Be seeing you...Emmy-award winning Irish actor Patrick McGoohan, best known for his role as Number Six in cult '60s television series The Prisoner, has died in his Los Angeles home after a short illness. He was 80 years old. McGoohan's long career began in the mid-'50s, starring in TV shows like Danger Man and Columbo (where he won two Emmy's), and in movies such as Ice Station Zebra, Escape From Alcatraz, The Man In The Iron Mask, Scanners, A Time To Kill and Braveheart.
His death coincides with the filming of a Prisoner remake, starring Jim Caviezel and Sir Ian McKellen, which is scheduled for broadcast this summer. The original series was undoubtedly McGoohan's crowning achievement; a surreal sci-fi allegorical masterpiece that has confused and entertained audiences for over 40 years, influencing countless works since. He co-created The Prisoner with George Markstein, played the lead role (Number Six, a secret agent who finds himself trapped in a mysterious Village), and wrote/directed many episodes (under the pseudonyms Paddy Fitz and Joseph Serf).
McGoohan is survived by his wife of 57 years, Joan Drummond McGoohan, three daughters, five grand-daughters, and a great-granddaughter.
