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39-454: In My Mind may refer to: Films [ edit ] In My Mind (film) , a 2017 British documentary by Chris Rodley Music [ edit ] Albums [ edit ] In My Mind (BJ the Chicago Kid album) , 2016 In My Mind (Heather Headley album) , 2006 In My Mind (Pharrell Williams album) , 2006 In My Mind 1997–2007

78-404: A Prometheus Hall of Fame Award for The Prisoner . McGoohan's name was associated with several aborted attempts at producing a new movie version of The Prisoner . In 2002, Simon West was signed to direct a version of the story. McGoohan was listed as executive producer for the movie, which never came to fruition. Later, Christopher Nolan was proposed as director for a movie version. However,

117-423: A West End stage production of Serious Charge , as a Church of England vicar accused of being homosexual. "Intimidated" by McGoohan's stage presence, Orson Welles cast him as Starbuck in his York theatre production of Moby Dick—Rehearsed . Welles said in 1969 that he believed McGoohan "would now be, I think, one of the big actors of our generation if TV hadn't grabbed him," reflecting that he had "all

156-565: A miniseries about a secret agent who angrily quits and is abducted to a surreal, cheerful holiday resort village. Grade asked for a budget, McGoohan had one ready, and they made a deal over a handshake early on a Saturday morning to produce The Prisoner . In addition to being the series' protagonist, McGoohan was its executive producer, forming Everyman Films with producer David Tomblin , and also wrote and directed several episodes, in some cases using pseudonyms. The originally commissioned seven episodes became seventeen. The title character,

195-432: A rock opera version of Othello , entitled Catch My Soul (1974), but disliked the experience. McGoohan received two Emmy Awards for his work for the television series Columbo , with his long-time friend Peter Falk . McGoohan said that his first appearance on Columbo (in the 1974 episode " By Dawn's Early Light ") was probably his favourite American role. He directed five Columbo episodes (including three of

234-561: A BAFTA in 1960. His favourite part for stage acting was the lead in Henrik Ibsen 's Brand , for which he received an award. He also played the role in a BBC television production in August 1959. Michael Meyer , who translated the stage version, thought McGoohan's performance was the best and most powerful he had ever seen. It was McGoohan's last stage appearance for 28 years. Production executive Lew Grade soon approached McGoohan about

273-598: A British spy drew critical praise. After the end of The Prisoner , he presented a TV show, Journey into Darkness (1968–69). He was meant to follow it with the lead role of Dirk Struan in an expensive adaptation of the James Clavell best-seller Tai-Pan but the project was cancelled before filming. Instead he made the movie The Moonshine War (1970) for MGM. McGoohan played James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray in Mary, Queen of Scots (1971). He directed Richie Havens in

312-577: A news story to make his website more popular, and he wakes up in a prison disguised as a holiday resort. Dubbed Number Five, he meets Number Six, and later betrays him and escapes with his boat; referencing his numerous attempts to escape on a raft in The Prisoner , Number Six splutters "That's the third time that's happened!" McGoohan's last movie role was the voice of Billy Bones in the Disney animated film Treasure Planet (2002). That same year, he received

351-449: A scarecrow and mounted on a magnificent black stallion thwarts King George III's Revenue officers in daring night-time smuggling adventures on the remote Kent coast. After he had also refused the role of Simon Templar in The Saint , Lew Grade asked McGoohan if he wanted to give John Drake another try. This time, McGoohan had even more say about the series. Danger Man ( Secret Agent in

390-650: A secluded detached house on the Ridgeway, Mill Hill , London. They settled in the Pacific Palisades district of Los Angeles during the mid-1970s. McGoohan died at Saint John's Health Center in Santa Monica, California , on January 13, 2009; he was 80 years old. His family did not make the cause of death public, referring only to a "short illness". A biography of McGoohan was published in 2007 by Tomahawk Press, and another followed in 2011 by Supernova Books. This

429-469: A song by Amanda Palmer from the 2011 album Amanda Palmer Goes Down Under "In My Mind", a song by Walk the Moon from the 2017 album What If Nothing "In My Mind", a song by Illenium , Excision, and Haliene from the album Fallen Embers See also [ edit ] My Mind (disambiguation) On My Mind (disambiguation) All pages with titles containing In My Mind Topics referred to by

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468-466: A television series where he would play a spy named John Drake . Having learned from his experience at Rank, McGoohan insisted on several conditions: all the fistfights should be different; the character would always use his brain before using a gun; and—much to the executives' horror—no kissing. The show debuted in 1960 as Danger Man , a half-hour programme intended for American audiences. It did fairly well, but not as well as hoped. Production lasted

507-704: A year and 39 episodes. After the first series was over, an interviewer asked McGoohan if he would have liked it to continue. He replied, "Perhaps, but let me tell you this: I would rather do twenty TV series than go through what I went through under that Rank contract I signed a few years ago and for which I blame no one but myself." McGoohan appeared in the movie Two Living, One Dead (1961), filmed in Sweden. He featured in two movies directed by Basil Dearden : All Night Long , an updating of Othello , and Life for Ruth (both 1962). He also featured in an adaptation of The Quare Fellow (1962) by Brendan Behan . McGoohan

546-525: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages In My Mind (film) It premiered at 'Fall In', a celebration of the Prisoner TV series held at the original outdoor location of Portmeirion in north Wales and was released on Blu-ray Disc on 30 October 2017. In 1983, Channel 4 , the newly created fourth television channel in the UK, repeated all 17 episodes of

585-625: The Clint Eastwood movie Escape from Alcatraz (1979), portraying the prison's warden. In 1980 he appeared in the UK television movie The Hard Way . In 1981 he appeared in the science fiction/horror movie Scanners , and in Jamaica Inn (1983) and Trespasses (1984). In 1985 he appeared in his only Broadway production, featuring opposite Rosemary Harris in Hugh Whitemore 's Pack of Lies , in which he played another British spy. He

624-640: The ITC espionage programme Danger Man (1960–1968). He then created, produced, and starred as former British intelligence agent Number Six in the surrealistic ITV series The Prisoner (1967–1968). Beginning in the 1970s, McGoohan maintained a long-running association with the television series Columbo , writing, directing, producing and appearing in several episodes. His notable film roles included David Jones in Ice Station Zebra (1968); James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray in Mary, Queen of Scots (1971);

663-458: The L.A. Tape , excerpts of which are shown in the Rodley documentary. The Channel 4 programme Six Into One – The Prisoner File has never been repeated since first broadcast. The documentary was premiered at the 50th anniversary gathering at Portmeirion , the village in mid-Wales that was used to portray The Village (the prison 'resort' where McGoohan's character Number Six was incarcerated). It

702-949: The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series , including its inaugural 1975 entry, for roles on Columbo . Patrick Joseph McGoohan was born in Astoria, Queens , New York City on March 19, 1928, to Irish Catholic immigrant parents Thomas McGoohan and Rose McGoohan (née Fitzpatrick). Soon after he was born, the family returned to Ireland, settling in the Mullaghmore area of Carrigallen , County Leitrim . Seven years later, they relocated to England, settling in Sheffield , West Riding of Yorkshire . McGoohan attended St Marie's School, then St Vincent's School , and De La Salle College , all in Sheffield. During World War II , he

741-453: The Best of Bertine Zetlitz , 2007 In My Mind (Is a Different World – A Cheeky One) , a 2007 album by The Cheeky Girls Songs [ edit ] "In My Mind" (Antiloop song) , 1997 "In My Mind" (Heather Headley song) , 2005 "In My Mind" (Maty Noyes song) , 2016 "In My Mind" (Ivan Gough and Feenixpawl song) , covered by Axwell, and by Dynoro and Gigi D'Agostino "In My Mind",

780-610: The Channel 4 programme. It was only after McGoohan's death in 2009 that Rodley revisited the original interview and created the In My Mind documentary about the process of interviewing McGoohan. The documentary includes previously unseen interviews, excerpts from the original series, and portions of McGoohan's 1977 interview in Canada with Warner Troyer . Additionally, interviews recorded in 1983 are included with Lew Grade whose company financed

819-624: The Gentleman (1958), directed by Joseph Losey . He had frequent roles in television anthology series such as Television Playwright , Folio , Armchair Theatre , ITV Play of the Week and ITV Television Playhouse . He was given a leading role in Nor the Moon by Night (1958), filmed in South Africa. After some disputes with Rank management, the contract was dissolved. He then did some TV work, winning

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858-609: The Rank Organisation, McGoohan began to specialise in villains, appearing in A Genius, Two Partners and a Dupe (1975), Silver Streak (1976) and The Man in the Iron Mask (1977). In 1977, he had the main role of the television series Rafferty as a retired army doctor who moves into private practice. He had the lead in a Canadian movie, Kings and Desperate Men ; then had supporting parts in Brass Target (1978) and

897-537: The US) was resurrected in 1964 as a one-hour programme. The scripts now allowed McGoohan more range in his acting. Because of the popularity of the series, he became the highest-paid actor in the UK, and the show lasted almost three more years. After shooting the only two colour episodes of Danger Man , McGoohan told Grade that he would quit the role. Knowing McGoohan's intention to quit Danger Man , Grade asked if he would at least work on "something" for him. McGoohan pitched

936-677: The United States, the drama was shown by PBS as part of Masterpiece Theatre . He featured as Edward I of England in Mel Gibson 's Braveheart (1995), which won five Academy Awards . This role revitalised his career; he was seen the following year as Judge Omar Noose in A Time to Kill and in The Phantom , a cinema adaptation of the comic strip. In 2000, he reprised his role as Number Six in an episode of The Simpsons , " The Computer Wore Menace Shoes ". In it, Homer Simpson concocts

975-724: The Warden in Escape from Alcatraz (1979); Dr. Paul Ruth in Scanners (1981); Edward I of England in Braveheart (1995); Judge Omar Noose in A Time to Kill (1996); and the voice of Billy Bones in Treasure Planet (2002). During the height of Danger Man ' s fame in the 1960s, McGoohan was the highest-paid actor on British television. McGoohan won the 1960 BAFTA Television Award for Best Actor for his work on Danger Man , and twice won

1014-477: The four in which he appeared), one of which he also wrote and two of which he also produced. McGoohan was involved with the Columbo series in some capacity from 1974 to 2000; his daughter Catherine McGoohan appeared with him in the episode " Ashes to Ashes " (1998). The other two Columbo episodes in which he appeared are "Identity Crisis" (1975) and "Agenda for Murder" (1990). As he had done early in his career with

1053-545: The lead in "The Makepeace Story" for BBC Sunday Night Theatre (1955). He also appeared in Welles' movie version of Moby Dick—Rehearsed . He did Ring for Catty on stage in 1956. While working as a stand-in during screen tests, McGoohan was signed to a contract with The Rank Organisation . They gave him mostly villainous parts in films, including High Tide at Noon (1957), directed by Philip Leacock ; Hell Drivers (1957), directed by Cy Endfield ; and The Gypsy and

1092-522: The original UK broadcast of the series during 1967 and early 1968, McGoohan had given very few interviews about what The Prisoner meant. Rodley had arranged to interview McGoohan in an empty house in Laurel Canyon in Los Angeles. The recording of this interview was not used and McGoohan requested that they reconvene and re-shoot the interview in Santa Monica . Excerpts from this interview were used in

1131-459: The original series of The Prisoner . Following the airing of the final episode " Fall Out " in 1984, the channel had arranged to create a special one-hour programme discussing the making of the series called Six Into One – The Prisoner File . During the creation of this programme, Chris Rodley flew to California to interview Patrick McGoohan , who was the co-creator and lead actor of the TV series. Since

1170-677: The otherwise-unnamed " Number Six ", spends the entire series trying to escape from a mysterious prison community called " The Village ", and to learn the identity of its ruler. The Village's administrators try just as much to force or trick him into revealing why he resigned as a spy, which he refuses to divulge. The series' main exterior filming location was the Italianate resort village of Portmeirion , Gwynedd , Wales, which had been featured in some episodes of Danger Man . During production of The Prisoner , MGM cast McGoohan in an action movie, Ice Station Zebra (1968), for which his performance as

1209-446: The required attributes, looks, intensity, unquestionable acting ability and a twinkle in his eye". McGoohan's first television appearance was as Charles Stewart Parnell in "The Fall of Parnell" for the series You Are There (1954). He had an uncredited role in the movie The Dam Busters (1955), standing guard outside a briefing room. He delivered the line, "Sorry, old boy, it's secret—you can't go in. Now, c'mon, hop it!," which

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1287-400: The series, David Tomblin who wrote the first script (with George Markstein ) and produced the series, writer Lewis Greifer and art director Jack Shampan . McGoohan's daughter, Catherine, is also interviewed and gives insights into her father's time on the series. McGoohan later saw the cut of the Channel 4 documentary and hated it. He then produced his own interview documentary, known as

1326-466: The source material remained difficult and elusive to adapt into a feature movie. McGoohan was not involved with the project that was ultimately completed. A miniseries was filmed for the AMC network in late 2008, with its broadcast occurring during November 2009. McGoohan married actress Joan Drummond on May 19, 1951. They had three children including Catherine McGoohan . For most of the 1960s they lived in

1365-560: Was cut from some prints of the movie. He also had small roles in Passage Home (1955), The Dark Avenger (1955) and I Am A Camera (1955). He could also be seen in Zarak (1956) for Warwick Films . For television he was in "Margin for Error" in Terminus (1955), guest featured on The Adventures of Sir Lancelot and Assignment Foreign Legion , and The Adventures of Aggie . He played

1404-491: Was evacuated to Loughborough , where he attended Ratcliffe College at the same time as future actor Ian Bannen . McGoohan excelled in mathematics and boxing , and left school at the age of 16 to return to Sheffield, where he worked as a chicken farmer, bank clerk, and lorry driver before getting a job as a stage manager for Sheffield Repertory Theatre . When one of the actors became ill, McGoohan substituted for him, which began his acting career. In 1955, McGoohan featured in

1443-641: Was nominated for a Drama Desk Award as Best Actor for his performance. He could also be seen in the movies Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend (1985), Of Pure Blood (1986) and an episode of Murder, She Wrote . McGoohan featured in The Best of Friends (1991) for Channel 4 , which told the story of the unlikely friendship between a museum curator, a nun and a playwright. McGoohan played George Bernard Shaw alongside Sir John Gielgud as Sydney Cockerell and Dame Wendy Hiller as Sister Laurentia McLachlan . In

1482-722: Was one of several actors considered for the role of James Bond in Dr. No . While McGoohan, a Catholic, refused the role on moral grounds, the success of the Bond films is generally cited as the reason for Danger Man being revived. (He was later considered for the same role in Live and Let Die , but refused again.) McGoohan spent some time working for The Walt Disney Company on The Three Lives of Thomasina (1963) and The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh (1963). A staid English vicar, Dr. Christopher Syn (a reformed pirate captain - played by McGoohan) disguised as

1521-647: Was subsequently released by the Network imprint. Patrick McGoohan Patrick Joseph McGoohan ( / m ə ˈ ɡ uː . ə n / ; March 19, 1928 – January 13, 2009) was an Irish-American actor of film, television, and theatre. Born in New York City to Irish parents, he was raised in Ireland and England. He began his career in England during the 1950s and became well known for the titular role of secret agent John Drake in

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