Back again - I've been away for a bit (working non-stop).
Sadly this post is to comment on Emmy-winning actor Patrick McGoohan, best known for creating and starring in cult 1960s drama The Prisoner, who passed away on January 13th, after a short illness. He was 80 years old.
McGoohan also starred in another TV series, Danger Man and won two Emmy awards for his work on TV detective series Columbo. He starred with Mel Gibson in Braveheart and was even considered for the role of James Bond for the movie Dr No (but turned down the part on moral grounds).
But he'll always be remembered as that unique, stylish and quintessential rebel from the sixties. In the relentless march of today's surveillance society, Number 6's defiance still resonates:
"I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own."
Number 6 (The Prisoner)
PS: last year, ITV confirmed that Passion of the Christ star Jim Caviezel would take the role of Number Six in a remake of The Prisoner, which will also star Sir Ian McKellen, appearing as Number Two.
In my opinion: if it ain't broke, don't fix it...
Obituary: Patrick McGoohan
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