R.I.P. Number Six - Patrick McGoohan 1928-2009

Great British actor who all Iron Maiden fans will recognize as the voice behind "I AM NOT A NUMBER, I AM A FREE MAN!"

What was the name of the British show that lline came from?

The Prisoner

Here's the AP story:

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Patrick McGoohan, an Emmy-winning actor who
created and starred in the cult classic television show "The Prisoner,"
has died. He was 80.McGoohan died Tuesday in Los Angeles after a short illness, his son-in-law, film producer Cleve Landsberg, said Wednesday.McGoohan
won two Emmys for his work on the Peter Falk detective drama "Columbo,"
and more recently appeared as King Edward Longshanks in the 1995 Mel
Gibson film "Braveheart."But he was best known as the title
character Number Six in "The Prisoner," a surreal 1960s British series
in which a former spy is held captive in a small village and constantly
tries to escape.

I absolutely loved Patrick McGoohan in "Silver Streak". The scene with Jill Clayburgh, Gene Wilder, and Richard Pryor is classic, when Richard state, "You don't know me well enough to call me that, I'll slap the white off your ass". (all the while holding a gun).

My favorite role of his was the prison warden in Escape From Alcatraz.

RIP.

R.I.P.

Rest In Peace.