Daniel Patrick Macnee (6 February 1922 – 25 June 2015) was an English film and television actor.
The show was a major breakthrough for Macnee and led to his roles in many films including A View to a Kill and This Is Spinal Tap as well as continuing to appear in both Britain and US Television shows up until 2001. ==Early life and career== The elder of two sons, Macnee was born in Paddington, London, England, on 6 February 1922; to Daniel Macnee (1878–1952) and Dorothea Mabel Macnee (née Henry) (1896–1984).
He was educated at Summer Fields School and Eton College, where he was a member of the Officer Training Corps and was one of the guard of honour for King George V at St George's Chapel in 1936.
He joined as an ordinary seaman in October 1942 and was commissioned a sub-lieutenant in June 1943, becoming a navigator on Motor Torpedo Boats in the English Channel and North Sea.
Watson on screen. ==Personal life== Macnee married his first wife Barbara Douglas (1921–2012) in 1942.
He joined as an ordinary seaman in October 1942 and was commissioned a sub-lieutenant in June 1943, becoming a navigator on Motor Torpedo Boats in the English Channel and North Sea.
Between these occasional movie roles, Macnee spent the better part of the 1950s working in dozens of small parts in American and Canadian television and theatre, including an appearance in an episode of The Twilight Zone in 1959 ("Judgment Night").
After they were divorced in 1956, his second marriage (1965–1969) was to actress Katherine Woodville.
Between these occasional movie roles, Macnee spent the better part of the 1950s working in dozens of small parts in American and Canadian television and theatre, including an appearance in an episode of The Twilight Zone in 1959 ("Judgment Night").
Macnee became a United States citizen in 1959.
An actress who is only now realising her immense potential." Macnee co-wrote two original novels based upon The Avengers during the 1960s, titled Dead Duck and Deadline.
In 1961 he landed the role of secret agent John Steed in the British television series The Avengers.
The show was a success running for eight seasons from 1961 to 1969 and was revived in 1976 as The New Avengers.
The show was a success running for eight seasons from 1961 to 1969 and was revived in 1976 as The New Avengers.
Macnee appeared on Broadway as the star of Anthony Shaffer's mystery Sleuth in 1972–73.
From 1973 to 1991, Macnee owned a home in the Deep Well neighborhood of Palm Springs, California.
The show was a success running for eight seasons from 1961 to 1969 and was revived in 1976 as The New Avengers.
It lasted from 1988 until her death in 2007.
Macnee appeared in two episodes of the series The Legend Continues (1993–94) and was a retired agent in a handful of instalments of Spy Game (1997–98). Macnee made numerous TV commercials including one around 1990 for Swiss Chalet, the Canadian restaurant chain, and a year or so before, a commercial for the Sterling Motor Car Company.
In 1990, his recording with his Avengers co-star Honor Blackman, called "Kinky Boots" (1964), reached the UK Singles Chart after being played on Simon Mayo's BBC Radio One breakfast show. ===Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson=== Macnee appeared in Magnum, P.I.
From 1973 to 1991, Macnee owned a home in the Deep Well neighborhood of Palm Springs, California.
I'm convinced that one day she'll be Dame Diana" (his prediction came true in 1994).
He played Holmes in another TV film The Hound of London (1993), along with the 1996 TV film Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Temporal Nexus.
The show was a major breakthrough for Macnee and led to his roles in many films including A View to a Kill and This Is Spinal Tap as well as continuing to appear in both Britain and US Television shows up until 2001. ==Early life and career== The elder of two sons, Macnee was born in Paddington, London, England, on 6 February 1922; to Daniel Macnee (1878–1952) and Dorothea Mabel Macnee (née Henry) (1896–1984).
It lasted from 1988 until her death in 2007.
Daniel Patrick Macnee (6 February 1922 – 25 June 2015) was an English film and television actor.
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