| From the M.I.9 Files ... News From The Danger Man Set |
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Patrick McGoohan |
| Those spectacles which Patrick McGoohan sometimes wears to help him in his Danger Man characterisations have only plain glass in them… |
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In the new hour-long series, Secret Agent, Patrick McGoohan resumes the role of John Drake, a role he created in the popular half-hour series, Danger Man… |
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| Success Goes to McGoohan's Head - But Only Hats! |
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Sex ... and Patrick McGoohan |
| Those hats he is wearing in the Danger Man stories are becoming something of a trade mark. He dons a wide assortment of hats and caps, and admits that it all started for no particular reason… |
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One thing you won’t find in the Danger Man series is slap-happy sex on the part of its husky hero, John Drake, played by Patrick McGoohan. Pat McGoohan doesn’t believe television is the right medium for exploiting promiscuity… |
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| The Man Who Really Knows Him Introduces ... The Real McGoohan |
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Danger Man's Spy Kit |
| Danger Man star Patrick McGoohan is an elusive man to interview. Determined to keep his private life to himself, he baffles those who do succeed in persuading him to talk… |
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“It’s getting this way now,” Patrick McGoohan says, “that I look at the most every-day objects and find myself wondering if they could be adapted for a secret agent’s spy kit!”… |
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| Introducing Danger Man's Musical Director ... Ted Astley |
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He's a Real Life Danger Man |
| The Mersey sound has gained international fame because of the Beatles and other British pop groups. But another Merseyside musician has an equally deserved claim to attention. His name is Edwin Astley… |
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Every time a scriptwriter evolves some new thrill-a-minute hazard in the Danger Man series, he is providing Frank Maher with a face-to-face encounter with real-life danger… |
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| You Like Westerns? Maybe That's Why You Like Danger Man! |
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The Villainous Side of Patrick McGoohan! |
| “I was brought up on Westerns when I first went to the cinema, and I’ve loved Westerns ever since. I enjoy Western books too.” The spear was Patrick McGoohan, the steel-nerved John Drake of the popular Danger Man stories… |
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When an actor faces the movie cameras for five days a week, month in month out, you might think that he would be only too glad to get away from films when he has a break from work and during week-ends. But not Patrick McGoohan… |
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| There's Nothing Haphazard About Those Danger Man Fights |
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Danger Man Fan Mail |
| Since the day the first episode of Danger Man was filmed, Patrick McGoohan has had one fight after another, in all types of differing situations, in all of the stories. But not one fight has repeated itself… |
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Here are just a few excerpts from some of the Danger Man fan mail that came in regularly from all parts of the country. We’ve reproduced the letter from Mr Jay G. Hayes in its entirety because it express typical reactions of the Danger Man audience… |
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| Danger Man McGoohan Could Have Been Ace Stunt Double |
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| If Danger Man’s Patrick McGoohan hadn’t become an actor, he could have been one of the film world’s ace stunt doubles. The authority for this man who has to work with him on all his Danger Man fight scenes and stunts, a 6’2”, good-looking ex-paratrooper named Frank Maher… |
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