Frank Maher was a British stuntman, most famous for his roles as a stuntman or stunt coordinator in a vast range of British TV shows in particular the TV series Dangerman (Secret Agent in the US) in which he frequently acted as a stunt double for the series star Patrick McGoohan. Stuntman refers to any of several types of skilled performers. ... Stuntman refers to any of several types of skilled performers. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

Early career

He was born in London on 18th June 1929. He was a gold medal winning boxer at school. Before his career as a stuntman/actor he served in World War II in the parachute regiment of the British Army. He lied about his age to join the regiment which meant that he was only 15 when he took part in the battle of Arnhem (part of Operation Market Garden). Combatants United Kingdom United States Canada Poland Germany Commanders Bernard Montgomery Brian Horrocks Roy Urquhart James M. Gavin Maxwell Taylor Stanislaw Sosabowski Walter Model Wilhelm Bittrich Kurt Student Strength 35,000 20,000 Casualties 11,377 dead,wounded or missing 6,450 Captured 2,000 Killed 6,000 Wounded Operation...

His first stunt role was as a Roman Centurion in the Film Caesar And Cleopatra (1945) starring Stewart Granger. His other movie stunt roles included work on the The Crimson Pirate (1952) doubling for Burt Lancaster and as a riding double in the The Devil’s Disciple (1959). Caesar and Cleopatra is a 1945 film starring Claude Rains and Vivien Leigh, produced by Gabriel Pascal from the 1901 play by George Bernard Shaw. ... Stewart Granger (May 6, 1913 – August 16, 1993) was an English film actor, mainly associated with heroic and romantic leading roles. ... DVD cover of The Crimson Pirate The Crimson Pirate is a 1952 film directed by Robert Siodmak. ... Burt Lancaster (November 2, 1913 – October 20, 1994) was an Oscar-winning American film actor, noted for his athletic physique (a rare thing for leading men of that time), distinct smile (which he called The Grin) and, later, his willingness to play roles that went against his initial tough guy... The The Devils Disciple is a 1959 British- American film directed by Guy Hamilton based on the play by George Bernard Shaw. ...

His later movie stunt roles included work on The Italian Job in 1969 The Italian Job is a British caper film, written by Troy Kennedy Martin, produced by Michael Deeley and directed by Peter Collinson. ...

TV stuntman

As a stuntman on The Avengers (TV series), he played opposite both Honor Blackman and Diana Rigg. After working on Man in a Suitcase, he became stunt coordinator on Department S and Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased). The Avengers is a British 1960s television series featuring secret agents in a fantasy 1960s Britain. ... Honor Blackman (born in London on 12 December 1927) is an English actress. ... Dame Enid Diana Elizabeth Rigg DBE (born 20 July 1938) is an English actress. ... Man in a Suitcase was a 1967 television series produced by Lew Grades ITC Entertainment. ... Department S was a British espionage/science fiction adventure series produced by ITC Entertainment. ... Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) is a cult late 1960s British private detective television series starring Mike Pratt and Kenneth Cope as the private detectives Jeff Randall and Marty Hopkirk. ...

Following his earlier work on Dangerman, he worked with Patrick McGoohan again in 1966/7 in the TV series The Prisoner when once more he doubled as McGoohan. He had a particularly large role in the Prisoner episode "The Schizoid Man" (The Prisoner), which required a doppelganger of McGoohan’s Number Six character to have a lot of screen time alongside the ‘real’ Number Six. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The Prisoner is a 1967 UK allegorical science fiction television series starring Patrick McGoohan. ... The Schizoid Man is an episode of The Prisoner in which Number 2 brings Number 12 to The Village, in order to impersonate Number 6. ...

He also appeared as “Third Gunman” in The Prisoner western/cowboy style episode Living in Harmony. He claimed to have suggested the idea of having a western/cowboy style episode of the The Prisoner to Patrick McGoohan. The Prisoner is a 1967 UK allegorical science fiction television series starring Patrick McGoohan. ... Living in Harmony is a famous episode of The Prisoner very different from the rest. ... The Prisoner is a 1967 UK allegorical science fiction television series starring Patrick McGoohan. ...

Maher also served as a stuntman / stunt coordinator / stunt arranger on a number of other TV programmes, including: Blakes 7, The Persuaders!, The Champions, Robin Hood, The Saint (TV series), Doctor Who and Space 1999. Blakes 7 was a BBC science fiction television series created by Terry Nation that ran four seasons from January 2, 1978 to December 21, 1981. ... The Persuaders! is a British television series, which first aired in 1971 and 1972 on Britains ITV and on the ABC Network in the United States. ... Alexandra Bastedo, Stuart Damon, and William Gaunt as The Champions. ... The Adventures of Robin Hood was a popular, long-running British television series (143 half-hour, black and white episodes, 1955–1960) starring Richard Greene as Robin Hood. ... The Saint was a long-running British action adventure television series, made by ITC Entertainment, that aired on ITV stations between 1962 and 1969, and on American television as a syndicated show (1962-1967) and on NBC (1967-69). ... Doctor Who is a long-running award-winning British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The series depicts the adventures of a mysterious time-traveller known as the Doctor who travels in his TARDIS (Time And Relative Dimension(s) In Space) time ship, which appears from the exterior... Left to right: Barbara Bain, Catherine Schell and Martin Landau from Space:1999s second season. ...

Author

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, he wrote a number of thriller style novels including The Capricorn Run (also known as The Hook) in 1979, Wipe Out in 1980 and Sahara Strike in 1980. The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, also called The Seventies. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Family

He married 4 times. His first marriage being to actress Dilys Laye. He had one son and one daughter.

Death

He died on 13th July 2007 at St Mary's Hospital in Newport on the Isle of Wight after a long battle with emphysema. The Isle of Wight is an English island and county, off the southern English coast, to the south of the county of Hampshire, between the Solent and the English Channel. ...

External links

• [ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0536842/ his imdb listing]
• [ http://www.theunmutual.co.uk/interviewsmaher.htm Interview with Frank Maher on the Unmutual web pages]