Tuesday 6 January 2015

Patrick Mcgoohan

Patrick Mcgoohan.
d 2009.

The roaring twenties, gangster rule
Al Capone plays it cool.
Prohibition on a high
molls and gangsters, nothing dry.

In this Patrick’s mother gives birth
our hero graced the earth.
Nineteen twenty eight New York
no mention of a white stork.

Quickly back to Ireland then
unimpressed with gangster mayhem.
Seven years in the Emerald isle
then Sheffield a different living style.

World War Two and evacuation came
Loughborough in Leicester, life's game.
Ratcliffe College he excelled
boxing and maths were upheld.

Back to Sheffield as war subsides
chicken farmer, bank clerk, driving besides.
Then stage manager at Sheffield Rep. Theatre
thing getting a little better.

Spotted by Orson Wells as an actor
playing in Serious Charge a turning factor.
Signing a contract with Rank organisation
later becoming a cult sensation.

The Prisoner filmed in Wales
Portmeirion scenery excels
Opposed to authority of all kinds
pleasing revolutionary TV minds.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDsQlmctJOU


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