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.
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Movies (41)
In My Mind
as Himself (archive)
2017
Walt Disney Treasures - Dr. Syn: The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh
as Dr. Christopher Syn / The Scarecrow (archive footage)
2008
The Making of the Prisoner
2007
Treasure Planet
as Billy Bones (voice)
2002
In Search of the Prisoner
as Number Six (archive footage)
2001
Hysteria
as Dr. Harvey Langston
1997
A Time to Kill
as Judge Omar Noose
1996
The Phantom
as Phantom's Dad
1996
Sad?
as Number Six (archive footage)
1996
Braveheart
as King Edward
1995
The Best of Friends
as George Bernard Shaw
1991
The Prisoner Video Companion
as Number 6
1990
The Laughing Prisoner
as Number Six
1987
Of Pure Blood
as Dr. Felix Neumann
1986
Three Sovereigns for Sarah
as Chief Magistrate
1985
Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend
as Doctor Eric Kiviat
1985
Six Into One: The Prisoner File
as Self
1984
Trespasses
as Fred Wells
1984
Jamaica Inn
as Joss Merlyn
1983
Kings and Desperate Men
as John Kingsley
1981
Scanners
as Dr. Paul Ruth
1981
The Hard Way
as John Connor
1980
Escape from Alcatraz
as Warden
1979
Brass Target
as Col. Mike McCauley
1978
The Man in the Iron Mask
as Fouchet
1977
Silver Streak
as Roger Devereau
1976
A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot
as Major Cabot
1975
Catch My Soul
Director (Directing)
1974
Mary, Queen of Scots
as James Stuart
1971
The Moonshine War
as Frank Long
1970
Koroshi
as John Drake
1968
Ice Station Zebra
as David Jones
1968
Journey Into Darkness
as Host
1968
The Three Lives of Thomasina
as Andrew McDhui
1963
Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow
as Dr. Christopher Syn / The Scarecrow
1963
The Quare Fellow
as Thomas Crimmin
1962
Life for Ruth
as Dr Brown
1962
All Night Long
as Johnny Cousin
1962
Serjeant Musgrave's Dance
as Sjt. Musgrave
1961
Two Living, One Dead
as Erik Berger
1961
The Man Out There
as The Man - Nicholai Soloviov
1961
TV Shows (9)
The Simpsons
as Number 6 (voice)
1989
Three Sovereigns for Sarah
as Chief Magistrate
1985
Murder, She Wrote
as Attorney Oliver Quayle
1984
Jamaica Inn
as Joss Merlyn
1983
Rafferty
as Dr. Sidney Rafferty
1977
Columbo
as Nelson Brenner
1971
The Prisoner
as Number Six
1967
The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh
as Dr. Christopher Syn
1964
Danger Man
as John Drake
1960