Editing Patrick McGoohan (section)

==Early life==
Patrick Joseph McGoohan was born in [[Astoria, Queens]], New York City on March 19, 1928, to [[Irish Catholics|Irish Catholic]] immigrant parents Thomas McGoohan and Rose McGoohan (née Fitzpatrick).<ref name=TDT>{{cite news| title= Patrick McGoohan| url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/4242255/Patrick-McGoohan.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/4242255/Patrick-McGoohan.html |archive-date=January 12, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live | work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date= January 15, 2009| access-date= September 11, 2010}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Soon after he was born, the family returned to Ireland, settling in the Mullaghmore area of [[Drumreilly]], [[County Leitrim]].<ref>Langley, R: ''Patrick McGoohan''. Tomahawk Press, 2007.</ref><ref>[http://irishpost.co.uk/patrick-mcgoohans-famous-words-i-am-not-a-number-i-am-a-free-man/ "BFI retrospective"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180205072632/http://irishpost.co.uk/patrick-mcgoohans-famous-words-i-am-not-a-number-i-am-a-free-man/ |date=February 5, 2018 }}, ''The Irish Post''; retrieved July 9, 2016.</ref>

Seven years later, they relocated to England, settling in [[Sheffield]], [[West Riding of Yorkshire]]. McGoohan attended St Marie's School, then [[St Vincent's Church, Sheffield|St Vincent's School]],<ref>Langley, Roger ''Patrick McGoohan: Danger Man or Prisoner?'', pp. 12–13. Tomahawk Press, 2007. Second revised updated edition, Escape Books, 2017.</ref> and [[All Saints Catholic High School, Sheffield|De La Salle College]], all in Sheffield.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/why-the-prisoner-cant-escape-from-us-466195 | title=Why the Prisoner can't escape from us | date=September 14, 2007 }}</ref> During [[World War II]], he was evacuated to [[Loughborough]], where he attended [[Ratcliffe College]] at the same time as future actor [[Ian Bannen]]. McGoohan excelled in mathematics and [[boxing]], and left school at the age of 16 to return to Sheffield, where he worked as a chicken farmer, bank clerk, and lorry driver before getting a job as a stage manager for [[Sheffield Repertory Theatre]]. When one of the actors became ill, McGoohan substituted for him, which began his acting career.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/511026/index.html|title=BFI Screenonline: McGoohan, Patrick (1928–2009) Biography|website=www.screenonline.org.uk}}</ref>