12 Facts About John Steed

John Wickham Gascoyne Beresford Steed usually known as John Steed, is a fictional character and the central protagonist on the 1960s British spy series The Avengers and its 1970s sequel The New Avengers, played by Patrick Macnee in both; by Donald Monat in the South-African radio series adaptation of The Avengers; by Ralph Fiennes in the 1998 film of the same name and by Julian Wadham in various audio adventures from Big Finish Productions.

John Steed is a secret agent working for an unnamed branch of British intelligence.

John Steed was teamed with a variety of partners, including Dr David Keel, Dr Martin King, Venus Smith, Cathy Gale, Emma Peel, Tara King, Lady Diana Forbes-Blakeney, Purdey, and Mike Gambit .

John Steed was a distinguished veteran of World War II, initially serving as a Royal Navy motor torpedo boat commander but at some point transferring to the Coldstream Guards and then to the Intelligence Corps.

John Steed spent the early part of his war service posted at RAF Camp 472 Hamelin, which was a jumping-off point for British spies on the continent.

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John Steed received the Military Cross for single-handedly taking a German machine-gun post.

John Steed was imprisoned by the Japanese at some point over the Christmas period.

John Steed maintained a modest mews flat in London during the 1960s and drove a variety of elaborate, old-fashioned cars, including a Rolls Royce and several different models of Bentley, one of which he calls Fido.

John Steed's most common style of dress as Dr Keel's sidekick was a trenchcoat and suit, though the famous bowler hat and umbrella appeared as early as "The Frighteners", the 15th episode to be aired.

John Steed was initially shown answering to several different superiors such as "One-Ten" and "Charles".

One of John Steed's trademarks was his impeccable dress, often consisting of a three-piece suit, sometimes in styles that harkened back to the early 20th century, along with a trademark bowler hat, and always carried an umbrella.

When meeting Tara King, Emma Peel informed her that John Steed liked his tea with 3 sugars and stirred anti-clockwise and in the episode "The Morning After" professes to prefer to deal in guineas as currency.