RIP Patrick Macnee of "The Avengers" (1 Viewer)

Peter Apruzzese · Jun 25, 2015

and many other films and television programs:

http://www.patrickmacnee.com/

Vahan_Nisanain · Jun 25, 2015

Macnee through the years on The Avengers

Macnee with his original co-star Ian Hendry (1961-1962)

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Macnee with Honor Blackman (1962-1964)

Macnee with Diana Rigg, easily the most famous paring (1965-1968)

Macnee with Linda Thorson (1968-1969)

Macnee with Joanna Lumley and Gareth Hunt (1976-1977)

davidHartzog · Jun 25, 2015

R.I.P. Patrick McNee. So long.

Tony Bensley · Jun 25, 2015

I also loved Patrick MacNee's portrayal of young Jacob Marley. May he Rest In Peace!

Sam Favate · Jun 25, 2015

He always struck me as a class act, and I enjoyed him in everything I ever saw (or heard) him in. And I'm sorry we've lost another of the great ones.

(His voice overs in the first Battlestar and the Bond documentaries remain among my favorites.)

Matt Hough · Jun 25, 2015

Yes, indeed, a wonderful actor, and a most familiar and comfortable presence on television for so many decades. He will be so very missed.

joshEH · Jun 25, 2015

died at age 93

"Thank God!" (drops dead like in The Howling)

R.I.P. This guy was in sooooo much stuff. Will prob do a viewing of Waxwork as tribute; been way too long since I rewatched that.

Reed Grele · Jun 25, 2015

I was just watching an episode of The Avengers last week in memory of Christopher Lee. And as I was watching, I thought to myself, how lucky we were to still have Patrick MacNee with us.

R.I.P. Good Sir.

SilverWook · Jun 25, 2015

Man, this is turning into a rough year for losing beloved genre icons.

Mark Mayes · Jun 25, 2015

He was a supremely nice man. I met him when I was the video buyer for Virgin Megastore Sunset, and persuaded him to do a signing. He did. It was one of our most successful ones! He was genuinely surprised by the turnout and humble.

PatW · Jun 25, 2015

I grew up watching him in the avengers. Rest in peace, sir.

SilverWook · Jun 25, 2015

I so identify him with John Steed, that when his character in A View To A Kill is eliminated, it was actually pretty upsetting the first time I saw it.

Oliver Ravencrest · Jun 25, 2015

RIP Mr. Macnee

I knew him best from the Avengers, Battlestar Galactica, A Christmas Carol and the Howling. i liked him in everything I've seen him in.

Will Krupp · Jun 25, 2015

I can't add anything more than RIP, sir

Steve Christou · Jun 25, 2015

More sad news.

The Avengers is a nostalgic favorite I still watch every couple of years or so. I bought the season 5 blu-ray a few months ago, fantastic quality.

R.I.P. John Steed.

JohnMor · Jun 25, 2015

So sad. A wonderful actor and a class act. Will be spinning some Avengers tonight in his honor. (Or, rather, honour.)

SAhmed · Jun 25, 2015

Damn - this is another downer but Patrick has left a really good body of work. Favorite without doubt is his John Stead - many wonderful memories of watching The Avengers.

RIP Patrick Macnee. Deepest condolences to his family and friends.

Regards

DaveHof2 · Jun 25, 2015

Reading about him today I was surprised by the fact that he spent the last 40 years of his life in Southern California. I probably read it somewhere before that, but his portrayal of Steed was so iconic it's hard to picture him surrounded by palm trees, and not spending his golden years in a flat in London or a manor house in Dorset. To me John Steed and Patrick Macnee will always be the quintessential English gentlemen.

Lou Sytsma · Jun 25, 2015

The original Avenger.

Hollywoodaholic · Jun 26, 2015

DaveHof2 said:
Reading about him today I was surprised by the fact that he spent the last 40 years of his life in Southern California. I probably read it somewhere before that, but his portrayal of Steed was so iconic it's hard to picture him surrounded by palm trees, and not spending his golden years in a flat in London or a manor house in Dorset. To me John Steed and Patrick Macnee will always be the quintessential English gentlemen.

I had just see him in an episode of The Virginian (season 8, 1970), which must have been right around the time he moved to Southern California. It was a hoot to see him play the rapscallion villain.

I was also very heartened to read that it was MacNee's insistence that he never use or carry a gun in The Avengers. How revolutionary for a 60s' show! His reasoning was he had witnessed too many friends blown away from guns in the war. But taking a stand like that and showing you can have a successful action show without gun violence makes me appreciate it even more. Thanks again, Patrick, for showing real class.

I recently got the Season 5 set in BD, so it's time to revisit this show with new appreciation.

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