Patrick Macnee
Actor
Daniel Patrick Macnee was a film and television actor. He was best known for his role as the secret agent John Steed in the British television series The Avengers.
While working in London on the Churchill series, Macnee was offered the part in The Avengers (1961−69), (originally intended to be known as Jonathan Steed), for which he became best known. The series was originally conceived as a vehicle for Ian Hendry, who played the lead role of Dr. David Keel in a sequel to an earlier series, Police Surgeon (1960), while John Steed was his assistant. Macnee, though, became the lead after Hendry's departure at the end of the first season. Macnee played opposite a succession of glamorous female partners; Honor Blackman, Diana Rigg, and Linda Thorson. Of the 161 completed episodes, Macnee appeared in all but two.
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MoreDaniel Patrick Macnee was a film and television actor. He was best known for his role as the secret agent John Steed in the British television series The Avengers.
While working in London on the Churchill series, Macnee was offered the part in The Avengers (1961−69), (originally intended to be known as Jonathan Steed), for which he became best known. The series was originally conceived as a vehicle for Ian Hendry, who played the lead role of Dr. David Keel in a sequel to an earlier series, Police Surgeon (1960), while John Steed was his assistant. Macnee, though, became the lead after Hendry's departure at the end of the first season. Macnee played opposite a succession of glamorous female partners; Honor Blackman, Diana Rigg, and Linda Thorson. Of the 161 completed episodes, Macnee appeared in all but two.
Macnee's other significant roles included playing Sir Godfrey Tibbett opposite Roger Moore in the James Bond film A View to a Kill (1985), as Major Crossley in The Sea Wolves (again with Moore), guest roles in Encounter, Alias Smith and Jones (for Glen Larson), Hart to Hart, Murder, She Wrote, and The Love Boat. Although his best known part was heroic, many of his television appearances were as villains; among them were his roles of both the demonic Count Iblis and his provision of the character voice of the Cylons' Imperious Leader in Battlestar Galactica, also for Glen Larson, for which he also supplied the show's introductory voiceover. He also presented the American paranormal series Mysteries, Magic and Miracles. Macnee appeared on Broadway as the star of Anthony Shaffer's mystery Sleuth in 1972-73. He subsequently headlined the national tour of that play.
Macnee reunited with Diana Rigg in her short-lived NBC sitcom, Diana (1973) in a single episode. Other television appearances include a guest appearance on Columbo in the episode "Troubled Waters" (1975); and playing Major Vickers in For the Term of His Natural Life (1983). He had recurring roles in the crime series Gavilan with Robert Urich and in the short-lived satire on big business, Empire (1984), as Dr. Calvin Cromwell. Macnee also narrated the documentary Ian Fleming: 007's Creator (2000).
Subject ID: 40866
Subject ID: 40866
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<p>James Bond Film Car - 'A View to a Kill'.</p>
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- Type: Model Cars
- Brand: Eaglemoss Collections , Universal Hobbies
- Series: James Bond Car Collection
- Scale: 1/43
- Production Status: Regional
- Reference #: 37
- Related Subjects: Albert R. Broccoli , A View to a Kill , Chevrolet , Christopher Walken , Desmond Llewelyn , Eon Productions , Grace Jones , Ian Fleming , James Bond , James Bond , M , Max Zorin , May Day , Miss Moneypenny , Patrick Macnee , Pola Ivanova , Q , Roger Moore
James Bond Film Car - 'A View to a Kill'.
- Brand: Eaglemoss Collections , Universal Hobbies
- Series: James Bond Car Collection
- Scale: 1/43
- Production Status: Regional
- Reference #: 37
- Related Subjects: Albert R. Broccoli , A View to a Kill , Chevrolet , Christopher Walken , Desmond Llewelyn , Eon Productions , Grace Jones , Ian Fleming , James Bond , James Bond , M , Max Zorin , May Day , Miss Moneypenny , Patrick Macnee , Pola Ivanova , Q , Roger Moore
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<p>There are four main editions. The normal model is metallic blue with a black interior and has a PUT A TIGER IN YOUR TANK transfer on the boot panel (an advert for Esso petrol at the time). It was issued with a driver in white with a blue racing hat.</p>
<p>It was also issued in white without a transfer as Mrs Peel's car in The Avengers Gift Set 40.</p>
<p>Some white models found their way into boxes, getting transfers applied en route. these are quite scarce.</p>
<p>Green #8 - Issued with Gift Set 37 and unlikely to be found in individual boxes, this is an oddity in that it retains the Catalogue number #318 but is quite different in having a detachable chassis similar to all the #319 hard top coupé models. This edition also has no suspension.</p>
<p>Some late white or metallic blue 318 models were produced with cast wheels and there are two types of removable chassis for the Gift Set version. I believe that you will only normally find the green edition with the small wheel chassis but it is conceivable that a collector may have swapped this in the past for a larger wheel version which has cast wheels.</p>
<p>Normal blue model was reproduced by the Corgi Model Club.</p>
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- Type: Model Cars
- Brand: Corgi Toys
- Series: Corgi Toys 1956-1984 , The Avengers
- Scale: 1/43
- Reference #: GS40, 318
- Released: 1965 null BC/BCE
- Discontinued: 1969 null BC/BCE
- Related Subjects: Diana Rigg , Emma Peel , John Steed , Lotus , Patrick Macnee
There are four main editions. The normal model is metallic blue with a black interior and has a PUT A TIGER IN YOUR TANK transfer on the boot panel (an advert for Esso petrol at the time). It was issued with a driver in white with a blue racing hat.
It was also issued in white without a transfer as Mrs Peel's car in The Avengers Gift Set 40.
Some white models found their way into boxes, getting transfers applied en route. these are quite scarce.
Green #8 - Issued with Gift Set 37 and unlikely to be found in individual boxes, this is an oddity in that it retains the Catalogue number #318 but is quite different in having a detachable chassis similar to all the #319 hard top coupé models. This edition also has no suspension.
Some late white or metallic blue 318 models were produced with cast wheels and there are two types of removable chassis for the Gift Set version. I believe that you will only normally find the green edition with the small wheel chassis but it is conceivable that a collector may have swapped this in the past for a larger wheel version which has cast wheels.
Normal blue model was reproduced by the Corgi Model Club.
- Brand: Corgi Toys
- Series: Corgi Toys 1956-1984 , The Avengers
- Scale: 1/43
- Reference #: GS40, 318
- Released: 1965 null BC/BCE
- Discontinued: 1969 null BC/BCE
- Related Subjects: Diana Rigg , Emma Peel , John Steed , Lotus , Patrick Macnee
