RIP Patrick McGoohan

[Sad Max]

LOS ANGELES - Patrick McGoohan, an Emmy-winning actor who created and starred in the cult classic television show "The Prisoner," has died. He was 80.

McGoohan died Tuesday in Los Angeles after a short illness, his son-in-law, film producer Cleve Landsberg, said Wednesday.

McGoohan won two Emmys for his work on the Peter Falk detective drama "Columbo," and more recently appeared as King Edward Longshanks in the 1995 Mel Gibson film "Braveheart."

But he was best known as the title character Number Six in "The Prisoner," a surreal 1960s British series in which a former spy is held captive in a small village and constantly tries to escape.

 

[David Jimerson]

"Who is Number One?"

"You are Number Six."

 

[Sad Max]

"Who is Number One?"

"You are Number Six."

^ conversation at the Pearly Gates. Or just inside them.

 

[ZazaCast]

Spitzer was Client #9....

 

[CallaghanFilms]

r.i.p.

 

[brianluce]

I thought he was one of the best villains ever as King Edward Longshanks in "Braveheart". He hit it out of the park on that one. RIP

 

[Nathyn]

Never again will you be briefed, debriefed, stamped, filed, labelled, indexed or numbered. You indeed are a free man. RIP Patrick McGoohan.

-Nate

 

[Sad Max]

Never again will you be briefed, debriefed, stamped, filed, labelled, indexed or numbered. You indeed are a free man. RIP Patrick McGoohan.

-Nate

^ nominate for best DVXUser obit, ever.

 

[krestofre]

One of my heroes. I wish his family well.

 

[matt s.]

RIP love The Prisoner!

 

[Jim Brennan]

I first heard his voice (that I remember) as the opening of the Iron Maiden song "The Prisoner" on the Number of the Beast album.

But when, in Braveheart, one of his advisors compliments him, telling him an idea he has is brilliant, and he turns and says "Is it?"...my blood ran kinda chilly. He was good.