Patrick McGoohan

Acting · Born 1928-03-19 in New York City, New York, USA

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

• Braveheart as King Edward
• Escape from Alcatraz as Warden
• Treasure Planet as Billy Bones (voice)
• A Time to Kill as Judge Omar Noose
• The Man in the Iron Mask as Fouchet
• A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot as Major Cabot
• Silver Streak as Roger Devereau
• Jamaica Inn as Joss Merlyn
• Scanners as Dr. Paul Ruth
• The Phantom as Phantom's Dad

TV

• Columbo as Nelson Brenner
• The Simpsons as Number 6 (voice)
• The Prisoner as Number Six
• Columbo as Oscar Finch
• Columbo as Eric Prince
• Murder, She Wrote as Attorney Oliver Quayle
• Danger Man as John Drake
• Rafferty as Dr. Sidney Rafferty
• Jamaica Inn as Joss Merlyn
• The Wonderful World of Disney as Christopher Syn / Scarecrow of Romney Marsh