TV.com

Patrick McGoohan

FavoritedFavorite

9.6

Avg Rating: Superb

31 votes

Your Rating: 10

"Perfect"
Your Rating: 9.5

"Superb"
Your Rating: 9

"Superb"
Your Rating: 8.5

"Great"
Your Rating: 8

"Great"
Your Rating: 7.5

"Good"
Your Rating: 7

"Good"
Your Rating: 6.5

"Fair"
Your Rating: 6

"Fair"
Your Rating: 5.5

"Mediocre"
Your Rating: 5

"Mediocre"
Your Rating: 4.5

"Poor"
Your Rating: 4

"Poor"
Your Rating: 3.5

"Bad"
Your Rating: 3

"Bad"
Your Rating: 2.5

"Terrible"
Your Rating: 2

"Terrible"
Your Rating: 1.5

"Abysmal"
Your Rating: 1

"Abysmal"

Rate Now!

Biography

Popular American-born Irish actor Patrick McGoohan was born in New York City, the Astoria district on Long Island on March 19, 1928. His parents…more

Born

3/19/1928, Astoria, New York, USA

Died

1/13/2009

Birth Name

Patrick Joseph McGoohan

Gender

Male

Credits

Star (3)

Role
- Rafferty
  Sid Rafferty M.D.
  - S 1: Ep 13 Death Out of a Blue Sky
    12/5/77
  - S 1: Ep 12 Yesterday and No Tomorrow
    11/28/77
  - S 1: Ep 11 The Burning Man
    11/21/77
  - S 1: Ep 10 Walking Wounded
    11/14/77
  - S 1: Ep 9 The Will to Live
    11/7/77
  - + 8 More Credits
- The Prisoner
  Number Six
  - S 1: Ep 17 Fall Out
    2/4/68
  - S 1: Ep 16 Once Upon A Time
    1/28/68
  - S 1: Ep 15 The Girl Who Was Death
    1/21/68
  - S 1: Ep 14 Living in Harmony
    1/14/68
  - S 1: Ep 13 Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling
    1/7/68
  - + 12 More Credits
- Danger Man
  John Drake
  - S 4: Ep 2 Shinda Shima
    1/12/68
  - S 4: Ep 1 Koroshi
    1/5/68
  - S 3: Ep 23 Not So Jolly Roger
    4/7/66
  - S 3: Ep 22 The Paper Chase
    3/31/66
  - S 3: Ep 21 The Man With the Foot
    3/24/66
  - + 81 More Credits
Guest Star (13)

Role
- The Simpsons
  Number 6
  - S 12: Ep 6 The Computer Wore Menace Shoes
    12/3/00
- Columbo
  Eric Prince
  - S 10: Ep 12 Ashes to Ashes
    10/8/98
- Columbo
  Oscar Finch
  - S 9: Ep 3 Agenda for Murder
    2/10/90
- Murder, She Wrote
  Oliver Quayle
  - S 4: Ep 3 Witness for the Defense
    10/4/87
- Columbo
  Nelson Brenner
  - S 5: Ep 3 Identity Crisis
    11/2/75
- Columbo
  Col. Lyle C. Rumford
  - S 4: Ep 3 By Dawn´s Early Light
    10/27/74
- The Vise
  Vance
  - — Blood In The Sky
- The Prisoner
  Number 12
  - S 1: Ep 5 The Schizoid Man
    10/29/67
- Disneyland
  Dr. Christopher Syn / The Scarecrow
  - S 10: Ep 17 The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh (1)
    2/9/64
- Assignment Foreign Legion
  Capt. Valadon
  - S 1: Ep 23 The Coward
    2/22/57
- The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
  Sir Glavin
  - S 1: Ep 4 The Outcast
    10/6/56
- The Vise
  Tony Mason
  - S 2: Ep 23 Gift From Heaven
    12/9/55
- You Are There
  Gladstone
  - S 2: Ep 41 The Fall of Parnell
    6/13/54
Writer (2)

Role
- Columbo
  Writer
  - S 10: Ep 13 Murder with Too Many Notes
    3/12/01
  - S 10: Ep 12 Ashes to Ashes
    10/8/98
- The Prisoner
  Writer
  - S 1: Ep 17 Fall Out
    2/4/68
  - S 1: Ep 16 Once Upon A Time
    1/28/68
  - S 1: Ep 4 Free for All
    10/22/67
Director (4)

Role
- Columbo
  Director
  - S 10: Ep 13 Murder with Too Many Notes
    3/12/01
  - S 10: Ep 12 Ashes to Ashes
    10/8/98
  - S 9: Ep 3 Agenda for Murder
    2/10/90
  - S 5: Ep 6 Last Salute to the Commodore
    3/2/76
  - S 5: Ep 3 Identity Crisis
    11/2/75
- Rafferty
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 8 The Wild Child
    10/31/77
- The Prisoner
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 17 Fall Out
    2/4/68
  - S 1: Ep 16 Once Upon A Time
    1/28/68
  - S 1: Ep 12 A Change of Mind
    12/31/67
  - S 1: Ep 7 Many Happy Returns
    11/12/67
  - S 1: Ep 4 Free for All
    10/22/67
- Danger Man
  Director
  - S 3: Ep 22 The Paper Chase
    3/31/66
  - S 3: Ep 11 To Our Best Friend
    12/9/65
  - S 1: Ep 21 Vacation
    1/29/61
Creator (1)

Role
- The Prisoner
  Creator
  - S 1: Ep 17 Fall Out
    2/4/68
  - S 1: Ep 16 Once Upon A Time
    1/28/68
  - S 1: Ep 15 The Girl Who Was Death
    1/21/68
  - S 1: Ep 14 Living in Harmony
    1/14/68
  - S 1: Ep 13 Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling
    1/7/68
  - + 11 More Credits
Executive Producer (1)

Role
- The Prisoner
  Executive Producer
  - S 1: Ep 17 Fall Out
    2/4/68
  - S 1: Ep 16 Once Upon A Time
    1/28/68
  - S 1: Ep 15 The Girl Who Was Death
    1/21/68
  - S 1: Ep 14 Living in Harmony
    1/14/68
  - S 1: Ep 13 Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling
    1/7/68
  - + 12 More Credits

Trivia and Quotes

See All

Trivia
ADD TRIVIA
- His granddaughter, Sarah, was born in 1979.
  Edit Share Hide
- He played two British secret agents whose true names were never revealed: Number Six in The Prisoner and David Jones in Ice Station Zebra.
  Edit Share Hide
- Two of the actors who played his murder victims in Columbo also appeared in The Golden Girls: Rue McClanahan played Blanche Devereaux in every episode of the series while Leslie Nielsen played Lucas Hollingsworth in the finale "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1)" and "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (2)".
  Edit Share Hide
Quotes
ADD QUOTES
- Patrick McGoohan: "Marriage is a wonderful thing. It is more important to like the person you marry than it is to love them."
  Edit Share Hide