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"Secret Agent Man" is a song written by P. F. Sloan and Steve Barri. [4] The most famous recording of the song was made by Johnny Rivers for the opening titles of the American broadcast of the British spy series Danger Man, which aired in the U.S. as Secret Agent from 1964 to 1966. [4]
Danger Man (retitled Secret Agent in the United States for the revived series, and Destination Danger and John Drake in other overseas markets) is a British television series that was broadcast between 1960 and 1962, and again between 1964 and 1968.
Many fans of The Prisoner believe that Number Six is really John Drake, the title character of McGoohan's prior series Danger Man. McGoohan always denied the theory; in a 1966 interview in The Los Angeles Times, he stated that "John Drake of Secret Agent [as Danger Man was known in the US] is gone." Furthermore, McGoohan stated in a 1985 ...
Edwin Thomas "Ted" Astley (12 April 1922 – 19 May 1998) was a British composer.His best known works are British television themes and scores, most notably the main themes for The Saint, Danger Man and The Baron.
In the first Danger Man series (1960–61), Drake speaks with a slightly exaggerated American accent (commonly referred to as a Mid-Atlantic accent), and is described as being an Irish American. In this series he's an operative working for a branch of NATO. In the second series (1964–66), Drake speaks with a less pronounced accent that is ...
Posing as Major Sullivan, Drake is sent to protect a new African government from election-time deceit and violence. Dodging an industrialist's predatory wife (Jill Melford), Drake discovers the real deceit, and his last-minute plot makes the election more honest than anyone else intended.
CHICAGO — Chicago police Officer Enrique Martínez and his partner responded to a block in the South Side’s East Chatham neighborhood on Monday evening for what eventually turned out to be a ...
During the height of Danger Man ' s fame in the 1960s, McGoohan was the highest-paid actor on British television. [1] McGoohan won the 1960 BAFTA Television Award for Best Actor for his work on Danger Man, and twice won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series, including its inaugural 1975 entry, for roles on Columbo.