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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).
Patrick Macnee. Actor: The Avengers. British actor Patrick Macnee was born on February 6, 1922 in London, England into a wealthy and eccentric family. His father, Daniel Macnee, was a race horse trainer, who drank and gambled away the family fortune, leaving young Patrick to be raised by his lesbian mother, Dorothea Mary, and her partner.
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Jun 25, 2015 · Patrick Macnee, the British-born actor best known as dapper secret agent John Steed in the 1960s TV series The Avengers, died Thursday, his family confirmed.
Jun 26, 2015 · Patrick Macnee, who wielded a lethal umbrella and sharp repartee as the dapper secret agent John Steed on the 1960s television series “ The Avengers,” died on Thursday at his home in Rancho...
The Avengers: Created by Sydney Newman. With Patrick Macnee, Diana Rigg, Honor Blackman, Linda Thorson. A quirky spy show of the adventures of eccentrically suave British Agent John Steed and his predominantly female partners.
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Best known by the public for his starring role as Secret Agent John Steed on The Avengers (1961). Was expelled from Eton for bookmaking. He was born, the elder of two brothers, to a wealthy and extraordinarily eccentric English-Scottish family.
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Jun 26, 2015 · Patrick MacNee, who played John Steed and Honor Blackman who played Catherine Gale, in the television show The Avengers (AP)