ACTOR

Patrick McGoohan

1928 - 2009

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Patrick Joseph McGoohan (; 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, began his career in England during the 1950s and became well known for the titular role, secret agent John Drake in the ITC espionage programme Danger Man (1960–1968). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Patrick McGoohan has received more than 4,476,490 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia. Patrick McGoohan is the 835th most popular actor (down from 806th in 2019), the 1,502nd most popular biography from United States (down from 1,490th in 2019) and the 401st most popular American Actor.

Patrick McGoohan is most famous for being the star of the cult TV show The Prisoner.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.97

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Patrick McGoohan ranks 835 out of 13,578. Before him are Charlotte Gainsbourg, Gabriele Ferzetti, Chespirito, David Graf, Yuri Nikulin, and Macaulay Culkin. After him are Matt LeBlanc, Cüneyt Arkın, Til Schweiger, Jake Gyllenhaal, James Brolin, and David Kelly.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Patrick McGoohan ranks 85. Before him are Ion Mihai Pacepa, Lina Wertmüller, Pat Hitchcock, Alan J. Pakula, James Garner, and Tony Richardson. After him are Robert Sheckley, Elias James Corey, Hans Blix, Marco Ferreri, Walter Mondale, and Wolfgang von Trips. Among people deceased in 2009, Patrick McGoohan ranks 48. Before him are Pavle, Serbian Patriarch, Norman Borlaug, Ertuğrul Osman, Qian Xuesen, Rafael Caldera, and Albert Barillé. After him are Natasha Richardson, Pavel Popovich, Sergey Mikhalkov, Edwin G. Krebs, Achille Compagnoni, and Israel Gelfand.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Patrick McGoohan ranks 1,502 out of 20,380. Before him are Herbert Blomstedt (1927), David Graf (1950), Nathan Bedford Forrest (1821), Merton Miller (1923), Kalākaua (1836), and Macaulay Culkin (1980). After him are Paul Greengard (1925), Matt LeBlanc (1967), Robert Sheckley (1928), Sam Cooke (1931), James Van Allen (1914), and Gary Ridgway (1949).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Patrick McGoohan ranks 401. Before him are Joseph Cotten (1905), Michael Madsen (1957), Michael Rooker (1955), Kelly Preston (1962), David Graf (1950), and Macaulay Culkin (1980). After him are Matt LeBlanc (1967), Jake Gyllenhaal (1980), James Brolin (1940), Viola Davis (1965), Lionel Stander (1908), and Grace Zabriskie (1941).

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Television and Movie Roles

Braveheart
King Edward
Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of the local English lord's soldiers. This leads the village to revolt and, eventually, the entire country to rise up against English rule.
May 24o 19957.9 / 10
Escape from Alcatraz
Warden
San Francisco Bay, January 18, 1960. Frank Lee Morris is transferred to Alcatraz, a maximum security prison located on a rocky island. Although no one has ever managed to escape from there, Frank and other inmates begin to carefully prepare an escape plan.
Jun 22o 19797.5 / 10
Treasure Planet
Billy Bones (voice)
When space galleon cabin boy Jim Hawkins discovers a map to an intergalactic "loot of a thousand worlds," a cyborg cook named John Silver teaches him to battle supernovas and space storms on their journey to find treasure.
Nov 26o 20027.5 / 10