Patrick McGoohan

Patrick Joseph McGoohan was an Americanborn Irish actor, writer and director who was brought up in Ireland and Britain, where he established an extensive stage and film career. His highestprofile roles were in the 1960s television series Danger Man , and The Prisoner, which he cocreated. Later in his career, he moved back to the United States and subsequently appeared as murderers in four Columbo episodes, winning two Emmy Awards, the only guest star so honored. In cinema, he had prominent roles in The Three Lives of Thomasina , Ice Station Zebra , Mary, Queen of Scots , Silver Streak , Escape From Alcatraz , Scanners , A Time to Kill , Treasure Planet and memorably portrayed King Edward The Longshanks in Mel Gibsons Braveheart .

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 seek work. He was brought up as a Roman Catholic. Shortly after he was born, McGoohans parents moved back to Mullaghmore, County Leitrim, Ireland, and seven years later, they moved to Sheffield, England.

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