Patrick McGoohan Biography

Fast Facts

• Won a BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor at the 1960 BAFTA Awards
• Worked as a chicken farmer, a bank clerk and a lorry driver, then became a stage manager at Sheffield Repertory Theatre
• Is best known for his heavy involvement in the television series he co-created, "The Prisoner," even playing a parody of his role as Number 6 in an episode of "The Simpsons․"
• Often played a spy, or a former spy, on television, his roles on screen often painted him as a bad boy, finally graduating to bad guy with his performance as King Edward I in "Braveheart․"
• The birthdate and photos associated with his character in "The Prisoner" were his actual birthdate and his publicity photos
• Turned down the roles of both Gandalf in the "Lord of the Rings"trilogy and Dumbledore in the "Harry Potter" film series
• Liked drinking Irish whiskey at Betty Rowland's 217 bar in Santa Monica, Calif