‘Prisoner’ actor Patrick McGoohan dies

Patrick McGoohan, famous for his role in the cult ‘Prisoner’ TV show, died today. In a world of James Bond and a host of impersonators (the Saint, etc.), the Prisoner was a dark, freaky response to the era. McGoohan’s refusal to labeled a number was honest and frightening – and his demands to know “Who is #1?” were awesome. RIP, Patrick.

Patrick McGoohan, an Emmy-winning actor who created and starred in the cult classic television show “The Prisoner,” has died. He was 80. McGoohan died Tuesday in Los Angeles after a short illness, his son-in-law, film producer Cleve Landsberg, said Wednesday. McGoohan won two Emmys for his work on the Peter Falk detective drama “Columbo,” and more recently appeared as King Edward Longshanks in the 1995 Mel Gibson film “Braveheart.” But he was best known as the title character Number Six in “The Prisoner,” a surreal 1960s British series in which a former spy is held captive in a small village and constantly tries to escape. – From Yahoo News