John Steed is a fictional character and the central protagonist of the popular 1960s British spy television series The Avengers and its 1976–1977 sequel. John Steed is a secret agent for an unknown branch of the British Secret Service.

Patrick Macnee, born February 6, 1922 in Paddington, London, and died June 25, 2015 in Rancho Mirage, was a British-American actor.

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