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Patrick McGoohan
Born: 19th Mar 1928 New York City, New York, USA - Died 13th Jan 2009
Dept: Acting
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.
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 65
Film: 52 (80%)
Television: 13 (20%)
Remaining genres not in graph: Romance, Horror, Animation, War, Action & Adventure, Fantasy, Western, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Music, Kids
Filmography
2017
The film recounts one of Chris' early filmmaking experiences: an attempt to interview Patrick McGoohan - something McGoohan had resisted previously - ... view
Character:
Self (archive footage)
2008
"Scarecrow! Scarecrow! The soldiers of the King feared his name!" And so begins the hard-to-forget theme song to The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh. Walt D ... view
Character:
Dr. Christopher Syn / The Scarecrow (archive footage)
2007
The story of the making of cult television favorite 'The Prisoner' is told by the people who were there. Patrick McGoohan's perplexing masterpiece cau ... view
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2002
When space galleon cabin boy Jim Hawkins discovers a map to an intergalactic "loot of a thousand worlds," a cyborg cook named John Silver teaches him ... view
Character:
Billy Bones (voice)
2001
Sci-Fi Channel production is first shown in 2001, this documentary preceded the channel's premiere of The Prisoner. Presented by James Hyman and featu ... view
Character:
Number Six (archive footage)
1997
Legendary actor Patrick McGoohan turns his famous character from THE PRISONER upside down as the psychiatrist in charge of an insane asylum. He has co ... view
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Dr. Harvey Langston
1996
A young lawyer defends a black man accused of murdering two white men who raped his 10-year-old daughter, sparking a rebirth of the KKK. ... view
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Judge Omar Noose
1996
The 21st successor to the role of Bengalla's resident superhero must travel to New York to prevent a rich madman from obtaining three magic skulls tha ... view
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Phantom's Dad
1996
Set in the mid sixties and shot with more black than white, ‘SAD?’ is a dark ten minute film that explores the time that we spend alone watching t ... view
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Number Six (archive footage)
1995
Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of the local English lord's sol ... view
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King Edward
1991
Adapted from their letters and journals, this is a portrayal of the unique 25-year friendship shared by Dame Laurentia McLachlan (Benedictine nun), Si ... view
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George Bernard Shaw
1990
British cult classic The Prisoner has been hailed as the most bizarre, mind-boggling television series of all time. Even though the series was produce ... view
Character:
Number 6
Dec 1989 (first aired)
Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family; Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa ... view
Character:
Number 6 (voice) (1 ep.)
1987
A funny remake of "The Prisoner" - with a 1980's twist to it 'The Laughing Prisoner' is a remake (or homage) of (to) the Kafkaesque 1960's television ... view
Character:
Number Six
1986
A mother investigating her son's mysterious death finds much more than she bargained for. Casting director Alicia Browning (Remick) takes leave of her ... view
Character:
Dr. Felix Neumann
1985
Nineteen people were hanged and one man pressed to death, while hundreds went to jail during the "witch hysteria" of 1692. THREE SOVEREIGNS FOR SARAH ... view
Character:
Chief Magistrate
1985
A paleontologist and her husband discover a mother and baby brontosaurus in Africa, and try to protect them from hunters who want to capture them. ... view
Character:
Doctor Eric Kiviat
Jan 1985 (first aired)
This is a true story based on transcripts of the Salem Witch Trials. ... view
Character:
Chief Magistrate (3 ep.)
Sep 1984 (first aired)
An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases. ... view
Character:
Attorney Oliver Quayle (1 ep.)
1984
After Channel 4 screened the finale of their 1984 repeats of The Prisoner, they broadcast this special show to delve into the mysteries about the enig ... view
Character:
Self
1984
A young woman searches for her identity by joining a "free love" hippie commune, against the wishes of her darkly possessive widowed father. The ten ... view
Character:
Fred Wells
1983
The respected squire of a quiet Cornish village is in reality the leader of a gang of murderous pirates who attack passing ships, kill their crews and ... view
Character:
Joss Merlyn
Jan 1983 (first aired)
In the early 1800s, Mary Yellan's life is changed after her father is murdered by shipwreckers. When her mother dies of a broken heart not long afterw ... view
Character:
Joss Merlyn (3 ep.)
1981
A group of terrorists take a radio disk jockey and his wife and child hostage in order to get their manifesto out to the world. ... view
Character:
John Kingsley
1981
A scientist trains a man with an advanced telepathic ability called 'scanning' to stop a dangerous Scanner with extraordinary psychic powers from wagi ... view
Character:
Dr. Paul Ruth
1980
John Connor is a soon-to-retire hitman that agrees to take on one last job. After years plying his deadly trade, he has finally had enough. Seeking to ... view
Character:
John Connor
1979
San Francisco Bay, January 18, 1960. Frank Lee Morris is transferred to Alcatraz, a maximum security prison located on a rocky island. Although no one ... view
Character:
Warden
1978
General George S. Patton died in a car accident in 1945. But was his death actually a murder. Is he targeted by Nazis angered by Germany's defeat? Or ... view
Character:
Col. Mike McCauley
Sep 1977 (first aired)
Rafferty is an American medical drama that aired on CBS from September 5 to November 28, 1977. The series stars Patrick McGoohan as Doctor Sid Raffert ... view
Character:
Dr. Sidney Rafferty (13 ep.)
1977
Years have passed since the Three Musketeers, Aramis, Athos and Porthos, have fought together with their friend, D'Artagnan. But with the tyrannical K ... view
Character:
Fouchet
1976
A somewhat daffy book editor on a rail trip from Los Angeles to Chicago thinks that he sees a murdered man thrown from the train. When he can find no ... view
Character:
Roger Devereau
Original title: Un genio, due compari, un pollo
1975
Expert conman Joe Thanks teams up with half-breed Bill and naive Lucy to steal $300,000 from the Indian-hating Major Cabot. Their elaborate plan is fu ... view
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Major Cabot
1971
Mary Stuart, who was named Queen of Scotland when she was only six days old, is the last Roman Catholic ruler of Scotland. She is imprisoned at the ag ... view
Character:
James Stuart
Sep 1971 (first aired)
Columbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently underestimated by his suspects. Despite his unprepossessing ap ... view
Character:
Nelson Brenner (2 ep.)
Oscar Finch (1 ep.)
Eric Prince (1 ep.)
1970
A federal agent attempts to make some real money before the alcohol ban is lifted so he sets his sights on the whiskey cache of an old army buddy. ... view
Character:
Frank Long
1968
Secret agent John Drake (aka Danger Man) goes to Japan to infiltrate a secret society that specialises in murder. ... view
Character:
John Drake
1968
A top-secret Soviet spy satellite -- using stolen Western technology -- malfunctions and then goes into a descent that lands it near an isolated Arcti ... view
Character:
David Jones
1968
"Journey Into Darkness" is a television movie which consists of two episodes from the UK TV series "Journey to the Unknown 1968)": 'The New People (19 ... view
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Host
Sep 1967 (first aired)
After resigning, a secret agent is abducted and taken to what looks like an idyllic village, but is really a bizarre Kafkaesque prison. His warders de ... view
Character:
Number Six (17 ep.)
Feb 1964 (first aired)
"Scarecrow! Scarecrow! The soldiers of the King feared his name!" And so begins the hard-to-forget theme song to The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh. Walt D ... view
Character:
Dr. Christopher Syn (3 ep.)
1963
Thomasina the cat brings a family together through her mysterious death and reappearance. ... view
Character:
Andrew McDhui
1963
English vicar Dr. Syn becomes a scarecrow on horseback by night to thwart King George III's taxmen. ... view
Character:
Dr. Christopher Syn / The Scarecrow
1962
Thomas Crimmins is a new warder, or guard, in an Irish prison. He is young, naive, and idealistic, determined to serve his country by his part in meti ... view
Character:
Thomas Crimmin
1962
John Harris finds himself ostracized and placed on trial for allowing his daughter Ruth to die. His religious beliefs forbade him to give consent for ... view
Character:
Dr Brown
1962
Over the course of one eventful evening, the anniversary celebration of the musical and romantic partners Aurelius Rex and Delia Lane, a jealous, ambi ... view
Character:
Johnny Cousin
1961
Serjeant Musgrave and his small band of men arrive in an impoverished northern coal town, ostensibly on a recruiting drive.....but their intentions ar ... view
Character:
Sjt. Musgrave
1961
Three Post Office employees are at work when the facility is held up. The robber kills the supervisor and knocks out another employee. The third one o ... view
Character:
Erik Berger
1961
A Russian astronaut trapped in space in a faulty rocket, has five hours to live when his radio makes contact with Marie, a hunter's wife also trapped, ... view
Character:
The Man - Nicholai Soloviov
Sep 1960 (first aired)
Danger Man is a British television series which was broadcast between 1960 and 1962, and again between 1964 and 1968. The series featured Patrick McGo ... view
Character:
John Drake (86 ep.)
1959
Brand's a bleak and desolate play that challenges the notion of a stern and stoic faith in the will of God. The title character is a pastor who return ... view
Character:
Brand
1958
Just after a young unknown American becomes the first on the Moon returns, he dies in an accident. He's laid to rest with full honours, but only the p ... view
Character:
Jack 'Pal' Smurch
1958
When Alice Lang flies out to Kenya to marry gamekeeper Andrew Miller she is met by his brother Rusty, who is initially opposed to the marriage. The tw ... view
Character:
Andrew Miller
1958
A lusty Gypsy gold digger marries a Regency aristocrat, then learns he has no money. ... view
Character:
Jess
1957
An ex-con trying to go clean ends up working for a crooked trucking company swindling money. ... view
Character:
C. 'Red' Redman
1957
After returning home to a rugged island near Nova Scotia, Joanna, daughter of the local bigwig, struggles to choose between three eligible bachelors - ... view
Character:
Simon Breck
1956
A notorious bandit develops a grudging respect for the English military man assigned to capture him. ... view
Character:
Moor Larkin
Jul 1956 (first aired)
Armchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produ ... view
Character:
Jack 'Pal' Smurch (1 ep.)
'The Man' - Nicholai Soloviov (1 ep.)
Sep 1955 (first aired)
Folio, a precursor to CBC's renowned fine-arts series Festival, aired for four years starting in 1956. The series showcased original dramas, music com ... view
Character:
Michael O'Riordan (1 ep.)
1955
Just before the Nazis ascend to power in Berlin, Chris, an aspiring novelist from England, meets flamboyant cabaret entertainer Sally Bowles and an un ... view
Character:
Swedish Water Therapist
1955
A meta-theatrical adaptation of Moby-Dick in which a rehearsal evolves into a full performance, as actors are absorbed into the roles of Ishmael, Star ... view
Character:
A Serious Actor /Starbuck
1955
The story of the conception of a new British weapon for smashing the German dams in the Ruhr industrial complex and the execution of the raid by 617 S ... view
Character:
Guard at door (uncredited)
1955
Edward, Prince of Wales, son and heir to his father King Edward III of England, leads an English army to the French province of Aquitaine to protect t ... view
Character:
English Soldier (uncredited)
1955
Set in 1931, the film takes place aboard a merchant ship, briefly harboured in South America. A young woman (Diane Cilento) boards the ship as a passe ... view
Character:
Martin McIsaacs
Oct 1954 (first aired)
Walt Disney Productions has produced an anthology television series under several different titles since 1954. The original version of the series prem ... view
Character:
Christopher Syn / Scarecrow of Romney Marsh (3 ep.)
Jan 1950 (first aired)
Sunday Night Theatre was a long-running series of televised live television plays screened by BBC Television from early 1950 until 1959.
The producti ... view
Character:
Seth Makepeace (1 ep.)