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Posted : 16/01/09 / Views : 747 / Replies : 5 /
kenneth 20 posts last on: 07/02/12 send private reply	Died 13/01/2009 R I P Patrick Mcgoohan. In my mind one of the finest actors this country has ever produced. He was not a number, He was a free man. With a voice to make Burton green with envy. Condolences to his family.

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anonymous	A Legend - RIP

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JeniHatton 33 posts last on: 07/01/12 send private reply	A sad loss and agreat man. Our thoughts are with him and his family. RIP

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nuckles 7 posts last on: 08/02/12 send private reply	A great actor, I always remember his fantastic performance as Brand in the film version of Ibsen's play circa late 1950's.

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jimmythestory 27 posts last on: 08/02/12 send private reply	I always loved Patrick McGoohan in 'Hell Drivers' a classic British bit of social realism, with just about every British character actor of the time including a pre Bond Sean Connery! Go watch!

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leeravitz 1544 posts last on: 34 min send private reply	At the risk of sounding like the total 'Prisoner' geek I am, I would direct any interested parties to two absolutely standout performances by McGoohan in the eponymous series. The episode 'Once upon a Time' is a masterclass in intense, head-to-head performing, with Leo McKern also in magnificent form, as we watch the two antagonists fight a virtually Beckettian battle of wits. It is often forgotten that McGoohan also wrote the episode - truly one of the series' finest. And for anyone who recently admired Daniel Day - Lewis's wordless 30 minute opening performance in 'There will be Blood', it should be noted that McGoohan got there first - 'Many Happy Returns', although it degenerates into something of a standard espionage thriller in the second half, has an unbearably intense beginning, featuring McGoohan, no scripted dialogue, and an empty landscape against which he must struggle singlehandedly - again, fantastic work that any actor would be proud to have produced. Great man, great work. 'Nuff said.

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At the risk of sounding like the total 'Prisoner' geek I am, I would direct any interested parties to two absolutely standout performances by McGoohan in the eponymous series. The episode 'Once upon a Time' is a masterclass in intense, head-to-head performing, with Leo McKern also in magnificent form, as we watch the two antagonists fight a virtually Beckettian battle of wits. It is often forgotten that McGoohan also wrote the episode - truly one of the series' finest.

And for anyone who recently admired Daniel Day - Lewis's wordless 30 minute opening performance in 'There will be Blood', it should be noted that McGoohan got there first - 'Many Happy Returns', although it degenerates into something of a standard espionage thriller in the second half, has an unbearably intense beginning, featuring McGoohan, no scripted dialogue, and an empty landscape against which he must struggle singlehandedly - again, fantastic work that any actor would be proud to have produced.

Great man, great work. 'Nuff said.

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