Patrick McGoohan

Born: 1928-03-19, New York City, New York, USA

Died: 2009-01-13

Biography

Patrick Joseph McGoohan (March 19, 1928 – January 13, 2009) was an American-born actor, raised in Ireland and England, with an extensive stage and film career, most notably in the 1960s television series Danger Man (renamed Secret Agent when exported to the US), and The Prisoner. McGoohan wrote and directed several episodes of The Prisoner himself, occasionally using the pseudonyms Joseph Serf and Paddy Fitz. He subsequently appeared in several Columbo episodes, winning the Emmy twice, David Cronenberg's Scanners, and in Mel Gibson's Braveheart as King Edward I.

Filmography

• The Simpsons (1989)
• Murder, She Wrote (1984)
• Braveheart (1995)
• Treasure Planet (2002)
• Danger Man (1960)
• Danger Man (1960)
• The Prisoner (1967)
• The Prisoner (1967)
• A Time to Kill (1996)
• Folio (1955)
• Escape from Alcatraz (1979)
• The Phantom (1996)
• Scanners (1981)
• Silver Streak (1976)
• Un genio, due compari, un pollo (1975)
• Ice Station Zebra (1968)
• Zarak (1956)
• The Dam Busters (1955)
• Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend (1985)
• Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow (1963)
• The Dark Avenger (1955)
• Koroshi (1968)
• Hell Drivers (1957)
• Brass Target (1978)
• The Moonshine War (1970)
• The Three Lives of Thomasina (1963)
• Passage Home (1955)
• Two Living, One Dead (1961)
• The Quare Fellow (1962)
• Three Sovereigns for Sarah (1985)