Patrick Macnee Quotes
The very first thing you learn if you're a gentleman is that you never compare one woman to another. That's the way of all death.
Macnee, Patrick, and Marie Cameron. Blind in One Ear: The Avenger Returns. Harrap, 1988.
He was referring to a vice president of Raytheon, a Navy contractor, who had made a public statement supporting budget reductions for the defense department. The Raytheon officer lost his job.
Daniel Patrick Macnee was an English film and television actor. After serving in the Royal Navy during World War II, he began his acting career in Canada. Despite having some small film roles, Macnee spent much of his early career in playing small parts in American and Canadian television shows. In 1961 he landed the role of secret agent John Steed in the British television series The Avengers. The show was a success running for eight seasons from 1961 to 1969 and was revived in 1976 as The New Avengers. The show was a major breakthrough for Macnee and led to his roles in many films including A View to a Kill and This Is Spinal Tap as well as continuing to appear in both Britain and US Television shows up until 2001.
