# Patrick Macnee, The Avengers 'John Steed', RIP **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 25, 2015, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-macnee-the-avengers-john-steed-rip/723466 "2015-06-25T19:51:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2016, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-macnee-the-avengers-john-steed-rip/723466/81 "2016-03-24T20:32:14Z")
I’m reviving this thread because … When Macnee’s death was announced, I had the usual moment of brain lapse. See, I always confused Patrick Macnee with Patrick Magee, another famous British actor, namewise. It always takes me a bit: Macnee = The Avengers, Magee = _A Clockwork Orange_, _Marat/Sade_\*, _Chariots of Fire_, etc. When I read this thread, I wondered at the time if they ever did anything together. Checking IMDb revealed that Magee appeared on two episodes of _The Avengers_. Anyway, one of those episodes, _The Gilded Cage_, was on a retro station last weekend and I got around to watching it last night. Quite interesting seeing them together. But wait, there’s more: Magee was in a wheelchair, as he was in _A Clockwork Orange_. At least Macnee didn’t start doing _Singing in the Rain_. Also: The plot revolved around a gold heist, and Steed’s partner, Catherine Gale, needed to study up on gold matters. A bunch of stuff about Fr. Knox, how the fixed price of gold was a boon to Indian gold smugglers, etc. Gale was played by Honor Blackman, a.k.a. Pussy Galore from _Goldfinger_. All in all, it felt at times like I was watching some sort of _Avengers_/Kubrick/James Bond mashup. - Sorry for abbreviating the title, because … you know perfectly well why. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-macnee-the-avengers-john-steed-rip/723466.md?page=4)