Patrick McGoohan, an actor who created and starred in the cult classic TV show "The Prisoner," died Tuesday in Los Angeles after a short illness. He was 80.More info:
McGoohan starred in the 1960s CBS series "Secret Agent," and won two Emmys for his guest appearances on the detective drama "Columbo." Most recently he appeared as King Edward Longshanks in the 1995 Mel Gibson Academy Award-winning film "Braveheart."Number 6 was my hero. I am sad the actor who played him has passed on.
But he was most famous as the character known only as Number Six in "The Prisoner," a 1968 British series about a spy who resigns from the intelligence service, only to be abducted and held captive in a mysterious haven known as The Village. There his overseers strip him of his identity in their attempts to glean information, while thwarting his attempts to escape.
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And, of course, he was also the father/veterinarian who put his daughter's cat, "Thomasina." Wonderful World of Disney showed it at least twice a year.
"To sleep." "Who put his daughter's cat, Thomasina, to sleep."
In fact, McGoohan also had a great role in the guilty pleasure "Ice Station Zebra".
Isn't the village/community in "The Prisoner" the goal/society that progressives are working for.
What? Warrantless wiretaps? Eavesdropping? Monitoring daily movements? "Enhanced Interrogation?" All in the name of protecting the State?
Sounds much more like Dick Cheney's dream, than that of any progressive I know.
Heir, you've never seen the Prisoner, have you? You know, sometimes there's a place for making political cracks; this is not one of them.
Patrick McGoohan was a great actor. I discovered him in Braveheart and eventually got round to watching some of his classic TV series from the 60s(Danger Man, The Prisoner). Very cool stuff.
Also, Ricardo Montalban has passed away. I knew him as the Fantasy Island guy and Khan from Star Trek. Another great actor from the classic era gone - not too many left these days.
"I am not a number, I am a free man."
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