
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.
Joseph Serf · Paddy Fitz · Патрік МакГуен · Patrick Joseph McGoohan · پاتریک مکگوهان
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Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).
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Acting credits
5
Directing
2
Writing
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Other crew
Highest TMDB score (min 100 votes)
Columbo
1971 · tv · as Nelson Brenner
The Simpsons
1989 · tv · as Number 6 (voice)
Braveheart
1995 · movie · as King Edward
The Prisoner
1967 · tv · as Number Six
Treasure Planet
2002 · movie · as Billy Bones (voice)
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · tv · as Attorney Oliver Quayle
Escape from Alcatraz
1979 · movie · as Warden
A Time to Kill
1996 · movie · as Judge Omar Noose
Highest TMDB vote count (attention / reach proxy; not box office)
By release / first air year · movie & TV merged
Folio
tv · as Michael O'Riordan · ★ 10.0
I Am a Camera
movie · as Swedish Water Therapist · ★ 6.2
Moby Dick—Rehearsed
movie · as A Serious Actor /Starbuck · ★ 7.0
Passage Home
movie · as Martin McIsaacs · ★ 5.9
The Dam Busters
movie · as Guard at Door (uncredited) · ★ 6.9
The Dark Avenger
movie · as English Soldier (uncredited) · ★ 6.4