But what is the greatest evil? If you are going to epitomize evil, what is it? Is it the bomb? The greatest evil that one has to fight constantly, every minute of the day until one dies, is the worse part of oneself.
I would rather do twenty TV series than go through what I went through under that Rank contract I signed a few years ago for which I blame no one but myself.
It was a place that is trying to destroy the individual by every means possible; trying to break his spirit, so that he accepts that he is No. 6 and will live there happily as No. 6 for ever after. And this is the one rebel that they can't break.
Marriage is a wonderful thing.
Mel will always be Mad Max, and me, I will always be a Number.
Questions are a burden to others; answers are a prison for oneself.
You can't totally rebel, otherwise you have to go live on your own, on a desert island. It's as simple as that.
On the fact that he is mostly known as his "The Prisoner" (1967) character, Number Six: "Mel [Gibson] will always be Mad Max, and me, I will always be a Number."
Best known for his starring role as Number 6 in the surreal science fiction allegory series, "The Prisoner" (1967)
Used his real birthdate and publicity photo for the character he played ("No. 6") in the TV series "The Prisoner" (1968)
He was the first choice for the roles of Gandalf in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy (which went to Ian McKellen) and Dumbledore in the "Harry Potter" films (which went to Richard Harris and later to Michael Gambon after Harris' death) but turned them down.
Was at one point considered to replace Peter Falk as Columbo.
Appeared in three different productions with the same name: the "Danger Man" (1960) episode "The Prisoner", The Prisoner (1963) (TV), and "The Prisoner" (1967). Although they were all completely unrelated, the latter two had many similarities.
Father of Catherine McGoohan and Anne McGoohan.
Played the same regular character (John Drake) in two different series of Danger Man: "Danger Man" (1960) and "Danger Man" (1964). His "The Prisoner" (1967) character, Number Six, may also have been intended to be Drake (although McGoohan has always denied this while George Markstein, who co-created the series with McGoohan, continually said he was).
Directed at least one episode of all four series in which he starred: "Danger Man" (1960), "Danger Man" (1964), "The Prisoner" (1967), and "Rafferty" (1977).
Was the title character of all four series in which he starred: "Danger Man" (1960) (John Drake), "Danger Man" (1964) (John Drake), "The Prisoner" (1967) (Number Six), and "Rafferty" (1977) (Dr. Sid Rafferty).
Two of his most famous characters, Number Six in "The Prisoner" (1967) and the Warden in Escape from Alcatraz (1979), were not given names.
Reprised his "The Prisoner" (1967) character (Number Six) in "The Simpsons" (1989) episode "The Computer Wore Menace Shoes."
Played four different murderers in four different episodes of "Columbo": Columbo: By Dawn's Early Light (1974) (TV), Columbo: Identity Crisis (1975) (TV), Columbo: Agenda for Murder (1990) (TV), and Columbo: Ashes to Ashes (1998) (TV). He also directed all of them except the first, as well as Columbo: Last Salute to the Commodore (1976) (TV) and Columbo: Murder with Too Many Notes (2000) (TV).
Turned down two roles that eventually went to Roger Moore: Simon Templar in "The Saint" (1962) and James Bond in Live and Let Die (1973).
Has worked with two actors with a glass eye: Leo McKern in "The Prisoner" (1967) episodes "The Chimes of Big Ben", "Once Upon A Time" and "Fall Out" and Peter Falk in Columbo: By Dawn's Early Light (1974) (TV), Columbo: Identity Crisis (1975) (TV), Columbo: Last Salute to the Commodore (1976) (TV), Columbo: Agenda for Murder (1990) (TV), Columbo: Ashes to Ashes (1998) (TV), and Columbo: Murder with Too Many Notes (2000) (TV).
His parents' names were Thomas McGoohan and Rose Fitzpatrick McGoohan.
Has been the honourary president of Six of One, the official appreciation society for "The Prisoner" (1967), since its foundation in 1977.
Is a close friend of Peter Falk.
Has appeared in four different productions with Aubrey Morris: The Quare Fellow (1962), "Danger Man" (1964) (three episodes), "The Prisoner" (1967), and Columbo: Ashes to Ashes (1998) (TV).
He has five grandchildren.
His granddaughter Sarah was born in 1976.
Likes to drink Irish whiskey at 217 bar in Santa Monica, owned by burlesque great Betty Rowland.
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