Patrick Macnee
Patrick Macnee was born in Paddington, England, United Kingdom on February 6th, 1922 and is the Movie Actor. At the age of 93, Patrick Macnee biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, movies, and networth are available.
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Early life and career
Macnee, the elder of two sons, was born in Paddington, England, on February 6, 1922; to Daniel Macnee (1878–1952) and British socialite Dorothea Mabel Macnee (1896–1984). His father, who was a grandson of Scottish artist Sir Daniel Macnee, trained race horses in Lambourn and was well known for his style; he had served as an officer in the Yorkshire Dragoons during the First World War. Frances Alice Hastings (1870-1945), who was the niece of The 12th Earl of Huntingdon and the nephew of Vice Admiral George Fowler Hastings, was his maternal grandmother. Jimmy, his younger brother, was born five years ago. Macnee was conceived as a Scot.
After his mother came out as a lesbian, Macnee's parents split. His father moved to India, and his mother, Evelyn Spottiswoode, was able to survive with her wealthy partner, whose funds came from the Dewar's whisky business. In his autobiography, Macnee referred to her as "Uncle Evelyn," and she paid for his education. He was educated at Summer Fields School and Eton College, where he was a member of the Officer Training Corps and was one of King George V's guard of honour at St George's Chapel in 1936. He was banned from Eton later for selling pornography and being a bookmaker for his classmates.
Macnee trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, but he was called up for the Royal Navy just before he was supposed to appear in his first West End leading role, which would have him playing alongside Vivien Leigh. He started as an ordinary seaman in October 1942 and was hired as a sub-lieutenant in June 1943, becoming a navigator on Motor Torpedo Boats in the English Channel and North Sea. Macnee, the first lieutenant on a second MTB, contracted bronchitis right before D-Day; while recovering in hospital, his boat and crew were also missing in action. Two members of the crew were given the Distinguished Service Medal by the ship's commander. In 1946, he was sent by the Royal Navy as a lieutenant.
Macnee cultivated his acting career in Canada early on, but he appeared in British films Pygmalion (1943) and Laurence Olivier's Hamlet (1948), as an Old Bailey barrister (1954), as an Old Bailey barrister (1956), and the war film The Battle of the River Plate (1956). Macnee spent the better part of the 1950s in dozens of small roles in American and Canadian television and theatre, including an appearance in an episode of One Step Beyond ("Night of April 14th") and The Twilight Zone ("Judgment Night") in 1959. In the late 1950s, Macnee was addicted to 80 cigarettes and drinking a bottle of whisky.
Macnee took a break from acting and became one of London-based producers for the classic documentary series The Valiant Years, based on Winston Churchill's Second World War memoirs.