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Patrick Macnee. Daniel Patrick Macnee (6 February 1922 - 25 June 2015) was an English-American actor, best known for his breakthrough role as secret agent John Steed in the television series The Avengers (1961-1969). Starting out as the assistant to David Keel ( Ian Hendry ), he became the lead when Hendry left after the first series, and. Actor Patrick Macnee, star of The Avengers TV series, has died in California at the age of 93.. In a 2014 interview with The Lady magazine, Macnee said he believed The Avengers was a success.

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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. Diana Rigg and Patrick Macnee star as Emma Peel and John Steed in The Avengers, 1966. Photograph: Terry O'Neill/Getty Images.. In 2014, on the Edinburgh festival fringe,. Thu 25 Jun 2015 16.01 EDT. Last modified on Tue 19 Dec 2017 16.23 EST. Despite a long and diverse career in the theatre and cinema, Patrick Macnee, who has died aged 93, will be remembered as John. 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. Shortly after graduating from Eton (from which he was.

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Co-stars of The Avengers actor Patrick Macnee have been paying tribute following his death at the 93.. In a 2014 interview with The Lady magazine, Macnee said he believed The Avengers was a. First published on Thu 25 Jun 2015 15.23 EDT. Patrick Macnee, the actor best known for playing John Steed in the 1960s television series The Avengers, has died at the age of 93. His family were at. Patrick Macnee, who has died aged 93, was cast to perfection as the imperturbable secret agent John Steed in the 1960s television series The Avengers. The programme began as unremarkable detective. Daniel Patrick Macnee, actor: born London 6 February 1922; married 1942 Barbara Douglas (divorced 1956; two children), 1965 Catherine Woodville (divorced 1969), 1988 Baba Sekely (died 2007); died.

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June 25, 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. Urbane, witty, debonair: Patrick Macnee as John Steed. Later, so the legend goes, she returned to England, got a PhD in anthropology and had a job as curator in a London museum. A chance meeting. Patrick Macnee in 'The Avengers' Series 4 ( Image: Films/REX Shutterstock) In a 2014 interview, Patrick said the television show - which he starred in for nearly a decade - was so successful. Patrick Macnee, 93, the dapper star of the classic 1960s TV series "The Avengers," died Thursday at his home in Rancho Mirage of natural causes, according to his son, Rupert. Imported to the.

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Thursday 25 June 2015, 8:33pm. Joanna Lumley (left) with Patrick Macnee and Gareth Hunt in 1995 Credit: PA Wire. Best known for his role as the quintessentially English and slightly mysterious. The actor best known for playing John Steed in The Avengers, died at his home in California on Thursday, aged 93. Sir Roger Moore said he had "happy memories" of working with him, saying he was "a.