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Posted by David Ollerearnshaw (Member # 3296) on June 25, 2015, 03:09 PM:

Yet another one leaves us. The Avengers was Steed.

Born: Daniel Patrick Macnee
February 6, 1922 in London, England, UK
Died: June 25, 2015 (age 93) in Rancho Mirage, California, USA

Posted by Mathew James (Member # 4581) on June 25, 2015, 03:25 PM:

Neat Fact:
He was the voice(not body) of the Imperious Leader on BattleStar Galactica 1978 Series!!!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperious_Leader

Posted by Dominique De Bast (Member # 3798) on June 25, 2015, 05:27 PM:

Another sad lost. The Avengers is one of my favourites. Btw, I didn't know he was living in the US.

Posted by Roy Neil (Member # 913) on June 25, 2015, 09:02 PM:

If anyone were to ask me which actor had the largest effect on my life, that answer would be Patrick Macnee

Words cant adequately describe how much I admire his Style and Class .. ever since I first saw him on television playing John Steed in glorious B/W at the ripe old age of 4 years old ... and yes Emma was the first woman to steal my heart

Patrick Macnee, Robert Culp, Jimmy Doohan - I miss them all and they all made my life a MUCH better place

( and yes you can thank Scotty for all of my mechanical inclination, and therefore Film-O-Clean would not exist had he not )

Posted by Ross Gibbs (Member # 2967) on June 26, 2015, 01:42 AM:

RIP Steed.

Posted by David Skillern (Member # 607) on June 26, 2015, 02:12 AM:

Sad news indeed,

I have all 3 of the 3x400ft that Derann released of the Avengers episodes - I will screen them over the weekend as a tribute - he always came across as a true gentleman.

David

Posted by Barry Attwood (Member # 100) on June 26, 2015, 04:37 AM:

I think he had one of the most distinctive voices on British television, as well as being a very underrated actor, another stalwart of British TV sadly gone, but not forgotten.

Posted by Mal Brake (Member # 14) on June 27, 2015, 04:47 PM:

One of the Sky channels was running numerous episodes of The Avengers today. One of Steed's foes was Christopher Lee [Frown]

Posted by Paul Mason (Member # 4015) on June 30, 2015, 03:40 AM:

Sad to miss this news until today. Always an enjoyable actor and a great one on occasion. He held the New Avengers together even when the scripts increasingly let him down. We salute you Patrick.

Posted by Robert Tucker (Member # 386) on July 01, 2015, 03:44 PM:

I was fortunately enough to see him some time ago as i found some 35mm outtakes (film rushes) that have not been seen in 44 years.

I think this is included on one of the recently released DVDs of the Avengers with Emma Peel. Some funny moments too.

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