found: LEXIS/NEXIS, Feb. 6, 1997: Celebrity bios, c1997(McGoohan, Patrick; aka Fitz, Paddy; Schwartz, Archibald; Serf, Joseph; actor, director, also screenwriter; b. McGoohan, Patrick Joseph, Astoria, NY, March 19, 1928; 1967-68, created, executive produced and starred in "The Prisoner"; also directed and scripted several episodes (sometimes under a pseudonym))
found: Wikipedia WWW site, Jan. 14, 2009(under Patrick McGoohan: Patrick Joseph McGoohan; b. Mar. 19, 1928, Astoria, Queens, New York; d. Jan. 13, 2009, Los Angeles; actor; wrote several episodes of the 1960s television series The prisoner, occasionally using the pseudonyms Joseph Serf and Paddy Fitz)