"Prisoner" actor Patrick McGoohan dies

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'Prisoner' actor Patrick McGoohan dies in L.A.

Jan. 14, 2009, 11:49 AM EST

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- 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.

 

Copyright 2009 Associated Press.

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Fare thee well, Number Six. Glad you finally escaped "The Village".

 

RIP