James Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Dead. RIP. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Tommy Casey has died as well. RIP. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzzieMandias Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Be seeing you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 no.6 is dead ? turns out he was a number after all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
indi Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Prisoner star McGoohan dies at 80 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 told Associated Press. McGoohan played the character Six in the surreal 1960s show, filmed in the north Wales village of Portmeirion. He won two Emmy awards for his work on TV detective series Columbo, playing different characters. The first came for an episode of the series in 1974, with another 16 years later. 'I am a free man' The screen star also won a Bafta award for best television actor in 1959 for his role in The Greatest Man In The World, a one-off drama in ITV's Armchair Theatre series. In more recent years, McGoohan played King Edward Longshanks in the 1995 Mel Gibson film Braveheart. The actor, who was born in New York and raised in England and Ireland, came to screen prominence in TV series Danger Man, in which he played a secret service agent. The programme later aired as Secret Agent in the US. He was later considered for the role of James Bond for the movie Dr No. But McGoohan was chiefly associated with cult ITV drama The Prisoner, writing some of the episodes himself under a different name. His character spent the entire time attempting to escape from The Village and finding out the identity of his captor, the elusive Number One. He repeatedly declared: "I am not a number - I am a free man!" In 2000, McGoohan reprised his most famous role in an episode of The Simpsons. McGoohan's last role came in 2002, as a voice artist in animated picture Treasure Planet. Last year, ITV confirmed that Passion of the Christ star Jim Caviezel would take the role of Number Six in a remake of The Prisoner, which will also star Sir Ian McKellen. Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7829267.stm Just got back in and found out, really sad news a total legend in my eyes. RIP Pissed off that I didn't get to make this thread, surely you could have come up with something better than "Patrick McGoohan" as the thread title James!?! Something to do with his number finally being up or whatever. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Ricardo Montalban dead too! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzzieMandias Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 The obit doesn't mention his two best films: All Night Long and Ice Station Zebra. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GM Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 Come in number six, your time is up! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lankybellwipe Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 Come in number six, your time is up! Come in Futumch, you time is up! RIP Patrick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveItIfWeBeatU Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 'The Prisoner' is one of my favourite TV programmes ever (even though it was made in the decade before I was born). McGoohan also played the warden (a real bastard) in 'Escape From Alcatraz' opposite Clint Eastwood. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest toonlass Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 Love The Prisoner. RIP Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jill Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 The Prisoner is class. That remake sounds worse each time I hear about it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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