He wasn't a number

In a sad follow up to my previous post, it appears that Patrick McGoohan has died. Perhaps this should go in my other blog, but I want to put it here. Patrick McGoohan was the star of The Prisoner television series which is perhaps his most famous role. However, we shouldn't overlook some of the other major roles he had. He played King William the Longshanks in Braveheart, the lead in the famous British spy series Danger Man, the villian Roger Devereau in the little known but excellent Gene Wilder/Richard Pryor comedy Silver Streak, and the spy David Jones in Ice Station Zebra, a film perhaps best known for being the object of obsession of Howard Hughes after he went batshit insane. It is an excellent cold war paranoia film.

For those interested, all 17 episodes of The Prisoner can be viewed here, legally and for free.

Patrick McGoohan had style. He had his own sensibilities and stuck to them. If producers or directors or what have you wanted him to compromise, he told them to piss off. I have nothing but respect for Patrick McGoohan. The world will miss you, sir.