Patrick MacNee
Biography
British actor Patrick Macnee was born on February 6, 1922 in London, England into a wealthy and eccentric family. His father, Daniel Macnee, was a race horse trainer, who drank and gambled away the family fortune, leaving young Patrick to be raised by his gay mother, Dorothea Mary, and her lover. Shortly after graduating from Eton (from which he was almost expelled for running a gambling ring), Macnee first appeared on stage and made his film debut as an extra in Pygmalion (1938). His career was interrupted by World War II, during which he served in the Royal Navy. After military service, Macnee attended the Webber Douglas School of Dramatic Art in London on scholarship. He also resumed his stage and film career, with bit parts such as Young Jacob Marley in A Christmas Carol (1951). Disappointed with his limited roles, Macnee left England for Canada and the United States. In 1954, he went to Broadway with an Old Vic troupe and later moved on to Hollywood, where he made occasional television and film appearances until returning to England in 1959. Once back home, he took advantage of his producing experience in Canada to become coproducer of the British television series Winston Churchill: The Valiant Years (1960). Shortly thereafter, Macnee landed the role that brought him worldwide fame and popularity in the part of John Steed, in the classic British television series The Avengers (1961). His close identification with this character limited his career choices after the cancellation of the series in 1969, prompting him to reprise the role in The New Avengers (1976), which, though popular, failed to recapture the magic of the original series. During the 1980s and 1990s, Macnee became a familiar face on American television in such series as Gavilan (1982), Empire (1984), Thunder in Paradise (1994) and NightMan (1997). In the past decade, Macnee has also made several audio recordings of book fiction.
The Howling
Dr. George Waggner
A View to a Kill
Tibbett
The Avengers
Invisible Jones (voice)
Sweet Sixteen
Dr. John Morgan
Unlocking DaVinci's Code
Host / Narrator
Angels and Demons Revealed
Host / Narrator
Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls
Dr. John Watson
Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady
Dr. Watson
Naked Space
Dr. Stark
Sherlock Holmes in New York
Dr. Watson
Die Unbeugsamen
John Steed (archive footage) (uncredited)
Angels and Demons Revealed
Host / Narrator
Unlocking DaVinci's Code
Host / Narrator
A Seance to Contact the Spirit of Diana
Host
The Pretenders: Greatest Hits
(segment = Don't Get Me Wrong;)
The Avengers
Invisible Jones (voice)
Nightman
Dr. Walton
Thunder in Paradise 3
Edward Whitaker
Thunder in Paradise II
Edward Whitaker
Thunder in Paradise
Edward Whitaker
Waxwork II: Lost in Time
Sir Wilfred
Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls
Dr. John Watson
Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady
Dr. Watson
The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw
Sir Colin
E.B. Hungerford
Lobster Man From Mars
Professor Plocostomos
Edgar Allan Poe's Masque of the Red Death
Machiavel
Chill Factor
Carl Lawton
Himself
Transformations
Father Christopher
Waxwork
Sir Wilfred
Club Med
Gilbert Anthony Paige
Sir Cyril Landau
A View to a Kill
Tibbett
Tales from the Darkside
Himself - Host (only UK VHS release) (3 episodes, 1984-1985)
This Is Spinal Tap
Sir Denis Eton-Hogg (as Patrick MacNee)
Naked Space
Dr. Stark
Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair
Sir John Raleigh
Sweet Sixteen
Dr. John Morgan
Young Doctors in Love
Jacobs
Rehearsal For Murder
David Mathews
The Hot Touch
Vincent Reyblack
The Howling
Dr. George Waggner
The Sea Wolves
Major 'Yogi' Crossley
König Salomons Schatz
Captain Good R.N.
Fantastic 7
Boudreau
Battlestar Galactica
Imperious Leader (voice) (uncredited)
Dead of Night
Dr. Gheria (segment "No Such Thing as a Vampire") (as Patrick MacNee)
Sherlock Holmes in New York
Dr. Watson
Polixenes
Mission of Danger
Colonel Trent (archive footage)
Until They Sail
Pvt. Duff (scenes deleted)
Les Girls
Sir Percy
Rochester
The Battle of the River Plate
Lieutenant Commander Medley R.N.
Three Cases of Murder
Guard Subaltern (uncredited)
A Christmas Carol
Young Jacob Marley (as Patrick MacNee)
Flesh and Blood
Sutherland
Seven Days to Noon
Bit Part (unconfirmed) (uncredited)
Dick Barton at Bay
Phillips (as Patrick McNee)
The Fighting Pimpernel
Hon. John Bristow
All Over the Town
Mr. Vince (uncredited)
The Small Back Room
Man at committee meeting (uncredited)
Hamlet
Extra (uncredited)
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
Extra (uncredited)
Pygmalion
Extra (uncredited)
