Not a Number: Patrick McGoohan – a Life by Rupert Booth PDF

By Rupert Booth

whilst Patrick McGoohan first starred in Danger Man in 1960 and as ‘Number 6’ in cult exhibit The Prisoner, insiders hailed the arriving of an enigmatic genius and Hollywood beckoned. yet who used to be this guy who labored as a chook farmer and financial institution clerk ahead of turning into a highly winning actor just by chance?
In this updated biography Rupert sales space finds the real personality of a guy whose off-screen behaviour matched his fiery on-screen personality. Why was once he so puritanical, refusing to even kiss a lady for any half he performed? Why was once he so controlling over his paintings in The Prisoner and different productions?
A well timed exploration of the fellow whose assertion ‘I aren't driven, filed, stamped, listed, briefed, de-briefed or numbered!’ keeps to resonate with audiences many years after it was once first uttered with such conviction.

‘Many humans have attempted to arrive a end in regards to the type of person who Patrick McGoohan fairly was once. For the 1st time, Rupert sales space could have came across the answer.’
―Rick Davy, The Unmutual Prisoner website

‘…at final an in-depth exploration of a arguable personality who can educate us all to assert “no” at a time after we desire to…’
Dazed and Confused

—Book comprises unique interviews and black and white photographs—

RUPERT sales space is a London-based actor and author who co-owns the creation corporation Wildeyes television. In 2004, he co-wrote the 1st in a chain of significantly acclaimed Prisoner spin-off novels for Powys Media and he has been keen on Patrick McGoohan seeing that he first observed the series.

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