RIP Patrick McGoohan

[Bob Juch]

At age 80.

[Lt Columbo]

I'll miss ol' Steinmetz....

[MarleysGh0st]

RIP Number Six.

[SportsFan68]

A Time to Kill was on this weekend. He did a great job with that.

I'd forgotten how great he was in Braveheart and Escape from Alcatraz until I glanced at his filmography. What a resume!

[earendel]

At age 80.

Maybe he's not really dead - he was taken back to the Village.

[silvercamaro]

The Village may be my favorite television series ever. Ever. I am sorry to hear that McGoohan is not longer with us.

[silverscreenselect]

He had a way with smug superior villainy. Even when he wasn't a villain, as in Ice Station Zebra, he could easily project the same dislikable attitude.

I had always hoped that someone would do a good remake of The Prisoner with an older McGoohan as Number Two.

[silvercamaro]

He had a way with smug superior villainy. Even when he wasn't a villain, as in Ice Station Zebra, he could easily project the same dislikable attitude.

I had always hoped that someone would do a good remake of The Prisoner with an older McGoohan as Number Two.

Thank you for your tactful correction of my disremembering that the show was called The Prisoner, not The Village. I was being chased on the beach by a mysterious large bubble as I typed that, so I was somewhat distracted.

[ghostjmf]

SSS says:

I had always hoped that someone would do a good remake of The Prisoner with an older McGoohan as Number Two.

I had read that that was discussed, & was even under plan at one time.

"The Prisoner" really really really annoyed me. Really annoyed me. Can't say I didn't occasionally watch it, though. Back in the day, as today, when there wasn't much else on at 2:00am weekends etc. Every episode really was the same, except for some dialog that is.

Loved "Secret Agent" to pieces & bits, though, & of course had watched it 1st, so there you go.

[mcd1400de]

At age 80.

Be seeing you.

[earendel]

He had a way with smug superior villainy. Even when he wasn't a villain, as in Ice Station Zebra, he could easily project the same dislikable attitude.

Judging from what Wikipedia says about "The Prisoner" that "dislikable attitude" was his usual attitude.

I had always hoped that someone would do a good remake of The Prisoner with an older McGoohan as Number Two.

Again Wikipedia suggests that AMC will be televising a series (6 episodes doesn't count as a series, IMO) with James Caviezel in the lead role and Sir Ian McKellen as Number Two.

[NellyLunatic1980]

One of my all-time favorite comedy/mystery films--"Silver Streak". Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor, Jill Clayburgh, Ray Walston, Ned Beatty, and Patrick MacGoohan... you can't go wrong with a cast like that.

RIP, Patrick.

(edited to add Nudity®)

[macrae1234]

King's Advisor: Milord, the princess might be taken hostage or her life be put in jeopardy.
Longshanks: Oh, my son would be most distressed by that. Uh, but in truth, if she were to be killed, we would soon find the king of France a useful ally against the Scots. You see, as king, you must find the good in any situation.

From The original Danger Man Black and White half hour only in Canada and the UK through The Prisoner, The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh, The 3 Lives of Thomasina, 2 Emmys sparring with Columbo
Do you have a first name Lieutenant:
I do. My wife is about the only one that uses it.
to Longshanks in Braveheart a fine actor who gave me many hours of entertainment

[Thousandaire]

Again Wikipedia suggests that AMC will be televising a series (6 episodes doesn't count as a series, IMO) with James Caviezel in the lead role and Sir Ian McKellen as Number Two.

Sorry but they need a new number two.

[littlebeast13]

King's Advisor: Milord, the princess might be taken hostage or her life be put in jeopardy.
Longshanks: Oh, my son would be most distressed by that. Uh, but in truth, if she were to be killed, we would soon find the king of France a useful ally against the Scots. You see, as king, you must find the good in any situation.

From The original Danger Man Black and White half hour only in Canada and the UK through The Prisoner, The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh, The 3 Lives of Thomasina, 2 Emmys sparring with Columbo
Do you have a first name Lieutenant:
I do. My wife is about the only one that uses it.
to Longshanks in Braveheart a fine actor who gave me many hours of entertainment

McGoohan, I believe, was the only 4-time Columbo murderer....

Damn, first I am lamenting Dragnet not being on TV anymore, and now it's Columbo.....

lb13

[TheCalvinator24]

Again Wikipedia suggests that AMC will be televising a series (6 episodes doesn't count as a series, IMO) with James Caviezel in the lead role and Sir Ian McKellen as Number Two.

Sorry but they need a new number two.

Why?

[silverscreenselect]

Again Wikipedia suggests that AMC will be televising a series (6 episodes doesn't count as a series, IMO) with James Caviezel in the lead role and Sir Ian McKellen as Number Two.

Sorry but they need a new number two.

Why?

McKellen would be a great Number Two. I just thought there would have been some perfect symmetry there had McGoohan been chosen.

I also thought that if they were going to remake The Omen, casting Sam Neill in the lead role would have been a much better choice than Liev Schreiber.

[Thousandaire]

Again Wikipedia suggests that AMC will be televising a series (6 episodes doesn't count as a series, IMO) with James Caviezel in the lead role and Sir Ian McKellen as Number Two.

Sorry but they need a new number two.

Why?

Number two changed nearly every episode. It's not "The Prisoner" with one number two.

[nitrah55]

Here's about all you need to know about McGoohan as an actor: Orson Welles found his stage presence "intimidating."

I was creeped out by Scarecrow of Romney Marsh for years.

McGoohan is reported to have written a love letter to his wife every day.

[frogman042]

Here's about all you need to know about McGoohan as an actor: Orson Welles found his stage presence "intimidating."

I was creeped out by Scarecrow of Romney Marsh for years.

McGoohan is reported to have written a love letter to his wife every day.

Wow - talk about a memory flash. I had totally forgotten about the Scarecrow of Romney Marsh but just you mentioned of it brought back this creepy feeling that I couldn't quite place. I had this image of someone riding a horse really fast through a field or woods, colonial times, the scarecrow face and tying it all to Disney TV movie with a vague reference to The Moonspiners (another movie that scared me in my youth).

Checking IMDB confirmed that it was indeed a Disney TV movie that I had seen when I was 5 going on 6 and although I haven't heard or saw it since it made such an impression that the title alone was able to bring back some of the memories of seeing it back then.

Thanks for that brief flash down memory lane - I would love to see it again.

---Jay

PS so far no mention of Mr. McGoohan's version of the James Mason-esqe role Silver Streak.

[silverscreenselect]

Wow - talk about a memory flash. I had totally forgotten about the Scarecrow of Romney Marsh but just you mentioned of it brought back this creepy feeling that I couldn't quite place. I had this image of someone riding a horse really fast through a field or woods, colonial times, the scarecrow face and tying it all to Disney TV movie with a vague reference to The Moonspiners (another movie that scared me in my youth).

Checking IMDB confirmed that it was indeed a Disney TV movie that I had seen when I was 5 going on 6 and although I haven't heard or saw it since it made such an impression that the title alone was able to bring back some of the memories of seeing it back then.

Thanks for that brief flash down memory lane - I would love to see it again.

---Jay

PS so far no mention of Mr. McGoohan's version of the James Mason-esqe role Silver Streak.

The Scarecrow was originally three episodes of the Wonderful World of Disney that were broadcast on cosecutive weeks. Many of what we now think of as "popular" Disney TV shows were similar short runs. Fess Parker only made a handful of Davy Crockett episodes, for example. After the TV broadcast, the three episodes were combined and edited down a bit to make a two-hour theatrical movie that was mainly shown in Europe.

Disney has always been very careful in releasing its titles to home video, both on VHS and now on DVD. Their strategy is to release a handful of them for a very limited time, then put them "back in the vault," for years if necessary. VHS versions of Scarecrow commanded big bucks, and I only found one the entire time I was selling videos (I got to watch it myself and enjoyed it a lot).

Last year in November, Disney released Scarecrow on DVD. The disc actually had two versions, the three separate TV episodes, complete with introductions by Walt himself, and the two-hour movie. I didn't order it then because of the price, and about one month later (after the Christmas ordering rush), they took it out of print, so it's pretty much gone from the shelves after only a few weeks. There's still a few of them here and there in stores, and copies on Ebay are starting to command premium prices. Disney might re-release it as a result of McGoohan's death (or Thomasina which I think is also out of print right now), but I doubt it. They usually stick to their guns on video availabilty of their titles.

[SportsFan68]

. . .

Disney might re-release it as a result of McGoohan's death (or Thomasina which I think is also out of print right now), but I doubt it. They usually stick to their guns on video availabilty of their titles.

Thomasina! (The cat who thought she was God.) I'd forgotten all about her.

McGoohan and Susan Hampshire too! When I was a kid, I thought she was the most beautiful person in the world.

And of course, Karen Dotrice and Matthew Garber. I'm gonna go do a quick Where are they now on those two.

[SportsFan68]

And of course, Karen Dotrice and Matthew Garber. I'm gonna go do a quick Where are they now on those two.

Dotrice was a feature for a long time on Upstairs, Downstairs and remains a happily married mother of three, according to the most recent updates I could find. She's probably a grandmother by now too.

Garber died in 1977 of pancreatitis -- 21 years old. Poor kid.

[silverscreenselect]

Lest we forget....



This was the painting one of the cons did of Warden McGoohan in Escape from Alcatraz. He was not amused.