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Patrick Macnee
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Actor Born: February 6, 1922 in London, England, UK Biography:British actor "Patrick Macnee" barely had time to earn his Eton school tie when he began training for his career on a scholarship to the Webber Douglas School of Dramatic Art. While serving with the Royal Navy during World War II, Macnee made his first film appearance with a small role in "The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp" (43). He continued essaying such featured roles as Young Marley in the 1951 Christmas Carol before coming to Broadway with the Old Vic troupe in 1954. He decided to stay in Hollywood a while, appearing in several TV shows and such films as "Les Girls" (57). He would later describe most of his roles during this period as "villainy in a tri-corner hat." In 1960, Macnee traded his period duds for a bowler and three-piece suit when he began his long run as sophisticated secret agent John Steed on the British TV series "The Avengers" (incidentally, the murder that Macnee was "avenging"... Full Biography
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