Patrick McGoohan: March 19, 1928 - January 13, 2009
'Prisoner' actor Patrick McGoohan dies in LA
I always enjoyed his performance in everything I saw him in. He was a tremendous actor. I really, really hated his Longshanks in 'Braveheart.' He did a phenomenal job portraying an evil person without resorting to the histrionics or overacting that Alan Rickman brought to his Sheriff character in "Robin Hood."
According to "Ain't It Cool News"...
His accomplishments spanned a (great) range of projects - including ICE STATION ZEBRA, ESCAPE FROM ALCATRAZ, David Cronenberg's SCANNERS, Mel Gibson's BRAVEHEART, and THE PHANTOM (father to Billy Zane's character). In 1976 he co-starred with Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor in Arthur Hiller's SILVER STREAK.
McGoohan appeared on stage in Orson Welles' MOBY DICK REHEARSED, and directed a rock opera adaptation of OTHELLO called CATCH MY SOUL. He reprised his Number Six role for an episode of THE SIMPSONS, and won Emmys for his work with Peter Falk on COLUMBO (which he also wrote, produced, or directed upon occasion).
Perhaps most interestingly, McGoohan is said to have turned down the roles of both James Bond (successor to Connery) and THE SAINT's Simon Templar.
"Mel [Gibson] will always be Mad Max, and me, I will always be a Number," he was once quoted as saying (per Wiki). This isn't exactly true - he was so much more.
I always enjoyed his performance in everything I saw him in. He was a tremendous actor. I really, really hated his Longshanks in 'Braveheart.' He did a phenomenal job portraying an evil person without resorting to the histrionics or overacting that Alan Rickman brought to his Sheriff character in "Robin Hood."
According to "Ain't It Cool News"...
His accomplishments spanned a (great) range of projects - including ICE STATION ZEBRA, ESCAPE FROM ALCATRAZ, David Cronenberg's SCANNERS, Mel Gibson's BRAVEHEART, and THE PHANTOM (father to Billy Zane's character). In 1976 he co-starred with Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor in Arthur Hiller's SILVER STREAK.
McGoohan appeared on stage in Orson Welles' MOBY DICK REHEARSED, and directed a rock opera adaptation of OTHELLO called CATCH MY SOUL. He reprised his Number Six role for an episode of THE SIMPSONS, and won Emmys for his work with Peter Falk on COLUMBO (which he also wrote, produced, or directed upon occasion).
Perhaps most interestingly, McGoohan is said to have turned down the roles of both James Bond (successor to Connery) and THE SAINT's Simon Templar.
"Mel [Gibson] will always be Mad Max, and me, I will always be a Number," he was once quoted as saying (per Wiki). This isn't exactly true - he was so much more.