OBITUARY

R.I.P.
PATRICK MCGOOHAN
1928 - 2009



FILMOGRAPHY:

1955...Passage Home
1956...Zarak
1957...High Tide at Noon
1957...Hell Drivers
1958...The Gypsy and the Gentleman
1961...Two Living, One Dead
1962...All Night Long
1967..."The Prisoner"
1968...Journey Into Darkness
1970...The Moonshine War
1971...Mary, Queen of Scots
1974...Columbo: By Dawn's Early Light
1975...Columbo: Identity Crisis
1976...Silver Streak
1978...Brass Target
1979...Escape from Alcatraz
1981...Scanners
1985...Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend
1990...Columbo: Agenda for Murder
1995...Braveheart
1996...The Phantom
1996...A Time to Kill
1998...Columbo: Ashes to Ashes

There is no doubt that most film fans know Patrick McGoohan as the villainous Longshanks from "Braveheart", one of the most sinister and riveting performances of the 1990's. A lot of people will remember him as the lead actor in the 1960's cult series "The Prisoner". Along with "Braveheart", I remember him as the warden from "Escape from Alcatraz" and his repeated role in the popular "Columbo" franchise. McGoohan had a long and successful career playing a wide assortment of characters -- he was never pigeon holed into a particular genre or character type, just one of his many accomplishments.