In Memory - Patrick McGoohan 3-19-1928 - 1-13-2009 by Iceshark39
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An actor whom I greatly admired and adored passed away yesterday (along with Ricardo Montalban of Fantasy Island fame), and I thought this a fitting tribute him.
Patrick McGoohan 3-19-1928 to 1-13-2009
I first fell in love with Mister McGoohan's acting in The Prisoner, a short lived series that was a great influence to me as both an artist and writter, even more so when I came to understand the depth of his involvement in the show as a whole. Not only as an actor, but writter, producer, director. I, and scores of other fans, will never again be able to look at a pennyfarthing again, thanks to that show.
Number 6: I will not make any deals with you. I've resigned. I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own. I resign.
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Born America, Irish actor Patrick McGoohan rose to become the number-one British TV star in the 1950s to 1960s era. His parents moved to Ireland when he was very young and McGoohan acquired a neutral accent that sounds at home in British or American dialogue. He was an avid stage actor and performed hundreds of times in small and large productions before landing his first TV and film roles. McGoohan is one of few actors who has successfully switched between theater, TV, and films many times during his career. He was often cast in the role of Angry Young Man. In 1959, he was named Best TV Actor of the Year in Britain. Shortly thereafter, he was chosen for the starring role in the "Secret Agent" TV series (AKA "Danger Man" (1960)), which proved to be an immense success for three years and allowed the British to break into the burgeoning American TV market for the first time. McGoohan became bored with the limiting role of spy and turned in his resignation right after the first episode of the fourth year had been filmed ("Koroshi"). McGoohan set up his own production company and collaborated with noted author and script editor George Markstein to sell a brand new concept to ITV's president, Lew Grade. McGoohan starred in, directed, produced, and wrote many of the episodes, sometimes taking a pseudonym to reduce the sheer number of credits to his name. Thus, the TV series "The Prisoner" (1967) came to revolve around the efforts of a secret agent, who resigned early in his career, to clear his name. His aim was to escape from a fancifully beautiful but psychologically brutal prison for people who know too much. The series was as popular as it was surreal and allegorical and its mysterious final episode cause such an uproar that McGoohan was to desert England for more than 20 years to seek relative anonymity in LA, where celebrities are "a dime a dozen."
During the 1970s, he appeared in two episodes of the TV detective series "Columbo," for which he won an Emmy Award. His film roles lapsed from prominence until his powerful performance as King Longshanks in Mel Gibson's production of Braveheart (1995). As such, he has solidified his casting in the role of Angry Old Man.
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Number 6: Where am I?
Number 2: In the Village.
Number 6: What do you want?
Number 2: We want information.
Number 6: Whose side are you on?
Number 2: That would be telling. We want information... information... information.
Number 6: You won't get it.
Number 2: By hook or by crook, we will.
Number 6: Who are you?
Number 2: The new Number 2.
Number 6: Who is Number 1?
Number 2: You are Number 6.
Number 6: I am not a number, I am a free man.
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Charcoal drawing by me waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay back in 1990, original is 24 x 36 and was merely done as a tribute to The Prisoner. Now it takes on a different meaning.
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Be seeing you...Number Six...
Comments (29)
Iceshark39
Triva tidbits -- He was the first choice for the roles of Gandalf in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy (which went to Ian McKellen) and Dumbledore in the "Harry Potter" films (which went to Richard Harris and later to Michael Gambon after Harris' death) but turned them down. Was at one point considered to replace Peter Falk as Columbo. Turned down two roles that eventually went to Roger Moore: Simon Templar in "The Saint" (1962) and James Bond in Live and Let Die (1973). On the fact that he is mostly known as his "The Prisoner" (1967) character, Number Six: "Mel [Gibson] will always be Mad Max, and me, I will always be a Number." (biography and trivia from IMDB.com)
SWard80
A wonderful image and tribute to a fine actor. He will be missed. To me, however, he'll always be Longshanks, the first role I ever saw him in, and he was delightful wicked in it!
Faemike55
Great tribute to a great actor and writer Well done
brewgirlca
quite a tribute. I only saw him, that I remember, as Longshanks in the Gibson film. He seems to have set himself only for higher things.
3x3
nice tribute!
lunchlady
Very cool tribute and image, Stacey.
renecyberdoc
a very nice tribute brother, i remember the prisoner ,i guess i was around 7-8 years old. he played as well John Drake-before the prisoner if i am not mistaken.and i saw him in a movie with Gene Wilder,and Richard Pryor-Jill Clayburg-(wow what a memory-lol)Transamerica-Express was it called in luxembourg and germany ,maybe another title over in england or the us. . very nice again.
lorddarkwolf
another sad loss to the film industry, as well as Ertha kitt[one of the original cat women of batman tv series]
efron_241
never heard of the man or his movies 1928.. 2009.. that is a great long life great tribute
DarkStormCrow
Nice work..
mininessie
very good tribute!!
zaqxsw
Great Tribute to an outstanding actor Stacey!
magnus073
Great dedi to him Stacey, I always liked his work too
NekhbetSun
An awesome dedi to 2 great actors....good one Stacey !
thecytron
Interesting!
zil2008
Great tribute. He was a great actor.Unfortunately many of these actors are passing away because of age and illness. The not so great part of life.
shadownet
Great tribute to a great actor who will be greatly missed.
shotgung0d
Can't say that I was very familiar with him but it certainly sounds like he was a most interesting thespian. Sorry for the loss for it is obvious that his life and art made an impact on you my friend.
loligagger
Great tribute!!!!!!!!!!!!!
pakled
..in the American version, I think it went... "Who is number 1?" "Ah, that would be telling" but we have to change everything anyway. Seems a shame.
atlas7
I didn't know he was dead !! Great tribute !! 5+
cmcc
great tribute i remember and liked him him too. i remember before the prisoner he was secret agent man. he was also the evil warden in clint eastwood's alcatraz. i do a little video utube series that i've shown in the animation section here at renderosity that i call the prisoner about a human, Jake imprisoned on a desert prison planet called oz. the whole flavor is greatly influenced by the tv series. i will miss this actor a lot. he was greatly appreciated.
MagikUnicorn
Nicely done!!
Jaml
Great tribute dor a great actor, Stacey!!!!
junge1
Very nice and a great tribute and some interesting information!
johnny_damnit
Beautiful dedication! Its a shame to loose such a wonderful actor.
Marinette
Nice tribute!!!!!
Darkwish
Cool pic! EXT!
Radar_rad-dude
A most wonderful and fitting tribute! Very well done! Thanks for the information on Patrick. I remember seeing that series and was captivated by it as well!