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.

Filmography

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

Appearances as themselves (2)

• 2017In My Mind — Self (archive footage)
• 1984Six Into One: The Prisoner File — Self