Editing Patrick Macnee (section)

{{Short description|British-American actor (1922–2015)}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = <!-- defaults to article title when left blank -->
| image              = Patrick Macnee Columbo 1975.JPG
| caption            = Macnee in an episode of ''[[Columbo]]'', 1975
| birth_name         = Daniel Patrick Macnee
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|1922|2|6|df=y}}
| birth_place        = [[Paddington]], London, England
| death_date         = {{Death date and age|2015|06|25|1922|02|06|df=y}}
| death_place        = [[Rancho Mirage, California]], US
| citizenship        = {{ubl|United Kingdom|United States (from 1959)}}
| education          = [[Eton College]]
| known_for          = [[John Steed]] in ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]''
| occupation         = Actor
| years_active       = 1938–2005
| spouse             = {{ubl|{{Marriage|Barbara Douglas|1942|1956|end=div.}}|{{Marriage|[[Katherine Woodville (actress)|Katherine Woodville]]|1965|1969|end=div.}}|{{Marriage|Baba Majos de Nagyzsenye|1988|2007|end=died}}}}
| children           = 2 
| mother             = [[Dorothea Macnee]]
}}

'''Daniel Patrick Macnee''' (6 February 1922 – 25 June 2015) was a British-American actor best known for his [[breakthrough role]] as secret agent [[John Steed]] in the television series ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]'' (1961–1969). Starting out as the assistant to David Keel ([[Ian Hendry]]), he became the lead when Hendry left after the first series, and was subsequently partnered with a succession of female assistants. He later reprised the role in ''[[The New Avengers (TV series)|The New Avengers]]'' (1976–1977).

Born in London as the eldest son of socialite [[Dorothea Macnee]], Macnee served in the [[Royal Navy during the Second World War]] before starting his career as an actor in Canadian television. He appeared in numerous television series up until 2001, including the ''[[The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)|Twilight Zone]]'' episode "[[Judgment Night (The Twilight Zone)|Judgement Night]]" (1959); ''[[Columbo]]''; ''[[Magnum, P.I.]]''; ''[[Hart to Hart]]''; ''[[Murder, She Wrote]]''; ''[[The Love Boat]]''; and ''[[Frasier]]''. In 1984, he was the subject of the British television series ''[[This Is Your Life (British TV series)|This Is Your Life]]''.

Macnee also appeared in [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]]'s music video for "[[Don't Look Back in Anger]]" (1996). He and ''Avengers'' co-star [[Honor Blackman]] had a [[UK Top 10]] hit in 1990 when their 1964 song "[[Kinky Boots (song)|Kinky Boots]]" received renewed interest from being played on [[BBC Radio One]].

Macnee's notable film roles include young [[Jacob Marley]] in ''[[Scrooge (1951 film)|Scrooge]]'' (1951), Sir Denis Eton-Hogg in ''[[This Is Spinal Tap]]'' (1984), and Sir Godfrey Tibbett in ''[[A View to a Kill]]'' (1985). He is one of the few actors to have played both [[Sherlock Holmes]] and [[Dr. Watson]] in different productions.