1990s
In 1991, he starred in The Best of Friends for the British Channel 4 network, which told the story of the unlikely friendship between a museum curator, a nun and a playwright. McGoohan played George Bernard Shaw alongside Sir John Gielgud as Sydney Cockerell and Dame Wendy Hiller as Sister Laurentia McLachlan. In the United States, the drama was shown as part of Masterpiece Theatre by PBS.
He was most recognised by a later generation of fans as the King Edward I "Longshanks" from the Oscar-winning Braveheart (1995), and as Judge Omar Noose in A Time to Kill (1996). He directed Richie Havens in a rock-opera version of Othello called Catch My Soul.
In 1996, he appeared in Paramount's big budget cinema adaptation of The Phantom comic strip, playing the previous, murdered Phantom, and father of the current incarnation of the title character (played by Billy Zane) who carried on his father's "undying" persona.
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