Patrick McGoohan Biography
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Patrick McGoohan mini-bio: Though American born, McGoohan became a famous British TV star in the 1950s and 1960s. At a young age his parents returned to the Ireland they had emigrated from, and this is where he grow up. For most of his childhood he planned to be a priest but his plan changed when he worked as a stage manager and an actor fell ill, leaving McGoohan to take on the role. He has moved successfully between film, theater, and television. He currently lives in LA with his wife of more than fifty years and is mostly retired. They have three daughters.
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dzfh98posted 307 days ago -
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One of my top five actors. His impact and presence in a film is powerful. His voice can send chills up your spine, his eyes are more intense than Clint Eastwood. Never saw a film he was in where I thought I wasted my time and money. Have "The Prisoner" on dvd. What an awesome series. The music, the costumes, the setting, the stoory lines...and of course McGoohan!
posted 785 days ago -
What can I say? The Greatest actor ever to grace the screens!!!! He doesnt use the 'method' acting of De Niro, Olivier etc etc but a more natural style that gives his performances the special look that he isnt acting at all, but it's happening right there in front of you in real life. If you don't believe me, look at his 1st scene in Escape From Alcatraz.
Never has an actor performed with such conviction as Pat McGoohan!posted 929 days ago -
Patrick Mcgoohan- I miss the prisoner, that was great Psycho-drama at it's best. You are a first rate actor and I miss you on tv along with the Avenger series of your British compatriots Peel and Stead. What is the latest on your career and goals grayfox007
posted 987 days ago -
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An interesting and intelligent man. Pity we haven't seen more of him.
posted 1007 days ago -
Superb and extremely intelligent British actor who came to prominence in the 1960s as secret agent "John Drake", of the covert agency "M9", in the UK espionage action series "Danger Man". When the half-hour show went to one hour in the late 60s the name was changed to "Secret Agent" in the U.S. and a new theme song , "Secret Agent Man", sung by Johnny Rivers was added. The song became a big commercial hit.
McGoohan finished "Secret Agent" and then did the cult classic "The Prisoner" min-series that made allusion to the possibility that the prisoner himself MIGHT be John Drake. The Drake possibility arose again in "Ice Station Zebra", where McGoohan played a very Drake-like character called "David Jones", but the concept that "spooks" often operated under aliases in the field left the notion open to the public that this "Jones" might really be Drake.
Many films since, among them "Silver Streak" and "Braveheart".posted 1054 days ago
