Portrait of Patrick Macnee

Acting

Patrick Macnee

Career

Active from 1946 to 2025, with a break from 2005 to 2024, busiest in 2000 with 15 main titles.

Leading roles
50
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score55/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Avengers
The Avengers
GoodWatch score83/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 80 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.7 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Patrick Macnee Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.9, average 5.4
  • Social Commentary
    3.4, average 4.9
  • Melancholy
    3.2, average 4.7
  • Pathos
    3.8, average 5.3

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Behind-the-Scenes 5
  • Nostalgic 4
  • Suspenseful 4
  • Classic Film 3
  • Historical Drama 3
  • Mystery 3
  • James Bond 3
  • Film History 3
  • Intrigue 3
  • Psychological Thriller 3
  • Pop Culture Icon 2
  • Educational 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

160
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

1 title
Short Sharp Shocks Volume 4
Short Sharp Shocks Volume 4 (2025)

as Tony (The Fatal Night)

2000s

19 titles · average score 72
Unlocking DaVinci's Code
Unlocking DaVinci's Code (2004)

as Narrator/Host

Ian Fleming: 007's Creator
Ian Fleming: 007's Creator (2000)

as Narrator / Self

Inside 'Moonraker'
Inside 'Moonraker' (2000)

as Narrator (voice)

Inside 'For Your Eyes Only'
Inside 'For Your Eyes Only' (2000)

as Narrator (voice)

Inside 'Diamonds Are Forever'
Inside 'Diamonds Are Forever' (2000)

as Narrator (voice)

The Bond Sound: The Music of 007
The Bond Sound: The Music of 007 (2000)

as Narrator

Inside 'From Russia with Love'
Inside 'From Russia with Love' (2000)

as Narrator (voice)

Silhouettes: The James Bond Titles
Silhouettes: The James Bond Titles (2000)

as Narrator (voice)

Inside 'Licence to Kill'
Inside 'Licence to Kill' (2000)

as Narrator (voice)

Inside 'The Living Daylights'
Inside 'The Living Daylights' (2000)

as Narrator (voice)

Inside 'The Spy Who Loved Me'
Inside 'The Spy Who Loved Me' (2000)

as Narrator (voice)

Inside 'The Man with the Golden Gun'
Inside 'The Man with the Golden Gun' (2000)

as Narrator

1990s

29 titles · average score 58
Inside 'Live and Let Die'
Inside 'Live and Let Die' (1999)

as Narrator

Nancherrow
Nancherrow (1999)
GoodWatch score 61

as Lord Awliscombe

The Avengers
The Avengers (1998)
GoodWatch score 21

as Invisible Jones (voice)

Behind the Scenes with 'Thunderball'
Behind the Scenes with 'Thunderball' (1995)

as Narrator (voice)

Behind the Scenes with 'Goldfinger'
Behind the Scenes with 'Goldfinger' (1995)
GoodWatch score 70

as Narrator (voice)

Thunder in Paradise
Thunder in Paradise (1994)
GoodWatch score 59

TV show · as Edward Whitaker

Frasier
Frasier (1993)
GoodWatch score 85

TV show · as Cecil Hedley

Diagnosis: Murder
Diagnosis: Murder (1993)
GoodWatch score 46

TV show · as John Garrison

The Hound of London
The Hound of London (1993)

as Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls
Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls (1992)
GoodWatch score 55

as Dr. John Watson

Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady
Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady (1991)
GoodWatch score 55

as Dr. Watson

Super Force
Super Force (1990)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show · as E.B. Hungerford (voice)

1980s

37 titles · average score 58
Masque of the Red Death
Masque of the Red Death (1989)
GoodWatch score 63

as Machiavel

Transformations
Transformations (1988)
GoodWatch score 34

as Father Christopher

Club Med
Club Med (1986)
GoodWatch score 40

as Gilbert Anthony Paige

A View to a Kill
A View to a Kill (1985)
GoodWatch score 47

as Tibbett

Shadey
Shadey (1985)
GoodWatch score 45

as Sir Cyril Landau

For the Term of His Natural Life
For the Term of His Natural Life (1983)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show · as Major Vickers

The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair
The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair (1983)
GoodWatch score 66

as Sir John Raleigh

Sweet Sixteen
Sweet Sixteen (1982)
GoodWatch score 39

as Dr. John Morgan

Gavilan
Gavilan (1982)

TV show · as Milo Bentley

Rehearsal for Murder
Rehearsal for Murder (1982)
GoodWatch score 65

as David Mathews

The Howling
The Howling (1981)
GoodWatch score 68

as Dr. George Waggner

The Sea Wolves
The Sea Wolves (1980)
GoodWatch score 54

as Major 'Yogi' Crossley

1970s

28 titles · average score 60
Dick Turpin
Dick Turpin (1979)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Lord James Melford

Hart to Hart
Hart to Hart (1979)
GoodWatch score 60

TV show · as Matthew Grade

King Solomon's Treasure
King Solomon's Treasure (1979)
GoodWatch score 44

as Captain Good R.N.

School, Girls, and You!
School, Girls, and You! (1978)

as Dr. Edward Bloom

Evening in Byzantium
Evening in Byzantium (1978)

TV show · as Ian Waldeigh

The Love Boat
The Love Boat (1977)
GoodWatch score 53

TV show · as David Blake

The New Avengers
The New Avengers (1976)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show · as John Steed

Sherlock Holmes in New York
Sherlock Holmes in New York (1976)
GoodWatch score 54

as Dr. John Watson

The Woman I Love
The Woman I Love (1972)

as Lord Brownlow

Columbo
Columbo (1971)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show · as Captain Gibbon

Blood Suckers
Blood Suckers (1971)
GoodWatch score 31

as Derek Longbow

Mister Jerico
Mister Jerico (1970)

as Dudley Jerico

1960s

7 titles · average score 77
NET Playhouse
NET Playhouse (1966)

TV show · as Algernon Moncrieff

Die Rudi Carrell Show
Die Rudi Carrell Show (1965)

TV show

Thursday Theatre
Thursday Theatre (1964)

TV show · as Captain Carvallo

The Virginian
The Virginian (1962)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show · as Connor

The Winter's Tale
The Winter's Tale (1962)

as Polixenes

The Avengers
The Avengers (1961)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show · as John Steed

Mission of Danger
Mission of Danger (1960)

as Colonel Trent

1950s

31 titles · average score 69
The Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone (1959)
GoodWatch score 91

TV show · as First Officer McLeod

Rawhide
Rawhide (1959)
GoodWatch score 50

TV show · as Henry Watkins

One Step Beyond
One Step Beyond (1959)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show · as Eric Farley

Adventures in Paradise
Adventures in Paradise (1959)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as Colonel O'Neill

Black Saddle
Black Saddle (1959)

TV show · as Michael Kent

Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre (1957)

as Rochester

Suspicion
Suspicion (1957)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as Captain John Biersdorf

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
GoodWatch score 86

TV show · as Professor Kersley / Sgt. John Theron

Matinee Theater
Matinee Theater (1955)

TV show

The Wonderful World of Disney
The Wonderful World of Disney (1954)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show · as British Captain

Scrooge
Scrooge (1951)
GoodWatch score 83

as Young Jacob Marley

Sunday Night Theatre
Sunday Night Theatre (1950)
GoodWatch score 51

TV show · as Captain Peter Niles / Captain Marchant

1940s

7 titles · average score 73
All Over the Town
All Over the Town (1949)
GoodWatch score 66

as Mr. Vince

The Fatal Night
The Fatal Night (1948)

as Tony

Studio One
Studio One (1948)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show · as Bill Cheever

Hamlet
Hamlet (1948)
GoodWatch score 83

as Extra (uncredited)

Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights (1948)

as Edgar Linton

Kraft Television Theatre
Kraft Television Theatre (1947)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show · as Jan / Reginald Urquart

Morning Departure
Morning Departure (1946)

as Stoker Marks

1930s

1 title · average score 73
Pygmalion
Pygmalion (1938)
GoodWatch score 73

as Extra (uncredited)