David Keith

He directed The Curse and The Further Adventures of Tennessee Buck. Other notable roles include his part in the James Bond movie A View to a Kill, a guest role in Alias Smith and Jones, and two villainous roles in Battlestar Galactica. He supported Richard Gere in An Officer and a Gentleman and starred in The Lords of Discipline and White of the Eye. Steed was also the central character of a revival, The New Avengers, in which he was teamed with characters played by Joanna Lumley and Gareth Hunt. David Keith (born May 8, 1954 in Knoxville, Tennessee) is an American actor and director. Despite numerous roles in theatre, on television and in cinema, Macnee is still best known as the inimitable secret agent John Steed in the series The Avengers. Initially a secondary character--the series was conceived as a vehicle for Ian Hendry, who played an associate of Steed's--Steed (and Macnee) became the centre of the show after Hendry's departure at the end of the first season, playing opposite a succession of female partners that included Honor Blackman, Diana Rigg, and Linda Thorson. Macnee became an American citizen in 1959.

His mother became a lesbian and had a live-in partner who helped pay for his schooling. Patrick Macnee (born February 6, 1922) is a British actor.