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Patrick Joseph McGoohan (/ m ə ˈ ɡ uː. ə n /; March 19, 1928 – January 13, 2009) was an Irish-American actor of film, television, and theatre. Born in New York City to Irish parents, he was raised in Ireland and England.
The award was first presented at the 27th Primetime Emmy Awards on May 19, 1975, to Patrick McGoohan for his performance on Columbo: By Dawn's Early Light. It has undergone several name changes, originally honoring leading and supporting actors in single appearances on drama and comedy series through 1978.
Before Peter Falk was cast in the role of Columbo, Bert Freed played the character in "Enough Rope", a 1960 episode of The Chevy Mystery Show, a TV anthology series.In 1962, that episode became a stage play titled Prescription: Murder, which starred Thomas Mitchell as Columbo, Joseph Cotten and Agnes Moorehead as Roy and Claire Flemming, and Patricia Medina as Flemming's mistress.
Patrick McGoohan: Columbo: Col. Lyle C. Rumford "By Dawn's Early Light" NBC: Lew Ayres: Kung Fu: Beaumont "The Vanishing Image" ABC: Harold Gould: Police Story: Andrea Basic "Fathers and Sons" NBC: Harry Morgan: M*A*S*H: Maj. Gen. Bartford Hamilton Steele "The General Flipped at Dawn" CBS: 1976: Outstanding Lead Actor for a Single Appearance in ...
Oscar Finch (Patrick McGoohan) is a lawyer who uses underhanded methods to get his clients off, like coercing Paul Mackey (Denis Arndt), who worked for the D.A.'s office, into destroying evidence against racketeer Frank Staplin (Louis Zorich) in 1969.
Patrick McGoohan as Col. Lyle C. Rumford in Columbo (NBC): "By Dawn's Early Light" Lew Ayres as Beaumont in Kung Fu (ABC): "The Vanishing Image" Harold Gould as Andrea Basic in Police Story (NBC): "Fathers and Sons" Harry Morgan as Bartford Hamilton Steele in M*A*S*H (CBS): "The General Flipped at Dawn"
As Columbo said when confronting Prince, "Perhaps you can explain how a piece of Mr. Houston's 50-year-old war record ended up in the urn of a leisurewear importer." Sally Kellerman plays the dead man's widow, Liz Houston, and Catherine McGoohan, the real-life daughter of Patrick McGoohan, plays Rita, Prince's assistant.
In the Columbo episode "Identity Crisis" (1975), Patrick McGoohan plays a C.I.A. operator who uses the "be seeing you" phrase a number of times. Early in the episode, he wears a dark jacket with white piping, similar to the jacket he wore as Number Six. (McGoohan also directed the episode.)