It is with real sadness I have to report the Prisoner is dead. Patrick McGoohan (80) who played the irrepressible no6 in the TV series the prisoner, passed away on Tuesday. Patrick who was born in New york, died in Los Angles.
His roles included, Danger man 1960, The Prisoner 1967, but is more recently remembered for his role as Edward Longshanks in Braveheart 1995. He played many other roles, including Columbo for which he won an Emmy, he was actually in a total of 4 episodes.
He was first choice for both Gandalf in the "Lord of the Rings, and Dumbledore in the Harry Potter films, and also turned down the parts of James Bond, and the Saint, he briefly revived his Prisoner role for an episode of the Simpons 1989.
He leaves a wife and 3 children. Wayne
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