Guest 666- Registered: 25 Mar 2008
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14 January 2009
23:1812826Just noted on the BBC wbsite (after checking out the sad news on Pfizers) that my boyhood hero from Danger man and The Prisoner has passed on.
A true 'Bond' if ever there was...
Check this pic - apologies to my hero...
Oh Boy!, That'll be the day.........
Guest 651- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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14 January 2009
23:2612827Very sad, another legend lost
Been nice knowing you :)
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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14 January 2009
23:3212829saw that earlier, if i remember correctly, he would never carry a gun in any of his films.
still managed to sort everyone when he was danger man though.
i remember him mostly in a film from an alistair maclean adventure.
he played opposite robert morley, great casting.
Guest 675- Registered: 30 Jun 2008
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14 January 2009
23:3412831As a remake of The Prisoner' has recently been announced i hope they will dedicate it to his memory. A sad loss.
Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong.
Richard Armour
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15 January 2009
00:1712838Very sad indeed - a great guy.
Loved Dangerman and the Prisoner.
Roger
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15 January 2009
00:1912840Very sad indeed - a great guy.
Loved Dangerman and the Prisoner.
Roger
Guest 644- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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15 January 2009
02:1012842Oh no!
This is awful news and I feel genuinely upset.
Farewell Patrick. So sad to say goodbye to such an actor who has had so much impact on my life. As an impressionable teenager The Prisoner influenced me greatly and the way I look at the world. McGoohan was a genuine genius, a true controversial enigma much like his timeless brainchild of a series. A very sad loss indeed.
Sadly forty years after the prophetic Prisoner, we are all truly pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, de-briefed and numbered.
Be seeing you, Number Six.
Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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15 January 2009
09:1912847Its sad news alright..he gave us a lot of terrific entertainment over the years. As a young guy I was a keen Danger Man fan. The opening credits with the snazzy little sportscar were a bit of an attraction too. It looked like an early Morgan or perhaps a Lotus. Then came The Prisoner which was certainly revolutionary in terms of broadcasting at the time.
"I am not a number I am a free man" was on everyones lips.
After that he returned to the US. (He was born there but grew up in Ireland) and went striaght into the semi lead in hollywood movie
"Ice Station Zebra" as I remember, and Im writing from memory only. I dont think the Americans took to him as a leading man as he was something of an eccentric performer but he found lots of work as a nastyish villain over the years.
Cant beleive he was 80. Where do the years go.
Guest 674- Registered: 25 Jun 2008
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15 January 2009
09:2012848watched them all a true actor
Guest 644- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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15 January 2009
09:4412853I went to Portmeirion a couple of years ago, it being my duty as I was such a fan of The Prisoner. The weather was awful but here's a short vid I knocked up hopefully showing what The Village looks like now:
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Guest 657- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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15 January 2009
09:4512855So sad, RIP Patrick.
Guest 641- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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15 January 2009
12:1212858I remember meeting Patrick on the Caterham 7 stand at a few of the Motor Shows, a true gentleman. I loved the music for Dangerman and The Prisoner and would come rushing downstairs to watch it.
Another sad loss - RIP Patrick.
ps Looked at the video Phil, now that's what I call rain
Guest 651- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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15 January 2009
13:1112864Phil - didn't realise, you did Portmeirion about the same time as us in 2006 and I have never know so much rain as we got at our friends' wedding !!
Will have to sort out the Prisoner box-set soon as I keep meaning to.
I first remember him in Dr Syn aka the Scarecrow, due to the local/smuggler connections that had me fascinated at the time.
Been nice knowing you :)
Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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15 January 2009
18:1212876Ive just fixed Buddys picture at the top of page which had failed to load properly and ah yes indeed...I went through every other car but the right one in my earlier post..thats it the Caterham 7. Well done BWS too with getting that. Clearly my oul memory is not what it was.
But back to BuddyG himself..looking the part my man...when they re-cast you better get in there
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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15 January 2009
21:3712896Sad day yes he was a legend and there will not be one like him.
When I was in the army years ago i was at shorecliffe Bks, well one night I went down to Sandgate for a drink I went into the Ship inn and it had two bars I went into the small one only one person siting in there and it was Mr P Mcgoohan (yes it was him) anyway we got talking and he was telling he like coming down to Sandgate and the sea and thgat he had a flat along the front which he came to at times, we talked on but not for long and off he went, never did see him again only on the T.V.
Vic Matcham
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15 January 2009
23:3712919Great photo Buddy.
Roger
Guest 666- Registered: 25 Mar 2008
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17 January 2009
14:2913038Thanks Paul for fixing the pic and Roger for the compliment. Wish I had met the guy like Vic did.
Paul - I keep up my profile on StarNow just in case the Beeb are looking for a stand-in, but not sure if I could escape the Beige 'Rover' unless they lend me a Mini-Moke for the week.
Be seeing you... (as they used to say).
Oh Boy!, That'll be the day.........
17 January 2009
14:3513040You were actually right about the car Paul - it was a lotus 7 - Caterham took over the production later in 1973 when Colin Chapman got bored with basic cars and put out the elans. I built a couple of those in my early days. Super kit but very very maintenance hungry.
Watching last weeks episode - he was a cowboy and shot everyone in sight - I was reminded of the early episode where he went into a pub and saw a message in the bottom of the glass saying - you've been poisoned! he smartly then drank every spirit in the bar until he was sick! I have tried many times to emulate this without success!!!
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Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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17 January 2009
17:5813041No probs Buddy. Lovely pic was worth it for sure.
Ah now.. multo thanks to Big Dave there re the car. So Im not totally gaga yet..there was a Lotus 7 in the mix there after all. I was sure i remembered that but one cant be certain after all this time. Lol !! re the method at being sick. Not recommeneded for those of a dicky disposition!
Guest 644- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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18 January 2009
12:1413083What a dreadful week it's been for celebrity deaths.
Patrick McGoohan
Ricardo Montalban
John Scott Martin (this means a lot to us Doctor Who fans)
John Mortimer
Tony Hart
RIP chaps and thanks for the enjoyment you gave us all.
Oh Boy!, That'll be the day.........