Patrick McGoohan
Actor, Film actor
1928 – 2009
Who was Patrick McGoohan?
Patrick Joseph McGoohan was an American actor who was brought up in Ireland and Britain, where he established an extensive stage and film career. His most notable roles were in the 1960s television series Danger Man, and The Prisoner, which he co-created. McGoohan wrote and directed several episodes of The Prisoner himself, occasionally using the pseudonyms Joseph Serf and Paddy Fitz. Later in his career, he moved back to the United States and subsequently appeared as murderers in four Columbo episodes, twice winning an Emmy. He was featured in David Cronenberg's Scanners, and played King Edward I in Mel Gibson's Braveheart.
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- Born
- Mar 19, 1928
Astoria - Also known as
- Patrick Joseph McGoohan
- Joseph Serf
- Paddy Fitz
- Parents
- Spouses
- Joan Drummond McGoohan
(1951/05/19 - 2009/01/13)
- Joan Drummond McGoohan
- Children
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Ethnicity
- Irish people
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Ratcliffe College
- Employment
- Sheffield Repertory Theatre
- Rank Organisation
- Lived in
- Queens
(1928/03/19 - 1928/09) - County Leitrim
(1928/09 - 1938) - Pacific Palisades
( - 2009/01/13) - Ratcliffe College
( - 1944) - Sheffield
(1938 - )
- Queens
- Died
- Jan 13, 2009
Santa Monica
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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