Patrick McGoohan, most famous in my circles for the 1960s series The Prisoner (which he created and starred in, as “Number Six”), has died.
The 17 episodes of the series are available for free at the AMC Web site. There a new version of the series in the works
Me? I also remember him for a number of other TV roles in the 60s and 70s — especially multiple appearances (in different characters) on Columbo; he and Peter Falk were close friends.
“Be seeing you!”
Also passing away today is Ricardo Montalban, most famous in the geek crowd as eugenics superman Khan Noonien Singh in both the original Star Trek and in the second Star Trek movie.
He started his career playing Hispanics, Indians and (seriously) Asians in the movies, but went on to a variety of fine, geeky roles, including the voice of Señor Senior, Sr. on Kim Possible — but he was probably most famous for the rest of the world as flogging the “fine Corintian leather” on the Chrysler Cordoba, and as the mysterious host, Mr. Roarke, on Fantasy Island.
“Smiles, everyone! Smiles!”