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This article is about a person who has recently died. Some information, such as that pertaining to the circumstances of the person's death and surrounding events, may change rapidly as more facts become known. Patrick McGoohan Born March 19, 1928(1928-03-19) Astoria, Queens, New York, United States Died January 13, Santa Monica, California, United States Years active 1955–2002 Spouse(s) Joan Drummond (1951–2009) [show]Awards won BAFTA Awards Best Actor 1959 Emmy Awards Outstanding Guest Actor - Drama Series 1975 Columbo: By Dawn's Early Light 1990 Columbo: Agenda for Murder Patrick Joseph McGoohan (March 19, 1928 – January 13, 2009)[1] was a two-time Emmy winning Irish-American actor, raised in Ireland and England, with an extensive stage career, who rose to fame in the British film and TV industry by starring in the 1960s television series Danger Man (renamed Secret Agent when exported to the US) [2], the cult classic The Prisoner[2] and Mel Gibson's Oscar winning epic Braveheart as Edward Longshanks. McGoohan wrote and directed several episodes of The Prisoner himself, occasionally using the pseudonyms Joseph Serf and Paddy Fitz.[3] Contents [hide] 1 Biography 1.1 Career 1.2 Death 2 References 3 External links // Biography McGoohan was born in Astoria, Queens, New York City, to Thomas McGoohan and Rose Fitzpatrick, who were living in the United States after emigrating from Ireland to look for work. Shortly after he was born, McGoohan's parents moved back to Mullaghmore, County Leitrim, Ireland, and, seven years later, they moved to Career McGoohan left school aged sixteen and returned to Sheffield where he worked variously as a chicken farmer, a bank clerk and a lorry driver before getting a job as a stage manager at Sheffield Repertory Theatre. When one of the actors became ill, Patrick filled in, launching his acting career. He fell for an actress named Joan Drummond, the woman to whom he reportedly wrote love notes every day. They were married between a rehearsal of The Taming of the Shrew and an evening performance on May 19, 1951. They had three daughters, Catherine (b. 1952), Anne (b. 1959) and Frances (b. 1960). In 1955, McGoohan starred in a West End production of a play called Serious Charge, in the role of a priest accused of being gay. Orson Welles was so impressed by McGoohan's stage presence ("intimidated," Welles said later) that he cast him as Starbuck in his York theatre production of Moby Dick Rehearsed. While working as a stand-in during actress screen tests, McGoohan was signed to a contract with the Rank Organisation, the largest European production company between 1930 and 1960. The producers may have been more interested in capitalizing on his boxing skill and appearance | ||||
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