Patrick Macnee
Patrick Macnee
Daniel Patrick Macnee, known professionally as Patrick Macnee, was a British-American actor. He was best known for his role as the secret agent John Steed in the British television series The Avengers...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth6 February 1922
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Retirement's the most wonderful thing. I get to enjoy all the things I never stopped to notice on the way up. After an extraordinary life, it's time to enjoy my retirement.
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We were the first people in popular television to make the woman an equal partner with the man. You won't believe that, but I promise you it's true.
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It was male chauvinism, as you must realize, in the 1960s, particularly in the entertainment business, which was pretty repulsive.
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No, I was working in Canada. In fact, the man who asked me to be in The Avengers, I told him, what do I need to be in that, I'm a producer now.
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I'm not surprised 'The Avengers' has such enduring popularity, because it was a groundbreaking series that changed television. It was the first show that put its leading man and leading lady on an equal footing and showed a woman fighting and kicking and throwing men around. That was a radical departure in its time.
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Accomplishment is such a patronizing, dangerous word, isn't it? I haven't really accomplished anything. The most accomplished thing I've done is to have lived this long - 81.
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It doesn't work that way, you know, because most parts that you think you'd do well, most other people don't. So they offer you something - The Avengers is a good example... I fitted into that because I came from that sort of background. It's not even acting.
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I was producing a series about Sir Winston Churchill, about which I was extremely proud, and earning a lot of money as a producer.
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Television has some lovely aspects to it - and some ghastly aspects - but the theater itself was a wonderful invention.
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I went to acting school, but only for nine months. If you're an actor, you know, don't really need to learn how to do it.
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Well, you know, I was through the whole of the Second World War and saw all my friends killed.
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I like most of the Humphrey Bogart movies because they had to act then, and they acted very well. Edward G. Robinson is probably the best actor I've ever seen on the movies.
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I mean, everyone says Citizen Kane. It isn't that great, anyway. And Orson Welles I knew well, of course. He made other incredible films that no one would let him make, which were much better than Citizen Kane, really.
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I was absolutely delighted that those shows have been preserved.