Devastatingly handsome.......McGoohan would have made a great Bond.
Patrick McGoohan passed on the role of James Bond, because he was a devout Catholic who did not want to portray a debauched man as a hero.
It was he who recommended the largely unknown Sean Connery.
After Connery quit the role, they offered it again to McGoohan. He still turned it - and millions of dollars, and worldwide fame - down.
I respect him greatly - my favorite actor:
Danger Man / Secret Agent Man
The Prisoner
Ice Station Zebra
Braveheart
...and he played the villain on a bunch of Coloumbo’s.
Devastatingly handsome.......McGoohan would have made a great Bond.
When I first saw Braveheart I hadn’t seen McGoohan in anything since The Prisoner, and didn’t recognize him in character. I said to Mrs. Hugin “That actor who played Longshanks was great”.
She said, “He used to be in that TV show where he got chased around by a big bubble”.
“Ohhh, Patrick McGoohan. No wonder he was great.”