Has anyone noticed the remarkable similarities between 60’s cult TV actor Patrick McGoohan aka The Prisoner (left) and advertising pioneer David Ogilvy (right)?  The similarities are not only visual; both shared eclectic early careers before making their mark. Whilst Ogilvy spent his formative years engaged as a chicken farmer, bank clerk and lorry driver in Sheffield, McGoohan famously spent time as an Aga salesman, peanut farmer and chef in Paris. Later Ogilvy wrote most of his classic ads from a secret location in Wales whilst McGoohan was often rumoured to be building his cult status in studio sets on Madison Avenue.
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