Patrick McGoohan Net Worth

#Fact1In one scene in Ice Station Zebra he was supposed to dive into the flooded torpedo room of the nuclear sub to rescue a trapped naval officer. Being a strong swimmer he insisted on doing the scene himself rather than use a stuntman. A change was made to the script so allowing Olympic swimming champion Murray Rose, who'd been cast in another role, to do the scene with him in case anything happened. It was only after the scene was completed that Murray revealed that while he and Pat were standing up to their necks in the rising water just before the cameras rolled Pat had whispered to him "Now I've done it, my foot's stuck". Murray dived down and freed his foot which had become wedged tight in the torpedo rack.2Along with Jack Cassidy, Robert Culp, William Shatner and George Hamilton, he is one of only five actors to play two or more murderers in Columbo (1971): Colonel Lyle C. Rumford in Columbo: By Dawn's Early Light (1974), Nelson Brenner in Columbo: Identity Crisis (1975) and Columbo: Agenda for Murder (1990) and Columbo: Ashes to Ashes (1998).3Was reportedly so devoted to his wife, he often refused to kiss or perform love scenes with other women in films.4Is the only Columbo (1971) guest star to have won two Emmy Awards.5He was considered for the role of James Bond in Dr. No (1962) before his Hell Drivers (1957) co-star Sean Connery was cast.6Involved in preproduction work of the Hollywood remake of his hit The Prisoner (1967). [1996]7Retired from the movie business. [2002]8Variety Club of Great Britain ITV personality Award for 1965 for Danger Man.9Irish-American.10He died at Saint John's Health Center, Santa Monica, after a brief illness. His remains were cremated.11Owned the rights to an audioclip that metal band Iron Maiden wanted to use in their song "The Prisoner" (1982). He gave them the permission to use it in a telephone conversation with their manager.12Retired from acting after his fourth appearance in "Columbo" in 1998, returning only to provide voice-over work in Treasure Planet (2002).13Was a reclusive celebrity, hardly ever giving interviews.14While working as part of Sheffield Repertory, he quickly became one of its leading actors, appearing in more than 200 plays over the following four years. Further repertory work took him to Coventry and Bristol.15On The Prisoner (1967), McGoohan also contributed to the writing and directing of the series.16In 1948 he worked as a a stage manager at the Sheffield Repertory.17He made his mark in gritty films like Hell Drivers (1957), which gave him his bad boy persona on screen.18Orson Welles was so impressed by his performance in the 1955 West End play "Serious Charge" that he cast him as Starbuck in his production of "Moby Dick Rehearsed".19Along with William Shatner, Robert Culp, Jack Cassidy and George Hamilton, he is one of only five actors to play two or more unrelated murderers in episodes of "Columbo". He played four in total, more than anyone else - specifically Colonel Lyle C. Rumford in Columbo: By Dawn's Early Light (1974), Nelson Brenner in Columbo: Identity Crisis (1975), Oscar Finch in Columbo: Agenda for Murder (1990) and Eric Prince in Columbo: Ashes to Ashes (1998). He also directed all but the first of these.20On June 11, 2008, he became a great-grandfather to Jack Patrick Lockhart.21He has five grandchildren, Sarah, Erin, Simon, Nina and Paddy.22As a youth he lived in the rural parish of Drumreilly in county Leitrim, Ireland. Although the house is still there, it is unlived in and in a bad state of repair.23For The Prisoner (1967), he sometimes used "Joseph Serf" for directing credits and "Paddy Fitz" for writing credits. "Paddy" being a nickname for "Patrick" while "Fitz" was derived from his mother's maiden name, Fitzpatrick.24His first show business job, at age 19, was as a stage hand/manager with the Sheffield Repertory Theatre. At 21, he was given his first lead role in one of their productions.25The son of an Irish-born farmer, he left school at 16 to work in a rope factory. He subsequently worked on a chicken farm but had to seek other employment because of an allergy to chicken feathers.26Grew up partly in and around Sheffield, England.27In his youth, considered becoming a Catholic priest.28Liked to drink Irish whiskey at 217 bar in Santa Monica, owned by burlesque great Betty Rowland.29His granddaughter Sarah was born in 1976.30Appeared in four different productions with Aubrey Morris: The Quare Fellow (1962), Secret Agent (1964) (three episodes), The Prisoner (1967), and Columbo: Ashes to Ashes (1998).31Was the honourary president of Six of One, the official appreciation society for The Prisoner (1967), from its foundation in 1977 until his death in 2009.32His parents' names were Thomas McGoohan and Rose Fitzpatrick McGoohan.33Has worked with two actors with a glass eye: Leo McKern in The Prisoner (1967) episodes "The Chimes of Big Ben", "Once Upon A Time" and "Fall Out" and Peter Falk in Columbo: By Dawn's Early Light (1974), Columbo: Identity Crisis (1975), Columbo: Last Salute to the Commodore (1976), Columbo: Agenda for Murder (1990), Columbo: Ashes to Ashes (1998), and Columbo: Murder with Too Many Notes (2000).34Turned down two roles that eventually went to Roger Moore: Simon Templar in The Saint (1962) and James Bond in Live and Let Die (1973).35Played four different murderers in four different episodes of "Columbo": Columbo: By Dawn's Early Light (1974), Columbo: Identity Crisis (1975), Columbo: Agenda for Murder (1990), and Columbo: Ashes to Ashes (1998). He also directed all of them except the first, as well as Columbo: Last Salute to the Commodore (1976) and Columbo: Murder with Too Many Notes (2000).36Reprised his The Prisoner (1967) character (Number Six) in The Simpsons (1989) episode "The Computer Wore Menace Shoes."37Two of his most famous characters, Number Six in The Prisoner (1967) and the Warden in Escape from Alcatraz (1979), were not given names.38Was the title character of all four series in which he starred: Danger Man (1960) (John Drake), Secret Agent (1964) (John Drake), The Prisoner (1967) (Number Six), and Rafferty (1977) (Dr. Sid Rafferty).39Directed at least one episode of all four series in which he starred: Danger Man (1960), Secret Agent (1964), The Prisoner (1967), and Rafferty (1977).40Played the same regular character (John Drake) in two different series of Danger Man: Danger Man (1960) and Secret Agent (1964). His The Prisoner (1967) character, Number Six, may also have been intended to be Drake (although McGoohan has always denied this while George Markstein, who co-created the series with McGoohan, continually said he was).41Father of Catherine McGoohan and Anne McGoohan.42Appeared in three different productions with the same name: the Danger Man (1960) episode "The Prisoner", BBC Sunday-Night Play: The Prisoner (1963), and The Prisoner (1967). Although they were all completely unrelated, the latter two had many similarities.43In 1977 he was considered to replace Peter Falk as Columbo. However, McGoohan turned the part down because he was a close friend of Falk, and believed that only Falk should play Columbo. In addition he did not want to be the star of another TV series but only make guest appearances.44He was the first choice for the roles of Gandalf in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy (which went to Ian McKellen) and Dumbledore in the "Harry Potter" films (which went to Richard Harris and later to Michael Gambon after Harris' death) but turned them down.45Used his real birthdate and publicity photo for the character he played ("No. 6") in the TV series The Prisoner (1967).46Best known for his starring role as Number 6 in the surreal science fiction allegory series, The Prisoner (1967).