Patrick McGoohan
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.
Known For
Top 40 Movies
Braveheart
1995
Treasure Planet
2002
A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot
1975
Silver Streak
1976
Life for Ruth
1962
The Man in the Iron Mask
1977
The Three Lives of Thomasina
1963
Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow
1963
Zarak
1956
A Time to Kill
1996
Escape from Alcatraz
1979
The Phantom
1996
Scanners
1981
The Moonshine War
1970
Six Into One: The Prisoner File
1984
Jamaica Inn
1983
All Night Long
1962
Passage Home
1955
The Quare Fellow
1962
Hysteria
1997
The Gypsy and the Gentleman
1958
Three Sovereigns for Sarah
1985
The Dark Avenger
1955
Mary, Queen of Scots
1971
Ice Station Zebra
1968
Journey Into Darkness
1968
High Tide at Noon
1957
The Dam Busters
1955
Koroshi
1968
Hell Drivers
1957
Brand
1959
Of Pure Blood
1986
Brass Target
1978
I Am a Camera
1955
Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend
1985
Moby Dick—Rehearsed
1955
The Laughing Prisoner
1987