Patrick Macnee, original "Avenger" has passed away.
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93? Wow. That's a good, long run.
He had a fantastic voice and a charming on-screen presence.
He had a fantastic voice and a charming on-screen presence.
His voice is forever etched in my memory as The Imperious Leader of the amazing "Battlestar Galactica", not to mention the disturbing Count Iblis.
Great guest roles!
Great guest roles!
From "The Twilight Zone" over "The Avengers", BSG and "A View to a Kill" to the voice-over of the bonus features on the James Bond DVDs, he was always a pleasure.
Interesting, I could've sworn he already passed. I liked him in Avengers and elsewhere, he just seemed eminently likable.
Macnee also played young Jacob Marley in the 1951 version of A Christmas Carol with Alastair Sim.
An episode of The Avengers called "Too Many Christmas Trees" sort-of did a call-back to that movie, with its Dickensian atmosphere, as well as the casting of Mervyn Johns, who played Bob Cratchit.
An episode of The Avengers called "Too Many Christmas Trees" sort-of did a call-back to that movie, with its Dickensian atmosphere, as well as the casting of Mervyn Johns, who played Bob Cratchit.
I was too young for The Avengers; it never appeared on any of the four channels we had while I was growing up in rerun. My first exposure to him, which will always be quite memorable to me (though not this episode specifically, of course):
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Battlestar Galactica - Original Show Intro | NBC Classics
Opening narration by Patrick Macnee.
Great voice.
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Battlestar Galactica - Original Show Intro | NBC Classics
Opening narration by Patrick Macnee.
Great voice.
Was born three months before Christopher Lee, died 18 days after Lee, at age 11 appeared alongside Lee in a performance of "Henry V", played Dr. Watson to Christopher Lee's Sherlock Holmes in two films, back in the 60s Lee had a guest appearance on an episode of "The Avengers", and both men appeared in Moore-era Bond movies.
Their fate was alwas connected.
Their fate was alwas connected.
Roger Moore makes this point in his book ‘Last Man standing’ and the title is intentional
I went to see Jurassic World last night, came out feeling very upbeat then turned my phone on and saw the news.
as with Christopher Lee its hardly a shock given his age, but it still increasingly feels like more of the characters I grew up with are dying this year. I’m not sure anyone could truly do his gentleman spy justice (although the film was bad I thought Finnes wasn’t a terrible choice) I guess the closest would be Colin Firth in Kingsman, really though John Steed was a one off.
Awww. A good innings, but still a sad day. I watched The Interrogators, not only a great episode but it sees him face off against Chris Lee at the end.
