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Danger Man (UK)
TV Series (1960 - 1968)
Each government has its Secret Service. The United States has the CIA, France has the Deuxieme Bureau, England MI5. NATO too has its Secret Service. A dirty job to be done? That's usually when they call on me. Or someone like me. Oh yes, my name is Drake, John Drake." Drake was a special operative, specializing in security assignments against any subversive element that threatened world peace.
Series Info
Type:
Scripted
Premiered:
Sep. 11, 1960
Status:
Canceled/Ended
Runtime:
60 min.
Network
AKA:
Secret Agent
Character Guide
Series Fun Facts
- Based on his success as John Drake, Patrick McGoohan became one of the first actors considered for the role of James Bond in Dr. No. Between this series and the later "Danger Man" (1964), all…
[show]Based on his success as John Drake, Patrick McGoohan became one of the first actors considered for the role of James Bond in Dr. No. Between this series and the later "Danger Man" (1964), all the "regular" actors in the Bond movies - Bernard Lee, Lois Maxwell and Desmond Llewelyn- would guest star with McGoohan, as would many future Bond co-stars such as Honor Blackman and Zena Marshall to name just two.
[hide] - In this early series, the character of John Drake is clearly defined as being an American. When the character returned for the second "Danger Man" (1964) series, the character had become…
[show]In this early series, the character of John Drake is clearly defined as being an American. When the character returned for the second "Danger Man" (1964) series, the character had become either British or Irish (exactly which was never settled upon definitively).
[hide] - The first episode was filmed in the northern Wales village of Portmeirion. Patrick McGoohan would return here to film The Prisoner (UK).
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