Patrick McGoohan
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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.
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In My Mind (2017)
As: Himself (archive)
The film recounts one of Chris' early filmmaking experiences: an attempt to interview Patrick McGoohan - something McGoohan had resisted previously - about his enigmatic series for a Channel 4 commissioned documentary. A documentary that didn't quite go to plan. In a series of frank interviews conducted by Chris, most of which ultimately remained unused in the 1983 documentary 'Six Into One-The ...
Runtime: 79 min.
Directed by: Chris Rodley
Stars: Patrick McGoohan | Catherine McGoohan | Chris Rodley | David Tomblin | Lew Grade
Tales of William Wallace (2007)
As: Himself
Runtime: 30 min.
Stars: Alan Ladd, Jr. | Nicholas Omana | Jim Ward | John Lee | Bruce Davey
Treasure Planet (2002)
As: Billy Bones (voice)
When space galleon cabin boy Jim Hawkins discovers a map to an intergalactic "loot of a thousand worlds," a cyborg cook named John Silver teaches him to battle supernovas and space storms. But, soon, Jim realizes Silver is a pirate intent on mutiny!
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: John Musker | Ron Clements
Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Emma Thompson | David Hyde Pierce | Michael Wincott | Brian Murray
Hysteria (1997)
As: Dr. Harvey Langston
Legendary actor Patrick McGoohan turns his famous character from THE PRISONER upside down as the psychiatrist in charge of an insane asylum. He has connected his inmates into a group mind where they share each other's psychoses, dreams and sexuality with all the scary and titillating implications imaginable! Like his highly acclaimed cult classic MASSACRE AT CENTRAL HIGH, director Rene Daalders provocative ...
Directed by: Rene Daalder
Stars: Patrick McGoohan | Gregory Hlady | Amanda Plummer | Joanne Vannicola | Emmanuelle Vaugier
A Time to Kill (1996)
As: Judge Omar Noose
A young lawyer defends a black man accused of murdering two men who raped his 10-year-old daughter, sparking a rebirth of the KKK.
Runtime: 149 min.
Directed by: Joel Schumacher
Stars: Kevin Spacey | Oliver Platt | Samuel L. Jackson | Sandra Bullock | Matthew McConaughey
The Phantom (1996)
As: Phantom's Dad
The 21st successor to the role of Bengalla's resident superhero must travel to New York to prevent a rich madman from obtaining three magic skulls that would give him the secret to ultimate power.
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Simon Wincer
Stars: Catherine Zeta-Jones | Billy Zane | Treat Williams | James Remar | Kristy Swanson
Braveheart (1995)
As: King Edward
Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of the local English lord's soldiers. This leads the village to revolt and, eventually, the entire country to rise up against English rule.
Runtime: 178 min.
Directed by: Mel Gibson
Stars: Mel Gibson | Patrick McGoohan | Sophie Marceau | Angus Macfadyen | Catherine McCormack
The Best of Friends (1991)
As: George Bernard Shaw
Adapted from their letters and journals, this is a portrayal of the unique 25-year friendship shared by Dame Laurentia McLachlan (Benedictine nun), Sir Sydney Cockerell (museum curator), and George Bernard Shaw (playwright/critic).
Runtime: 81 min.
Directed by: Alvin Rakoff
Stars: Patrick McGoohan | John Gielgud | Wendy Hiller
The Prisoner Video Companion (1990)
As: Number 6
A look at the creation and cultural significance of the British cult classic
Runtime: 48 min.
Stars: Patrick McGoohan
The Laughing Prisoner (1987)
As: Number Six
A funny remake of "The Prisoner" - with a 1980's twist to it 'The Laughing Prisoner' is a remake (or homage) of (to) the Kafkaesque 1960's television show 'The Prisoner' with Patrick McGoohan in the lead role. This time it is a successful television presenter (Jools Holland) who decides to quit at the height of his stardom. He is abducted from his apartment and brought to the village, where number 2 (a ...
Runtime: 41 min.
Directed by: Geoff Wonfor
Stars: Patrick McGoohan | Stephen Fry | Terence Alexander | Hugh Laurie | Jools Holland
Of Pure Blood (1986)
As: Dr. Felix Neumann
A mother investigating her son's mysterious death finds much more than she bargained for. Casting director Alicia Browning (Remick) takes leave of her job in NYC to investigate what happened to her son Mark (Browning) in Germany. Her persistence uncovers perplexing details that lead to the discovery of some very unsettling, and dark personal memories!
Runtime: 120 min.
Directed by: Joseph Sargent
Stars: Patrick McGoohan | Lee Remick | Gottfried John | Richard Münch | Katharina Böhm
Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend (1985)
As: Doctor Eric Kiviat
Paleontologist and her husband discover a mother and baby brontosaurus in Africa, try to protect them from hunters who want to capture them.
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Bill L. Norton
Stars: Patrick McGoohan | William Katt | Sean Young | Edward Hardwicke | Julian Fellowes
Trespasses (1984)
As: Fred Wells
A young woman searches for her identity by joining a "free love" hippie commune, against the wishes of her darkly possessive widowed father. The tensions of small town New Zealand and individual conflicts generated by intolerance and fear, unleashes forces of violence and betrayal.
Runtime: 101 min.
Directed by: Peter Sharp
Stars: Patrick McGoohan | Andy Anderson | Frank Whitten | Terence Cooper | Emma Piper
Jamaica Inn (1983)
As: Joss Merlyn
The respected squire of a quiet Cornish village is in reality the leader of a gang of murderous pirates who attack passing ships, kill their crews and steal their cargoes.
Runtime: 187 min.
Directed by: Lawrence Gordon Clark
Stars: Patrick McGoohan | Trevor Eve | Billie Whitelaw | John McEnery | Jane Seymour
Kings and Desperate Men (1981)
As: John Kingsley
A group of terrorists take a radio disk jockey and his wife and child hostage in order to get their manifesto out to the world.
Runtime: 118 min.
Directed by: Alexis Kanner
Stars: Patrick McGoohan | Alexis Kanner
Scanners (1981)
As: Dr. Paul Ruth
Darryl Revok is the most powerful of all the scanners, and is the head of the underground scanner movement for world domination. Scanners have great psychic power, strong enough to control minds; they can inflict enormous pain/damage on their victims. Doctor Paul Ruth finds a scanner that Revok hasn't, and converts him to their cause - to destroy the underground movement.
Runtime: 103 min.
Directed by: David Cronenberg
Stars: Patrick McGoohan | Michael Ironside | Jennifer O'Neill | Stephen Lack | Lawrence Dane
Escape from Alcatraz (1979)
As: Warden
Escape from Alcatraz tells the story of the only three men ever to escape from the infamous maximum security prison at Alcatraz. In 29 years, the seemingly impenetrable federal penitentiary, which housed Al Capone and "Birdman" Robert Stroud, was only broken once - by three men never heard of again.
Runtime: 112 min.
Directed by: Don Siegel
Stars: Patrick McGoohan | Fred Ward | Clint Eastwood | Roberts Blossom | Jack Thibeau
The Hard Way (1979)
As: John Connor
Patrick McGoohan stars as a soon-to-retire hitman agreeing to take on one last job. After years plying his deadly trade, John Connor has finally had enough. Seeking to retire to Dublin and maybe salvage his dying marriage, Connor wants to leave the lonely world of the marksman behind him and melt into the background. Unfortunately, his handler O'Neal is reluctant to let him go, and, after ...
Runtime: 89 min.
Directed by: Michael Dryhurst
Stars: Patrick McGoohan | Ronan Wilmot | Lee Van Cleef | Donal McCann | Edna O'Brien
Brass Target (1978)
As: Col. Mike McCauley
General George S. Patton died in a car accident in 1945. However, now speculates that his death was actually a murder carefully prepared by his staff to cover a large theft of gold.
Runtime: 111 min.
Directed by: John Hough
Stars: Max von Sydow | George Kennedy | Sophia Loren | Robert Vaughn | John Cassavetes
The Man in the Iron Mask (1977)
As: Fouchet
The story of Louis XIV of France and his attempts to keep his identical twin brother Philippe imprisoned away from sight and knowledge of the public, and Philippe's rescue by the aging Musketeers, led by D'Artagnan.
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Mike Newell
Stars: Patrick McGoohan | Ian Holm | Richard Chamberlain | Louis Jourdan | Jenny Agutter
Silver Streak (1976)
As: Roger Devereau
A somewhat daffy book editor on a rail trip from Los Angeles to Chicago thinks that he sees a murdered man thrown from the train. When he can find no one who will believe him, he starts doing some investigating of his own. But all that accomplishes is to get the killer after him.
Runtime: 114 min.
Directed by: Arthur Hiller
Stars: Patrick McGoohan | Jill Clayburgh | Ned Beatty | Gene Wilder | Richard Pryor
A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot (1975)
As: Major Cabot
Three rogues set out to rob $300,000 from an Indian-hating cavalry major.
Runtime: 126 min.
Directed by: Damiano Damiani
Stars: Patrick McGoohan | Miou-Miou | Terence Hill | Raimund Harmstorf | Robert Charlebois
Mary, Queen of Scots (1971)
As: James Stuart
Mary Stuart, who was named Queen of Scotland when she was only six days old, is the last Roman Catholic ruler of Scotland. She is imprisoned at he age of 23 by her cousin Elizabeth Tudor, the English Queen and her arch adversary. Nineteen years later the life of Mary is to be ended on the scaffold and with her execution the last threat to Elizabeth's throne has been removed. The two Queens with their ...
Runtime: 128 min.
Directed by: Charles Jarrott
Stars: Patrick McGoohan | Vanessa Redgrave | Timothy Dalton | Glenda Jackson | Nigel Davenport
The Moonshine War (1970)
As: Frank
A federal agent attempts to make some real money before the alcohol ban is lifted so he sets his sights on the whiskey cache of an old army buddy.
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Richard Quine
Stars: Patrick McGoohan | Alan Alda | Will Geer | Richard Widmark | Melodie Johnson
Danger Man in Tokyo (1968)
As: John Drake
Secret agent John Drake (aka Danger Man) goes to Japan to infiltrate a secret society that specializes in murder.
Runtime: 104 min.
Directed by: Peter Yates | Michael Truman
Stars: Patrick McGoohan | Amanda Barrie | Yoko Tani | David Toguri
Ice Station Zebra (1968)
As: David Jones
A top-secret Soviet spy satellite -- using stolen Western technology -- malfunctions and then goes into a descent that lands it near an isolated Arctic research encampment called Ice Station Zebra, belonging to the British, which starts sending out distress signals before falling silent. The atomic submarine Tigerfish, commanded by Cmdr. James Ferraday (Rock Hudson), is dispatched to save them.
Runtime: 148 min.
Directed by: John Sturges
Stars: Patrick McGoohan | Ernest Borgnine | Tony Bill | Jim Brown | Rock Hudson
The Three Lives of Thomasina (1963)
As: Andrew McDhui
Thomasina is the pet cat of Mary McDhui, the daughter of Scottish veterinarian Andrew McDhui. When Thomasina falls ill, McDhui declares that the pet should be put down. But when Mary and her father try to bury the cat, Lori MacGregor (Susan Hampshire), who is said to be a witch, shows up and attempts to steal it.
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Don Chaffey
Stars: Patrick McGoohan | Laurence Naismith | Jean Anderson | Susan Hampshire | Karen Dotrice
Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow (1963)
As: Dr. Christopher Syn / the Scarecrow
This Disney drama, originally broadcast as a three-part TV episode, tells the story of a vicar's double life. Outwardly, he is the model of upstanding citizenship and loyalty to an oppressive British government. But he is also a notorious smuggler who uses his ill-gotten gains to benefit his impoverished village.
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: James Neilson
Stars: Patrick McGoohan | Michael Hordern | George Cole | Geoffrey Keen | Tony Britton
The Quare Fellow (1962)
As: Thomas Crimmin
Thomas Crimmins is a new warder, or guard, in an Irish prison. He is young, naive, and idealistic, determined to serve his country by his part in meting out justice to criminals. His superior, Regan, however, realizes that even prisoners are human beings, and Regan is sick of the eye-for-an-eye attitude that leads the state to execute condemned men, or "quare fellows." Crimmins begins to see that not all ...
Runtime: 85 min.
Directed by: Arthur Dreifuss
Stars: Patrick McGoohan | Sylvia Syms | Norman Rodway | Marie Kean | Hilton Edwards
Life for Ruth (1962)
A young girl, Ruth (Lynn Taylor), is injured in a boating accident and taken to hospital for what is regarded as a routine emergency. Her parents are informed that only a blood transfusion will save her life, but her religious fundamentalist father, John Harris (Michael Craig), ignores the doctors advice and forbids the procedure, believing that God will inexplicably heal his daughter. His embittered wife, ...
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Basil Dearden
Stars: Patrick McGoohan | Michael Craig | Janet Munro
All Night Long (1962)
As: Johnny Cousin
Over the course of one eventful evening, the anniversary celebration of the musical and romantic partners Aurelius Rex and Delia Lane, a jealous, ambitious drummer, Johnny Cousin, attempts to tear the interracial couple apart.
Runtime: 91 min.
Directed by: Basil Dearden
Stars: Patrick McGoohan | Paul Harris | Betsy Blair | Keith Michell | Marti Stevens
Two Living, One Dead (1961)
As: Erik Berger
Three Post Office employees are at work when the facility is held up. The robber kills the supervisor and knocks out another employee. The third one offers no resistance and survives unscathed. Afterwards he begins to wonder if his refusal to resist was a prudent move to preserve his family, or an act of cowardice, as many in the town believe. The resulting conflict begins to tear apart his family.
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: Anthony Asquith
Stars: Patrick McGoohan | Virginia McKenna | Noel Willman | Alf Kjellin | Bill Travers
Nor the Moon by Night (1958)
As: Andrew Miller
When Alice Lang flies out to Kenya to marry gamekeeper Andrew Miller she is met by his brother Rusty, who is initially opposed to the marriage. The two become attracted to each other, but when Andrew is attacked by a lion, Alice nurses him back to health. Now torn between affection and duty, she must decide which path to follow.
Runtime: 89 min.
Directed by: Ken Annakin
Stars: Patrick McGoohan | Anna Gaylor | Michael Craig | Pamela Stirling | Belinda Lee
The Gypsy and the Gentleman (1958)
As: Jess
About to enter a marriage he wants no part of, rich nobleman Mitchell takes up with gypsy Mecouri. They marry, but she soon discovers he's deeply in debt. (TCM)
Runtime: 103 min.
Directed by: Joseph Losey
Stars: Patrick McGoohan | Flora Robson | Keith Michell | Melina Mercouri | June Laverick
Hell Drivers (1957)
As: C. 'Red' Redman
An ex-con trying to go clean ends up working for a crooked trucking company swindling money.
Runtime: 108 min.
Directed by: Cy Endfield
Stars: Patrick McGoohan | Herbert Lom | Stanley Baker | Peggy Cummins | William Hartnell
High Tide at Noon (1957)
As: Simon Breck
After returning home to a rugged island near Nova Scotia, Joanna, daughter of the local bigwig, struggles to choose between three eligible bachelors -- the rebel (Patrick McGoohan), the steadfast friend (Michael Craig) and the poetry-quoting newcomer (William Sylvester). As the local lobster supply dwindles due to overfishing, the island's inhabitants encounter economic difficulties.
Runtime: 109 min.
Directed by: Philip Leacock
Stars: Michael Craig | William Sylvester | Alexander Knox | Flora Robson | Betta St. John
Zarak (1956)
As: Moor Larkin
A notorious bandit develops a grudging respect for the English military man assigned to capture him.
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: Terence Young
Stars: Anita Ekberg | Michael Wilding | Victor Mature | Bonar Colleano | Eunice Gayson
Passage Home (1955)
As: Martin McIsaacs
Set in 1931, the film takes place aboard a merchant ship, briefly harboured in South America. A young woman (Diane Cilento) boards the ship as a passenger, resulting in disharmony among the superstitious crew members. Virtuous seaman Anthony Steel protects the girl from the lecherous advances of captain Peter Finch.
Runtime: 102 min.
Directed by: Roy Ward Baker
Stars: Anthony Steel | Cyril Cusack | Peter Finch | Diane Cilento | Geoffrey Keen
Moby Dick Rehearsed (1955)
As: A Serious Actor / Starbuck
Moby Dick—Rehearsed is a two-act drama by Orson Welles. The play was staged June 16–July 9, 1955, at the Duke of York's Theatre in London, in a production directed by Welles. Welles used minimal stage design. The stage was bare, the actors appeared in contemporary street clothes, and the props were minimal. For example, brooms were used for oars, and a stick was used for a telescope. The actors ...
Directed by: Orson Welles
Stars: Patrick McGoohan | Christopher Lee | Joan Plowright | Gordon Jackson | Wensley Pithey