Born February 6, 1922, in England, son of racehorse trainer, Daniel "Shrimp" Macnee. Now lives in Southern California. Educated at Summer Fields & Eton. Married and divorced twice. Two children from first marriage: Rupert, a TV producer and Jenny, mother of his grandson, Christopher, born 1988. Married third wife, Baba Sekely, February 1988. Autobiography, "Blind in One Ear," published in U.K., France, Australia, Canada & USA, 1988-92 and memoir, "The Avengers and Me," 1998, Titan Books, England, and TV Books, US.
1940: Scholarship to Webber Douglas Drama School, London
1941: Little Women, Play
1942: Entered films as extra in The Life and Death Colonel Blimp
1942-46: Entered Royal Navy, Returned to stage and films in1946
1948: Hamlet, The Fatal Night, The Small Back Room, films [comments]
1949: All Over the Town, film. Macbeth, television.
1950: Dick Barton at Bay, The Elusive Pimpernel (aka The Fighting Pimpernel), The Girl is Mine, films [comments]
1951: Flesh & Blood, A Christmas Carol, film [comments]
1953: Othello, television.
1954: Three Cases of Murder, film
1956: The Battle of the River Plate (aka Pursuit of the Graf Spee), film. A Night to Remember, The Veil, The Importance of Being Ernest, television.
1952-59: Commuted between UK, America and Canada, where he helped to pioneer Canadian TV, starring in over 30 TV plays. Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Black Saddle, The Twilight Zone, The Virginian, TV.
1954: Edinburgh & US tour with Old Vic production of A Midsummer Night's Dream.
1957-59: In Hollywood- Les Girls, Until they Sail, Mission of Danger, Destination Nightmare, Jane Eyre , films. [comments] TV credits include 3 Playhouse 90's, 3 Alfred Hitchcock Presents and over 50 TV appearances in Hollywood and New York [comments]
1960-69: Starred in The Avengers on British TV
1969-70: Incense For The Damned, (aka Bloodsuckers), film, Mr. Jerico, TV movie, Night Gallery, TV, The Secretary Bird, play - toured Australia and NZ
1971: Alias Smith and Jones, TV
1972-73: Sleuth, play, 16 months on Broadway and US tour
1973-75: The Secretary Bird, play in Canada
1973: Absurd Person Singular, play, US tour 1973-75: US and British TV includes episodes of Diana, Great Mysteries, Dial M for Murder, Thriller, Columbo: Troubled Waters, Khan, and Caribe.
1975: Made in Heaven, play, Chichester Festival Theater, England
1975: Matt Helm, TV
1976-77: Starred in The New Avengers, for British TV (available in the UK in PAL format)
1976: King Solomon's Treasure, Sherlock Holmes in New York, films & TV
1977: Dead of Night, The Hardy Boy Mysteries, film/TV
1978: Evening in Byzantium, film/TV
1979: Billion Dollar Threat, Battlestar Galactica, Stunt Seven (aka Steel Glory), The Littlest Hobo, $weepstakes films & TV
1970-80: The Grass is Greener, play on tours in England, Middle East & Canada
1980: The Sea Wolves, Dick Turpin's Greatest Adventure, The Howling, films. Magnum P. I., TV series.
1981: The Hot Touch, Sweet Sixteen, The Creature Wasn’t Nice, (aka Spaceship aka Naked Space), films
1981-82: For The Term Of His Natural Life, Australian mini-series
1982: Rehearsal For Murder, US TV movie, The Return Of The Man From U.N.C.L.E., TV movie, Young Doctors In Love, film House Guest, play, Australian tour, Gavilan, US TV series
1983: 1st Class, TV travel series, episodes filmed in India and Thailand This Is Spinal Tap, film, Automan, (TVM), TV Vintage Quiz, UK TV series, Empire, comedy series, CBS, Don Juan In Hell, public play readings in Dallas, Texas
1984: Episodes of: Hart to Hart, Murder She Wrote, The Love Boat, US TV series, Ultra Quiz, British TV, Subject of This Is Your Life,( Thames), James Bond's A View To A Kill, Shadey, films, Sleuth, play in Florida
1985: Lime Street, US TV series, episodes of Hotel and Murder She Wrote, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, US TV series, series host (video) on Tales From The Dark Side
1986: Club Med, US TV movie, episodes of Mary (with Mary Tyler Moore), and Blacke's Magic, US TV, judge on Miss Universe Pageant,TV, (filmed in Panama)
1986-87: Starring role in Killing Jessica, Play in West End, London
1987: Patrick Macnee Presents Sherlock Holmes, (intros for the Ronald Howard TV series), Where There's A Will, UK TV, Transformations, film
1987-88: Sleuth, play in Toronto, Canada
1988: The Chill Factor, Lobster Man From Mars, Waxwork, films Around The World In 80 Days, TV mini-series, episodes of The War Of The Worlds, TV, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, new TV series, Murphy's Law, TV, Commercials for IBM, Amplex, (UK), Swiss Chalet, (Canada), Federal Aviation Administration, Sterling Car commercials. (USA) Memoir "Blind in One Ear" published.
1989: The Masque Of The Red Death, The Eye Of The Widow, Scared Silly, films, Sorry, Wrong Number, The Return of Sam McCloud, Dick Francis Stories: Blood Sport, Twice Shy (series), TV, Blankety-Blank, (game show, BBC-TV. Haunted Hollywood, US TV special
1990: Episode of The Ray Bradbury Theater, US TV, Superforce, TV, The Golden Years Of Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock Homes and the Leading Lady, Sherlock Homes and the Incident at Victoria Falls (aka Star of Africa) mini-series, TV, Christmas with the Stars, TV special
1991: Waxwork 2: Lost In Time, film, The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw and Sherlock Holmes: The Hounds Of London, TV movies, P.S. I Luv U, TV series, French Wine Documentary, Audio Tapes of Ellery Queen, Jack Higgins bestsellers Peter Mayle's Toujours Provence and various children's stories
1992: US TV Episodes of Dream On, Coach, Jack's Place Bible readings for CD
1993: Thunder In Paradise, TV movie pilot and 26 episodes with Hulk Hogan, US TV, two episodes of Kung Fu: The Legend Continues, US TV, Coach, ABC-TV
1995: Mysteries, Magic & Miracles, 52 episodes, weekly on Sci-Fi, (1994-1995)
1997: Night Man, Syndicated TV, Spy Game, ABC-TV, Diagnosis Murder, CBS-TV
1998: A&E releases digitally mastered episodes of "The Avengers". Memoir "The Avengers and Me" (with Dave Rogers) published. "The Avenger Movie" released, "invisible" cameo.
1999: Nancherrow, British TV, Spies On Spies, AMC TV, Horatio Hornblower Short Stories, audio books, Newstar, Day Of Reckoning, by Jack Higgins, Putnam Berkeley Audio tape (bestseller)
2001: Family Law, CBS TV. "Making of … the James Bond films" (narrator), Video/DVD series
