- Born
- Died
- Birth nameFrancis James Maher
- Nickname
- The Elstree Cowboy
- Height6′ 2″ (1.88 m)
- Frank Maher was born on June 18, 1929 in London, England, UK. He was an actor and assistant director, known for Department S (1969), My Partner the Ghost (1969) and The Avengers (1961). He was married to Marion Hurlstone-jones, Anne Maher and Dilys Laye. He died on July 13, 2007 in Newport, Isle of Wight, England, UK.
- SpousesMarion Hurlstone-jones(1984 - ?) (divorced)Anne Maher(1966 - ?) (divorced)Dilys Laye(1957 - 1961) (divorced)
- Served as a stunt double for Patrick McGoohan on his various series -- "Danger Man," "Secret Agent" and "The Prisoner".
- Made his film debut as an extra in the historical drama Caesar and Cleopatra (1945) upon the leaving the hospital following his recovery from wounds suffered in the war.
- Served in the Army Parachute Regiment during WWII. Was wounded in action.
- He was a medal-winning boxer in school.
- Maher co-wrote three action novels with Denis Cleary: The Capricorn Run (also known as The Hook), Sahara Strike and Wipe Out! They were published in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
- [on Patrick McGoohan] Patrick is just about the closest to being a stunt man that any actor that I know, apart from Burt Lancaster. Patrick was so good except he can't throw a left hand punch!
- [on Patrick Macnee] Patrick Macnee has got fourteen left legs. And seven right hands. He's a great guy, but it's handbags at ten paces. So what happened then was the brolly came in and the 'titfer' came in because you can clunk people on the head with that and, I tell you, it hurt! So that's how it came about because he's not an action man.
- [on Honor Blackman] I love [her] to death as well. I think everybody does. She's beautiful and a very good friend of mine because we worked together for many years. On this particular show, one of the live Avengers shows with Ian Hendry - a big fight sequence with Honor in a railway station, in the waiting room. It was the final thing on the show. The final punch on the show was from Honor to me to go backwards over a table. Unfortunately - and this was live television - it connected right there [on the nose] and blood went everywhere. I literally did go backwards and finished up lying across a table with my head upside down and blood pouring out. There was the camera, a fantastic shot, but I didn't appreciate it very much! She was off camera then because it had panned down onto me. I saw the rushes the next day - they weren't rushes then, but I saw the show and there was another camera on her and they said "Cut!" and she flew over and I got the biggest cuddle - how about that, it was worth the blood! She was really, really concerned, but it was a hell of a good fight.
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