I get to see him every Christmas when I watch "A Christmas Carol"
with Alastair Sim as Scrooge.
The photo above shows a very young Macnee (r.) as the young
Jacob Marley with George Cole as the young Scrooge (l.)
Posted on 06/25/2015 12:35:37 PM PDT by Kartographer
Patrick Macnee has died at the age of 93. Here Dick Fiddy pays tribute to the TV series that made his name
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Very sad news. Memory eternal.
The Avengers Series 5 Opening Titles and Closing Credits
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeK3Lkd_XL4
That he was and he was also great as a young Marley in the 1951 ve3rsion of “A CHRISTMAS CAROL” !
So sad. He was actually became a US citizen back in 1959.
I get to see him every Christmas when I watch "A Christmas Carol"
with Alastair Sim as Scrooge.
The photo above shows a very young Macnee (r.) as the young
Jacob Marley with George Cole as the young Scrooge (l.)
Indeed.
God Bless him.
The Avengers was among my favorite television shows.
(Although admittedly more due to Diana Rigg's "Emma Peel" Than for "John Steed".
and there was Return of the Avengers in the 80’s with Ms Purdy and Gambit.
In the first season Honor Blackman, who went on to play Pussy Galore in Goldfinger, was Steed’s partner. She wasn’t too shabby either.
Rest in peace Patrick .
Always thought that MacKnee would've made the perfect Tom Bombadil.
That is the ONLY Christmas Carol. Forgot he was in that, yes.
He did Patrick MacKnee Ghost stories, with that great English gentleman voice of his. Very interesting and well done.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKpAu6g5OX8&list=PL94D9E6945A23A21F
And don’t forget Sir Denis Eton-Hogg!
I remember about 20 or so years ago he was on the Larry King show and King asked him about being raised by lesbian women and tried to elicit an answer from Macnee about how he grew up normal after all. Macnee quickly shot that idea down and said that that wasn’t so and that he had become an alcoholic and had all sorts of emotional problems.
I agree he was great in that, but he also narrated the Christmas Carol when it was colorized.
I got the DVD, I figure one day they will stop showing vintage films on tv.
Yep; and in between there was “Tara King”. They were all hotties in their own way, but I loved me some Emma Peel.
They are running the series on Cozi TV... Airing the Tara King era episodes lately.
Oh.....did he?
I hate colorized movies, and since the ‘51 ACC is my favorite version, I’ve never watched that one.
I can’t think of anyone that could wear a Bowler Hat better!
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