The famous actor from the “Prisoner” TV series dies at age 80. McGoohan was an Emmy award winning actor who helped make the show a cult classic. McGoohan also won two Emmys while playing Edward Longshanks in the film Braveheart and for his work on the detective show “Columbo”. He was most famous for his role as Number Six in the “Prisoner” series in which a former spy(Number Six) is held captive in a small enclave known only as The Village. He is prevented from escaping countless times by an agent known as Number One. McGoohan came up with the concept and wrote and directed several episodes of the show, which has held a devoted following in the United States and Europe for fourty years.

His last big role was in “Braveheart,” in what The AP called a “standout” performance as the tyrannical king who battles Scottish freedom fighter William Wallace, played by Gibson.

McGoohan is survived by his wife and three daughters.