ACTOR

Patrick Macnee

1922 - 2015

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Daniel Patrick Macnee (6 February 1922 – 25 June 2015) was a British-American actor, best known for his breakthrough role as secret agent John Steed in the television series The Avengers (1961–1969). Starting out as the assistant to David Keel (Ian Hendry), he became the lead when Hendry left after the first series, and was subsequently partnered with a succession of female assistants. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Patrick Macnee has received more than 2,580,052 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Patrick Macnee is the 1,000th most popular actor (up from 1,337th in 2019), the 1,099th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,427th in 2019) and the 143rd most popular British Actor.

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  • 2.6M

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  • 58.82

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Patrick Macnee ranks 1,000 out of 13,578. Before him are Lloyd Bridges, Daniel Olbrychski, Carrie-Anne Moss, Michael Gough, Geneviève Bujold, and Renato Salvatori. After him are Peter Coyote, Tomas Milian, Brenda Blethyn, Lea Massari, Brion James, and Conrad Veidt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Patrick Macnee ranks 87. Before him are Elmer Bernstein, John B. Goodenough, Damiano Damiani, Barbara Bel Geddes, Roger Etchegaray, and Árpád Göncz. After him are Carlos Andrés Pérez, George Blake, Jenny-Wanda Barkmann, Ralph H. Baer, Abdul Razak Hussein, and Yvonne De Carlo. Among people deceased in 2015, Patrick Macnee ranks 78. Before him are Kurt Masur, Dettmar Cramer, Licio Gelli, Chandra Bahadur Dangi, Rod Taylor, and Árpád Göncz. After him are Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria, Cabu, Cynthia Lennon, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld, Jin Youzhi, and Ruth Rendell.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Patrick Macnee ranks 1,099 out of 8,785. Before him are Seamus Heaney (1939), Joseph Swan (1828), Matilda of Scotland (1080), Ian Rush (1961), Henry Walter Bates (1825), and James Dunlop (1793). After him are Brenda Blethyn (1946), Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (1774), Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild (1936), Roger Scruton (1944), Mark Phillips (1948), and George Shaw (1751).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Patrick Macnee ranks 143. Before him are Stephen Boyd (1931), Frank Oz (1944), Sacha Baron Cohen (1971), Dirk Bogarde (1921), Honor Blackman (1925), and Helen McCrory (1968). After him are Brenda Blethyn (1946), Sydney Chaplin (1885), Hugh Griffith (1912), Taron Egerton (1989), Idris Elba (1972), and Kiefer Sutherland (1966).

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Television and Movie Roles

A View to a Kill
Tibbett
A newly-developed microchip designed by Zorin Industries for the British Government that can survive the electromagnetic radiation caused by a nuclear explosion has landed in the hands of the KGB. James Bond must find out how and why. His suspicions soon lead him to big industry leader Max Zorin who forms a plan to destroy his only competition in Silicon Valley by triggering a massive earthquake in the San Francisco Bay.
May 24th 19856.231 / 10
The Howling
Dr. George Waggner
After a bizarre and near fatal encounter with a serial killer, a newswoman is sent to a rehabilitation center whose inhabitants may not be what they seem.
Jan 21st 19816.6 / 10
The Avengers
Invisible Jones (voice)
British Ministry agent John Steed, under direction from "Mother", investigates a diabolical plot by arch-villain Sir August de Wynter to rule the world with his weather control machine. Steed investigates the beautiful Doctor Mrs. Emma Peel, the only suspect, but simultaneously falls for her and joins forces with her to combat Sir August.
Aug 13th 19984.4 / 10