![]() To everyone he meets he stays a stranger. There's a man who leads a life of danger. He turned down the role because he thought it was too demeaning to women! Just one and a half years after this series ended, McGoohan would again star as a cool, calm, and collected spy on the cult series, " The Prisoner (1967)". Patrick McGoohan was the first choice to play "James Bond" in the movies. When the series became available on video (and later on dvd), the name used on the packaging was, "Secret Agent aka Danger Man". When it returned in 1965, the name was changed to Secret Agent. Secret Agent was actually titled, "Danger Man" for its first season in both the UK and in the USA. In seasons two and three, they were 60 minutes long. The Secret Agent episodes of season 1 were 30 minutes in length. They were all big hits and any entertainment with a smooth, tough-guy, spy character was likely to be a hit! ![]() Secret Agent did reasonably well in the UK during the 1960/1961 season, but failed pretty badly in the U.S.! By the time that the second season of Secret Agent aired, there had been three James Bond movies seen in theaters. You may notice that there were nearly 4 years between the last episode of season one and the first episode of season two. The name was changed to "Secret Agent" by CBS when they ran it in the U.S. This show was titled "Danger Man" when it originally aired in the United Kingdom. He used them to travel the world defeating evil everwhere. John Drake (Patrick McGoohan) used many devices such as tie pins that explode or functioned as cameras and an electic razor that was also a tape recorder or a transmitter. This was the first use of high-tech spy gadgets. It was a fast moving thriller of espionage and intrigue. ![]() Secret Agent was a British action series about a spy working for Her Majesty's Secret Service. ![]()
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