"The village is a place that is trying to destroy the individual by every means possible; trying to break his spirit, so that he accepts that he is Number Six and will live there happily as Number Six for ever after. [...] And this is the one rebel that they can't break."
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Patrick McGoohan
Patrick Joseph McGoohan (March 19, 1928 – January 13, 2009) was an Irish-American actor and director, best known for playing the title role in The Prisoner (as Number Six) and John Drake in Danger Man. He appeared in several Columbo television films as the murderer.
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