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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).
Steed was born John Wickham Gascoyne Beresford Steed sometime between 1922 and 1925 (the actor who played him, Patrick Macnee, was born 1922).A scion of a noble family, Steed attended Eton (like Macnee), where he once got into a fight with the school bully, James Bond, and was eventually expelled (like Macnee). [4]
The Avengers is a British espionage television series that aired from 7 January 1961 to 21 April 1969. It initially focused on David Keel (), [5] aided by John Steed (Patrick Macnee).
Cast: Series 4 starred Patrick Macnee (as John Steed) and Diana Rigg (as Mrs. Emma Peel). It was the last series to be made in black-and-white, but also the first series to be shot entirely on film as opposed to mainly on videotape.
Actor Joss Ackland has died at the age of 95, his family have said. ... His TV credits included an appearance in the The Avengers, the 1960s spy show about suave British agent John Steed.
The Avengers is a 1998 American satirical spy action comedy film directed by Jeremiah Chechik, an adaptation of the 1961–1969 British television series of the same name.It stars Ralph Fiennes and Uma Thurman as secret agents John Steed and Emma Peel, and Sean Connery as Sir August de Wynter, a mad scientist bent on controlling the world's weather.
John Capodice, an Army veteran-turned-actor known for roles in "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective" and "General Hospital," has died. He was 83. His death on Monday was announced in an obituary on the ...
In “Counting Coup,” last week's episode of Yellowstone, an investigation began into the death of Sarah Atwood (Dawn Olivieri), who was unceremoniously eliminated by those she hired to kill ...