'Prisoner' star Patrick McGoohan dies aged 80

BBC News ^ | 14th January 2009 | BBC News

[the scotsman]

'Emmy-winning actor Patrick McGoohan, best known for starring in cult 1960s TV show The Prisoner, has died at the age of 80.

He died in Los Angeles after a short illness, his film producer son-in-law Cleve Landsberg said.

McGoohan played the character Six in the surreal 1960s show, filmed in the north Wales village of Portmeirion.'

[rintense]

Oh I love Stir Crazy too. ‘get on the BULL!’ But nothing beats their first movie together.

[xJones]

Yeah, he was cool.

[Ingtar]

Actually, I was intending to pick up the Scarecrow of Romney Marsh this week.

[Clemenza]

Like the recently deceased Samuel Huntington, a son of Astoria, Queens, NY, albeit one who moved to Ireland as a child.

Big fan of "The Prisoner." There has been NO show, before or since, that has demonstrated the benign face of tyranny and its attempts to stamp out individuality in the name of "the village."

[sushiman]

He was born in NYC but raised in the UK .

[Joe Marine 76]

And “Prima Noctae” and the Scots...

“If we can’t drive them out, we’ll breed them out!” - Edward the Longshanks

[mollynme]

Actually, I was intending to pick up the Scarecrow of Romney Marsh this week.

Good luck. Disney had a limited release of about 40,000 copies and they were sold out before the end of December on Amazon.com.

[Ingtar]

Ugh - I had not seen that. Perhaps I will be lucky.

[Impy]

RIP. If the The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh is dead who will stop the British navy and their impressment?

The Prisoner was some weird stuff. I heard they were gonna remake it but it never happened.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Thank heavens it wasn’t remade.

[big'ol_freeper]

Dropping like flies these days. Godspeed Secret Agent Man. Rest in peace.

[Loyalist]

Now we’ll never have the answer to this question: Why did you resign?

[big'ol_freeper]

Ping

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

I always loved that, the end given away at the beginning of the series in it’s opening.

Prayers go out to his family from mine. He was a great actor.

[Impy]

Oops I spoke too soon. Right after he left as the new Dr. Who Christopher Eccleston said he wanted to do it, but it fizzled out. I didn’t hear about it for years.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prisoner#Television_remake

But it seems it’s in production and will air this year, with Jim “Ouchy Jesus” Caviezel as Number 6. “AMC is now streaming all 17 eps of the original in advance of its remake”

[TrishaSC]

Thank you for that link.

RIP Paddy!! First Darren and now you. Thanks for making late night CBS enjoyable and for sparking my imagination.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Please, no. That is just all sorts of wrong.

[LibFreeOrDie]

"At the time of his death, McGoohan was mostly retired, living in Los Angeles with his wife of 57 years, Joan Drummond McGoohan. Along with his three daughters, he had five grandchildren (Sarah, Erin, Simon, Nina, and Paddy). On June 11, 2008, he became a great-grandfather to Jack Patrick Lockhart." (Wikipedia)

[Tanniker Smith]

You know, I think Christopher Eccleston would've been pretty good in the role. If they have to remake it, they could've remade it right.

[Oratam]

Every inch the Norman knight.