Very nice interview via satellite with Pat Macnee by Clive James from around 1991. I've truncated the clip from Dial a Deadly Number to try avoiding a copyright strike!
Patrick, once told me a story about when Lorne Greene and he used to act on stage in Toronto, I do not remember the name of the troupe, he told me this around 1988.... Every time they would get a 'pittance' of pay, back then, Lorne would try to cajole Patrick into giving some of Pat's $ to him, to invest in a fledgling company. Patrick would always, politely, decline. Patrick said, to me, that when Lorne went off to Hollywood, for that "silly Bonawnza thing"(trying to get his accent) that Lorne was doing 'quite well'! "You see, Allen, that fledgling company was/is...........................................I.B.M. ! Lovely man, was Patrick Macnee! 🌠🪐
Of course, Steed and Tara landed before THE NEW AVENGERS was launched and Macnee was good in that too. The French funders thought they were getting Linda Thorson back as tara King, but instead got then-unknown Joanna Lumley as Purdey.
Patrick, once told me a story about when Lorne Greene and he used to act on stage in Toronto, I do not remember the name of the troupe, he told me this around 1988.... Every time they would get a 'pittance' of pay, back then, Lorne would try to cajole Patrick into giving some of Pat's $ to him, to invest in a fledgling company. Patrick would always, politely, decline. Patrick said, to me, that when Lorne went off to Hollywood, for that "silly Bonawnza thing"(trying to get his accent) that Lorne was doing 'quite well'! "You see, Allen, that fledgling company was/is...........................................I.B.M. ! Lovely man, was Patrick Macnee! 🌠🪐
Patrick Macnee, Niven, Roger Moore all a class of nice fellers the like of whom we have never seen since.
Of course, Steed and Tara landed before THE NEW AVENGERS was launched and Macnee was good in that too. The French funders thought they were getting Linda Thorson back as tara King, but instead got then-unknown Joanna Lumley as Purdey.