Role Buy
Treasure Planet 2002 Actor [Starring]
Columbo: Murder with Too Many Notes 2001 Director / Screenwriter
Columbo: Ashes to Ashes 1998 Director / Actor [Starring]
Hysteria 1997 Actor [Starring]
A Time to Kill 1996 Actor [Starring]
The Phantom 1996 Actor [Starring]
Braveheart 1995 Actor [Starring]
The Best of Friends 1991 Actor [Starring]
Columbo: Agenda for Murder 1990 Director / Actor [Starring]
The Prisoner: Video Companion 1990 Actor [Starring]
Murder, She Wrote: Witness for the Defense 1987 Actor [Starring]
Trespasses 1987 Actor [Starring]
Of Pure Blood 1986 Actor [Starring]
Baby... Secret of the Lost Legend 1985 Actor [Starring]
Three Sovereigns for Sarah 1985 Actor [Starring]
Jamaica Inn 1983 Actor [Starring]
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Patrick McGoohan was 80 years old at the time of his death on January 13, 2009.
Jim Caviezel started out as a basketball player, so he’s all about the team. Good thing, given that he has huge shoes to fill as Number Six in the new version of The Prisoner. Caviezel takes on the role made legendary by the late, great Pat...
It had the same appeal as shows like Lost, Twin Peaks and 24 -- a mystery, with suspense and a narrative arc. Most shows of the time were episodic, not continuing stories. It had a popular handsome star, who had played a secret agent on Bri...

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