Cast & creator
Patrick McGoohan
Best known for The Simpsons, Columbo, Columbo
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.
Also known as: Joseph Serf, Paddy Fitz, Патрік МакГуен, Patrick Joseph McGoohan, پاتریک مکگوهان
53
film credits
27
television credits
70
1950–2017 · acting roles
6.9
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (80)
Showing 80 of 80 credits
The Simpsons
Number 6 (voice)
1989
Columbo
Nelson Brenner
1971Columbo
Oscar Finch
1971Columbo
Eric Prince
1971Columbo
Director
1971Columbo
Writer
1971
Murder, She Wrote
Attorney Oliver Quayle
1984
American Playhouse
Chief Magistrate
1982
Braveheart
King Edward
1995
Sunday Night Theatre
Seth Makepeace
1950
Danger Man
John Drake
1960Danger Man
Director
1960
Treasure Planet
Billy Bones (voice)
2002
The Prisoner
Number Six
1967The Prisoner
Director
1967The Prisoner
Producer
1967The Prisoner
Writer
1967The Prisoner
Creator
1967The Prisoner
Creator
1967
Escape from Alcatraz
Warden
1979
A Time to Kill
Judge Omar Noose
1996
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
Sir Glavin
1956
The Wonderful World of Disney
Christopher Syn / Scarecrow of Romney Marsh
1954
Folio
Michael O'Riordan
1955
The Phantom
Phantom's Dad
1996
Armchair Theatre
Jack 'Pal' Smurch
1956Armchair Theatre
'The Man' - Nicholai Soloviov
1956
Scanners
Dr. Paul Ruth
1981
Rafferty
Dr. Sidney Rafferty
1977Rafferty
Director
1977
Silver Streak
Roger Devereau
1976
Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow
Dr. Christopher Syn / The Scarecrow
1963
Ice Station Zebra
David Jones
1968
A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot
Major Cabot
1975
Mary, Queen of Scots
James Stuart
1971
The Dam Busters
Guard at Door (uncredited)
1955
Hell Drivers
C. 'Red' Redman
1957
The Man in the Iron Mask
Fouchet
1977
Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend
Doctor Eric Kiviat
1985
Jamaica Inn
Joss Merlyn
1983
Brass Target
Col. Mike McCauley
1978
The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh
Dr. Christopher Syn
1964
Three Sovereigns for Sarah
Chief Magistrate
1985
Zarak
Moor Larkin
1956
The Three Lives of Thomasina
Andrew McDhui
1963
The Moonshine War
Frank Long
1970
Walt Disney Treasures - Dr. Syn: The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh
Dr. Christopher Syn / The Scarecrow (archive footage)
2008
The Dark Avenger
English Soldier (uncredited)
1955
Koroshi
John Drake
1968
I Am a Camera
Swedish Water Therapist
1955Sad?
Number Six (archive footage)
1996
The Best of Friends
George Bernard Shaw
1991Three Sovereigns for Sarah
Chief Magistrate
1985
The Gypsy and the Gentleman
Jess
1958
Kings and Desperate Men
John Kingsley
1981
High Tide at Noon
Simon Breck
1957
Hysteria
Dr. Harvey Langston
1997
Serjeant Musgrave's Dance
Sjt. Musgrave
1961
Two Living, One Dead
Erik Berger
1961
Nor the Moon by Night
Andrew Miller
1958
All Night Long
Johnny Cousin
1962
Passage Home
Martin McIsaacs
1955
Six Into One: The Prisoner File
Self
1984The Greatest Man in the World
Jack 'Pal' Smurch
1958
The Quare Fellow
Thomas Crimmin
1962
Life for Ruth
Dr Brown
1962
Moby Dick—Rehearsed
A Serious Actor /Starbuck
1955
Of Pure Blood
Dr. Felix Neumann
1986
The Man Out There
The Man - Nicholai Soloviov
1961
Jamaica Inn
Joss Merlyn
1983
Brand
Brand
1959
The Hard Way
John Connor
1980
Journey Into Darkness
Host
1968
Catch My Soul
Director
1974
The Laughing Prisoner
Number Six
1987
In My Mind
Self (archive footage)
2017Trespasses
Fred Wells
1984
The Prisoner Video Companion
Number 6
1990The Making of the Prisoner
2007In Search of the Prisoner
Number Six (archive footage)
2001