Patrick Macnee

Career timeline

1. 1922 · Born

   Born in Paddington, London, England, UK

2. 1947 · Screen debut

   Kraft Television Theatre (TV)

3. 1971 · Breakthrough

   Columbo (TV)

4. 1999 · Latest release

   Family Law (TV)

5. 2015 · Died

   June 25, 2015

Career in numbers

3 1940s

18 1950s

4 1960s

14 1970s

17 1980s

11 1990s

• Drama43
• Crime14
• Action & Adventure13
• Mystery12
• Comedy11
• Sci-Fi & Fantasy7

Highest-rated title The Twilight Zone 1959 8.5 Most popular title Columbo 1971 8.1

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Patrick Macnee in our catalogue.

Stuart Margolin

5 titles together

Stuart Rosenberg

4 titles together

Dennis Dugan

3 titles together

Norman Lloyd

3 titles together

Hal Linden

2 titles together

Clare Carey

2 titles together

Ray Danton

2 titles together

Aaron Spelling

2 titles together

Abner Biberman

2 titles together

Robert Stevenson

2 titles together

1. 1999 Family Law as Sir Thomas Matthews TV
2. 1998 The Avengers as Invisible Jones (voice) 4.4 Movie
3. 1997 Night Man as Dr. Walton TV
4. 1994 Thunder in Paradise as Edward Whitaker 6.4 TV
5. 1993 Diagnosis: Murder as John Garrison 7.1 TV
6. 1993 Frasier as Cecil Hedley 7.7 TV
7. 1993 Kung Fu: The Legend Continues as Steadman 6.6 TV
8. 1992 Vicki! as Self TV
9. 1992 Jack's Place TV
10. 1990 Super Force as E.B. Hungerford (voice) TV
11. 1990 Dream On as Elliot Sterns 6.9 TV
12. 1989 Around the World in 80 Days as Ralph Gautier 6.8 TV
13. 1989 Coach as Mr. Thind 6.7 TV
14. 1989 Chill Factor as Carl Lawton Movie
15. 1988 Murphy's Law TV
16. 1988 War of the Worlds as Valery Kedrov 6.5 TV
17. 1988 Waxwork as Sir Wilfred 6.2 Movie
18. 1986 Blacke's Magic TV
19. 1985 The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Thaddeus 7.2 TV
20. 1985 A View to a Kill as Tibbett 6.3 Movie
21. 1985 The Ray Bradbury Theater as Stendahl 7.0 TV
22. 1984 Murder, She Wrote as Oliver Trumbull 7.5 TV
23. 1984 This Is Spinal Tap as Sir Denis Eton-Hogg 7.4 Movie
24. 1984 Empire as Calvin Cromwell TV
25. 1983 Automan as Lydell Hamilton 7.9 TV
26. 1982 Hotel as Edmund Bradshaw 6.7 TV
27. 1981 The Howling as Dr. George Waggner 6.6 Movie
28. 1980 Magnum, P.I. as David Worth / Chee / Chinese Doctor 7.3 TV
29. 1979 The Littlest Hobo as Elmer TV
30. 1979 Hart to Hart as Matthew Grade 6.9 TV
31. 1979 $weepstake$ as Rodney TV
32. 1979 Dick Turpin as Lord James Melford TV
33. 1978 Battlestar Galactica as Imperious Leader (voice) 6.9 Movie
34. 1978 Vega$ 7.0 TV
35. 1978 Battlestar Galactica as Opening Credit Announcer / Imperious Leader (voice) (uncredited) 7.1 TV
36. 1977 The Love Boat as David Blake 6.3 TV
37. 1977 The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries 7.1 TV
38. 1976 The New Avengers as John Steed 7.2 TV
39. 1975 Khan! as Graham TV
40. 1973 Orson Welles' Great Mysteries as Charles Foster TV
41. 1971 Columbo as Captain Gibbon 8.1 TV
42. 1971 Alias Smith and Jones 6.9 TV
43. 1966 NET Playhouse as Algernon Moncrieff TV
44. 1965 Die Rudi Carrell Show TV
45. 1962 The Virginian as Connor 6.5 TV
46. 1961 The Avengers as John Steed 7.8 TV
47. 1959 Adventures in Paradise as Colonel O'Neill TV
48. 1959 The Twilight Zone as First Officer McLeod 8.5 TV
49. 1959 Whicker's World TV
50. 1959 One Step Beyond as Eric Farley TV
51. 1959 Black Saddle as Michael Kent TV
52. 1959 Rawhide 7.3 TV
53. 1957 Alcoa Theatre as Sergeant Shaw TV
54. 1957 Suspicion as Captain John Biersdorf TV
55. 1956 The Battle of the River Plate as Lieutenant Commander Medley, R.N. 6.4 Movie
56. 1955 Matinee Theater TV
57. 1955 First Performance as Julian Shaw TV
58. 1955 Playwrights '56 TV
59. 1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Sgt. John Theron 7.8 TV
60. 1955 Folio as Macduff TV
61. 1954 On Camera as poet Brother Sebastien TV
62. 1953 General Electric Theater as Gilbert Burns TV
63. 1951 Scrooge as Young Jacob Marley 7.4 Movie
64. 1950 Sunday Night Theatre as Rolf Hornblower TV
65. 1948 Hamlet as Extra (uncredited) 7.4 Movie
66. 1948 Studio One as Bill Cheever TV
67. 1947 Kraft Television Theatre as Reginald Urquart TV

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