The Avengers: Two's a Crowd
01:10 am - 02:10 am, Wednesday, January 21 on Great! Action (42)
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Two's a Crowd
Season 4, Episode 12
Enemy agents recruit a double of Steed as part of a plan to betray British interests. Warren Mitchell and Julian Glover guest star
Detective/Thriller
Movie/Drama
Cast & Crew
Patrick Macnee
(Actor)
.. John Steed
Diana Rigg
(Actor)
.. Emma Peel
Warren Mitchell
(Actor)
.. Brodny
Maria Machado
(Actor)
.. Alicia Elena
Alec Mango
(Actor)
.. Shvedloff
Wolfe Morris
(Actor)
.. Pudeshkin
Julian Glover
(Actor)
.. Vogel
John Bluthal
(Actor)
.. Ivenko
Philip Levene
(Writer)
Roy Ward Baker
(Director)
More Information
Did You Know..
Patrick Macnee
(Actor)
.. John Steed
Born:
February 06, 1922
in
London
Best Known For:
Playing John Steed in The Avengers.
Early-life:
Born Daniel Patrick Macnee on February 6, 1922, in London. His father was a successful racehorse trainer who gambled away his fortune and emigrated to India. His mother then divorced her husband and moved in with her lesbian lover in Wiltshire. Macnee attended Summer Fields prep school before enrolling at Eton. He made his film debut in 1938's Pygmalion, but his acting career was curtailed by a spell in the Navy during the Second World War.
Career:
On his return from service, Macnee studied at the Webber Douglas School of Dramatic Art. Small roles in several films followed but, frustrated at the lack of opportunity in Britain, he emigrated to Canada, then moved to the US. He appeared in numerous TV plays and films before returning to the UK in 1959. Producing Winston Churchill: The Valiant Years brought him to the attention of TV bosses who, to his surprise, offered him the role of John Steed in The Avengers in 1961. He stayed with the popular series until it ended in 1969, but returned to the role in The New Avengers in 1976. Macnee also appeared in such movies as A View to a Kill, This Is Spinal Tap and The Sea Wolves. He died on June 25, 2015.
Quote:
"I haven't really accomplished anything. The most accomplished thing I've done is to have lived this long."
Trivia:
Macnee became a US citizen in 1959.
Diana Rigg
(Actor)
.. Emma Peel
Born:
July 20, 1938
in
Doncaster
Best Known For:
Being a 1960s icon.
Early-life:
Born Enid Diana Elizabeth Rigg on July 20, 1938, in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, but spent her early years in India. At the age of eight she was sent back to England to attend boarding school in Great Missenden in Buckinghamshire. She later transferred to Fulneck School in West Yorkshire where she developed her love of acting, inspiring her to audition for a place at RADA in 1955; she made her professional stage debut the same year.
Career:
In 1959, Rigg signed a five-year contract with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Her move to TV came in 1965 when she was offered the role of Emma Peel in The Avengers, but the demand for interviews and photographs proved too much, forcing her to quit in 1967. She went on to star in various movies, including On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Julius Caesar and The Great Muppet Caper, but by the 1980s her screen success was fading. However, she returned to form in 1989 in the award-winning miniseries Mother Love, and has appeared continually on stage, film and TV ever since. In 2013, she made a memorable Doctor Who villain alongside Matt Smith and her real-life daughter Rachael Stirling, and has a regular role in the acclaimed Game of Thrones.
Quote:
"You go your own way - you think, ‘That's what I want to do, it gives me pleasure' - the rest of the world can swing on by."
Trivia:
She was made a Dame in 1994.
Warren Mitchell
(Actor)
.. Brodny
Maria Machado
(Actor)
.. Alicia Elena
Alec Mango
(Actor)
.. Shvedloff
Wolfe Morris
(Actor)
.. Pudeshkin
Julian Glover
(Actor)
.. Vogel
Born:
March 27, 1935
in
London
Best Known For:
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back.
Early-life:
Julian Wyatt Glover was born in London on March 27, 1935. His father was a radio producer, while his mother mixed in literary circles. The acting bug bit him early, and he began appearing regularly with the National Youth Theatre. On leaving school (classmates included Timothy West and Dave Prowse) he started his professional career, eventually spending time with the Royal Shakespeare Company before making his name on TV and in films.
Career:
In 1960, Glover appeared in Androcles and the Lion and The Age of Kings, epic TV productions of classic works. His first movie was Tom Jones in 1963. Later in the decade he featured in numerous films and such classic TV shows as Z Cars, The Avengers, The Saint, Doctor Who and The Champions. Glover has rarely been out of work since. His most memorable parts have come in Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back, For Your Eyes Only and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. More recently he provided the voice of Aragog in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, and has appeared in Waking the Dead, Trial and Retribution, and Game of Thrones.
Quote:
"Star Wars was not a very big part but I get more fan mail for that than anything else I've ever done. It comes in every day - unbelievable."
Trivia:
He was awarded a CBE in 2013.
John Bluthal
(Actor)
.. Ivenko
Philip Levene
(Writer)
Roy Ward Baker
(Director)
