Patrick mcknee biography
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Patrick Macnee
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Patrick Macnee and Diana Rigg on the cover of a reprint of an Avengers novel co-written by Macnee.
Patrick Macnee, born on February 6, , in London, England as Daniel Patrick Macnee, is a British-born actor, probably best known for his television roles. He is not of Irish extraction despite his Gaelic sounding name. His parents divorced after his mother, Dorothea, declared her lesbianism, and had a live-in partner who helped pay for young Patrick's schooling. After nurturing his acting career in Canada, Macnee became an American citizen in
Despite numerous roles in theatre, on television and in cinema, Macnee is still best known as the inimitable secret agent John Steed in the series The Avengers. Initially a secondary character — the series was conceived as a vehicle for Ian Hendry, who played an associate of Steed's — Steed (and Macnee) became the centre of the show after Hendry's departure at the end of the first season, pla
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Patrick Macnee
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| Born | Daniel Patrick Macnee, Jr. ()6 February Paddington, London, England |
| Died | 25 June () (aged&#;93) Rancho Mirage, California, U.S. |
| Nationality | British |
| Citizenship | United Kingdom United States |
| Alma&#;mater | Eton College |
| Occupation(s) | Film, television actor |
| Years&#;active | &#; |
| Known&#;for | John Steed |
| Spouse(s) | Barbara Douglas (; divorced), Katherine Woodville (; divorced), Baba Majos de Nagyzsenye (; her death) |
| Children | With Douglas: Rupert Macnee, Jenny Macnee |
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Patrick Macnee (6 February &#; 25 June ) was a English-Americanactor.
Television career
[change | change source]Macnee was born in London, England. He became an American citizen in
Macnee made his moviedebut as extra in the movie Pygmalión (), with Leslie Howard. After World War II, he started making Britishtelevisionappearances in Morning Departure (), Hamlet (), Macbeth (), The Strange Case
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by David K. Smith
Born 6 February in London, England, to a wealthy and extraordinarily eccentric family, Patrick Macnee (who pronounces his last name "MACK-knee") spent much of the first eleven years of his life wearing kilts. As his father, a race horse trainer, drank and gambled the family's money away, his lesbian mother and her lover raised Patrick.
His film career began in while he was serving in the Royal Navy, and it might have ended abruptly at that point as he was nearly killed. On the one occasion he did not set sail on his ship owing to illness, the ship was blown out of the water. After nearly being expelled from Eton for running a gambling ring, he attended the Webber Douglas School of Dramatic Art in
Steady work in the U.K. was not forthcoming, and so he decided to investigate the thriving film industry in Canada, leaving his wife and two children in London. In he came to Broadway with the Old Vic troupe, and eventually hit Hollywoo