Patrick McGoohan
Date of birth: 1928-03-19
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Joseph Serf, Paddy Fitz, Патрік МакГуен, Patrick Joseph McGoohan, پاتریک مکگوهان
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.
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Braveheart
1995-05-24
Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William Walla
Escape from Alcatraz
1979-06-22
San Francisco Bay, January 18, 1960. Frank Lee Morris is transferred to Alcatraz, a maximum security
The Man in the Iron Mask
1977-07-17
Years have passed since the Three Musketeers, Aramis, Athos and Porthos, have fought together with t
A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot
1975-12-16
Expert conman Joe Thanks teams up with half-breed Bill and naive Lucy to steal $300,000 from the Ind
Silver Streak
1976-12-03
A somewhat daffy book editor on a rail trip from Los Angeles to Chicago thinks that he sees a murder
Jamaica Inn
1983-05-01
The respected squire of a quiet Cornish village is in reality the leader of a gang of murderous pira
Treasure Planet
2002-11-26
When space galleon cabin boy Jim Hawkins discovers a map to an intergalactic "loot of a thousand wor
Scanners
1981-01-14
After a man with extraordinary, and frighteningly destructive, telepathic abilities is nabbed by age
The Phantom
1996-06-06
The 21st successor to the role of Bengalla's resident superhero must travel to New York to prevent a
Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow
1963-12-06
English vicar Dr. Syn becomes a scarecrow on horseback by night to thwart King George III's taxmen.
All Night Long
1962-02-06
Over the course of one eventful evening, the anniversary celebration of the musical and romantic par
The Three Lives of Thomasina
1963-12-11
Thomasina is the pet cat of Mary McDhui, the daughter of Scottish veterinarian Andrew McDhui. When T
Hell Drivers
1957-07-23
An ex-con trying to go clean ends up working for a crooked trucking company swindling money.
Mary, Queen of Scots
1971-12-22
Mary Stuart, who was named Queen of Scotland when she was only six days old, is the last Roman Catho
Ice Station Zebra
1968-04-04
A top-secret Soviet spy satellite -- using stolen Western technology -- malfunctions and then goes i
The Man Out There
1961-03-12
A Russian astronaut trapped in space in a faulty rocket, has five hours to live when his radio makes
Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend
1985-03-29
A paleontologist and her husband discover a mother and baby brontosaurus in Africa, and try to prote
Brass Target
1978-12-22
General George S. Patton died in a car accident in 1945. But was his death actually a murder. Is he
Walt Disney Treasures - Dr. Syn: The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh
2008-11-11
"Scarecrow! Scarecrow! The soldiers of the King feared his name!" And so begins the hard-to-forget t
The Moonshine War
1970-06-30
A federal agent attempts to make some real money before the alcohol ban is lifted so he sets his sig
Brand
1959-08-11
Brand's a bleak and desolate play that challenges the notion of a stern and stoic faith in the will
The Hard Way
1980-02-19
John Connor is a soon-to-retire hitman that agrees to take on one last job. After years plying his d
High Tide at Noon
1957-04-30
After returning home to a rugged island near Nova Scotia, Joanna, daughter of the local bigwig, stru
The Gypsy and the Gentleman
1958-01-15
A lusty Gypsy gold digger marries a Regency aristocrat, then learns he has no money.
The Quare Fellow
1962-10-02
Thomas Crimmins is a new warder, or guard, in an Irish prison. He is young, naive, and idealistic, d
Two Living, One Dead
1961-04-03
Three Post Office employees are at work when the facility is held up. The robber kills the superviso
The Best of Friends
1991-01-01
Adapted from their letters and journals, this is a portrayal of the unique 25-year friendship shared
Hysteria
1997-10-01
Legendary actor Patrick McGoohan turns his famous character from THE PRISONER upside down as the psy
Passage Home
1955-03-17
Set in 1931, the film takes place aboard a merchant ship, briefly harboured in South America. A youn
The Greatest Man in the World
1958-11-09
Just after a young unknown American becomes the first on the Moon returns, he dies in an accident. H
A Time to Kill
1996-07-24
A young lawyer defends a black man accused of murdering two white men who raped his 10-year-old daug
Trespasses
1984-01-01
A young woman searches for her identity by joining a "free love" hippie commune, against the wishes
The Dam Busters
1955-05-16
The story of the conception of a new British weapon for smashing the German dams in the Ruhr industr
The Prisoner Video Companion
1990-11-04
British cult classic The Prisoner has been hailed as the most bizarre, mind-boggling television seri
Kings and Desperate Men
1981-08-22
A group of terrorists take a radio disk jockey and his wife and child hostage in order to get their
Life for Ruth
1962-09-06
John Harris finds himself ostracized and placed on trial for allowing his daughter Ruth to die. His
Journey Into Darkness
1968-01-01
"Journey Into Darkness" is a television movie which consists of two episodes from the UK TV series "
Sad?
1996-01-18
Set in the mid sixties and shot with more black than white, ‘SAD?’ is a dark ten minute film that ex
Nor the Moon by Night
1958-08-07
When Alice Lang flies out to Kenya to marry gamekeeper Andrew Miller she is met by his brother Rusty
Zarak Khan
1956-12-01
A notorious bandit develops a grudging respect for the English military man assigned to capture him.
Koroshi
1968-11-28
Secret agent John Drake (aka Danger Man) goes to Japan to infiltrate a secret society that specialis
The Laughing Prisoner
1987-04-03
A funny remake of "The Prisoner" - with a 1980's twist to it 'The Laughing Prisoner' is a remake (or
Of Pure Blood
1986-10-19
A mother investigating her son's mysterious death finds much more than she bargained for. Casting di
In My Mind
2017-09-29
The film recounts one of Chris' early filmmaking experiences: an attempt to interview Patrick McGooh
I Am a Camera
1955-07-21
Just before the Nazis ascend to power in Berlin, Chris, an aspiring novelist from England, meets fla
In Search of the Prisoner
2001-01-01
Sci-Fi Channel production is first shown in 2001, this documentary preceded the channel's premiere o
Three Sovereigns for Sarah
1985-05-01
Nineteen people were hanged and one man pressed to death, while hundreds went to jail during the "wi
Serjeant Musgrave's Dance
1961-10-24
Serjeant Musgrave and his small band of men arrive in an impoverished northern coal town, ostensibly
The Making of the Prisoner
2007-01-01
The story of the making of cult television favorite 'The Prisoner' is told by the people who were th
Moby Dick Rehearsed
1955-06-16
A play-within-a-play of Moby Dick by Orson Welles.
Six Into One: The Prisoner File
1984-01-16
After Channel 4 screened the finale of their 1984 repeats of The Prisoner, they broadcast this speci
The Dark Avenger
1955-04-15
Edward, Prince of Wales, son and heir to his father King Edward III of England, leads an English arm