Acting · New York City, New York, USA · Born March 19, 1928
Patrick Joseph McGoohan (March 19, 1928 – January 13, 2009) was an American-born actor, raised in Ireland and England, with an extensive stage and film career, most notably in the 1960s television series Danger Man (renamed Secret Agent when exported to the US), and The Prisoner. McGoohan wrote and directed several episodes of The Prisoner himself, occasionally using the pseudonyms Joseph Serf and Paddy Fitz. He subsequently appeared in several Columbo episodes, winning the Emmy twice, David Cronenberg's Scanners, and in Mel Gibson's Braveheart as King Edward I.
MovieIn My Mind
2017
as Self (archive footage)
MovieWalt Disney Treasures - Dr. Syn: The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh
2008
as Dr. Christopher Syn / The Scarecrow (archive footage)
The Making of the Prisoner
2007
MovieTreasure Planet
2002
as Billy Bones (voice)
In Search of the Prisoner
2001
as Number Six (archive footage)
MovieHysteria
1997
as Dr. Harvey Langston
MovieA Time to Kill
1996
as Judge Omar Noose
MovieThe Phantom
1996
as Phantom's Dad
Sad?
1996
as Number Six (archive footage)
MovieBraveheart
1995
as King Edward
MovieThe Best of Friends
1991
as George Bernard Shaw
MovieThe Prisoner Video Companion
1990
as Number 6
TVThe Simpsons
1989
as Number 6 (voice)
MovieThe Laughing Prisoner
1987
as Number Six
MovieOf Pure Blood
1986
as Dr. Felix Neumann
MovieThree Sovereigns for Sarah
1985
as Chief Magistrate
MovieBaby: Secret of the Lost Legend
1985
as Doctor Eric Kiviat
TVThree Sovereigns for Sarah
1985
as Chief Magistrate
TVMurder, She Wrote
1984
as Attorney Oliver Quayle
MovieSix Into One: The Prisoner File
1984
as Self
Trespasses
1984
as Fred Wells
MovieJamaica Inn
1983
as Joss Merlyn
TVJamaica Inn
1983
as Joss Merlyn
TVAmerican Playhouse
1982
as Chief Magistrate
MovieKings and Desperate Men
1981
as John Kingsley
MovieScanners
1981
as Dr. Paul Ruth
MovieThe Hard Way
1980
as John Connor
MovieEscape from Alcatraz
1979
as Warden
MovieBrass Target
1978
as Col. Mike McCauley
TVRafferty
1977
as Dr. Sidney Rafferty
MovieThe Man in the Iron Mask
1977
as Fouchet
MovieSilver Streak
1976
as Roger Devereau
MovieA Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot
1975
as Major Cabot
MovieMary, Queen of Scots
1971
as James Stuart
TVColumbo
1971
as Nelson Brenner
MovieThe Moonshine War
1970
as Frank Long
MovieKoroshi
1968
as John Drake
MovieIce Station Zebra
1968
as David Jones
MovieJourney Into Darkness
1968
as Host
TVThe Prisoner
1967
as Number Six
TVThe Scarecrow of Romney Marsh
1964
as Dr. Christopher Syn
MovieThe Three Lives of Thomasina
1963
as Andrew McDhui
MovieDr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow
1963
as Dr. Christopher Syn / The Scarecrow
MovieThe Quare Fellow
1962
as Thomas Crimmin
MovieLife for Ruth
1962
as Dr Brown
MovieAll Night Long
1962
as Johnny Cousin
MovieSerjeant Musgrave's Dance
1961
as Sjt. Musgrave
Two Living, One Dead
1961
as Erik Berger
MovieThe Man Out There
1961
as The Man - Nicholai Soloviov
TVDanger Man
1960
as John Drake
MovieBrand
1959
as Brand
The Greatest Man in the World
1958
as Jack 'Pal' Smurch
MovieNor the Moon by Night
1958
as Andrew Miller
MovieThe Gypsy and the Gentleman
1958
as Jess
MovieHell Drivers
1957
as C. 'Red' Redman
MovieHigh Tide at Noon
1957
as Simon Breck
MovieZarak
1956
as Moor Larkin
TVArmchair Theatre
1956
as Jack 'Pal' Smurch
TVFolio
1955
as Michael O'Riordan
MovieI Am a Camera
1955
as Swedish Water Therapist
MovieMoby Dick—Rehearsed
1955
as A Serious Actor /Starbuck
MovieThe Dam Busters
1955
as Guard at door (uncredited)
MovieThe Dark Avenger
1955
as English Soldier (uncredited)
MoviePassage Home
1955
as Martin McIsaacs
TVThe Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Christopher Syn / Scarecrow of Romney Marsh
TVSunday Night Theatre
1950
as Seth Makepeace
