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Pat Page
Born
Patrick Page

(1929-03-17)17 March 1929
Died11 February 2010(2010-02-11) (aged 80)
OccupationMagician

Patrick "Pat" Page (March 17, 1929 to February 11, 2010) was a stage magician born in Dundee, Scotland. He became a professional magician at the age of 26 and worked at Davenport's magic shop for fifteen years.[1]. He married Margaret and was the youngest of six siblings. His daughter is Janette, his son Jeremy.

He appeared on The Paul Daniels Magic Show and was an uncredited consultant to the film Casino Royale[2]. He worked as an advisor to Derren Brown[3]. He appeared in, or advised films and television shows: the 2007 film Magicians[4], Agatha Cristie Poirot:The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim (1990)[5], Heroes of Magic (2000), Tales of the Unexpected: Season 5, Episode 5 Stranger in Town (23 May 1982)[6], Derren Brown Presents the 3D Magic Spectacular (2009)[4].

On his death Jack Delvin, president of The Magic Circle described him as the "magician's magician"[2].

Pat Page is known for his work on the Topit[7] (a type of hidden pouch) and spongeballs. He produced magic instructional books, booklets and DVDs.

Publications

  • Topit (1966)[8]
  • Bell's Magic Book (1973) ISBN 051712632X[9]
  • The Big Book of Magic (1976) ISBN 0722166648Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).
  • How to entertain children with a glove puppet
  • Patrick Page's Book of Visual Comedy
  • Patrick Page Lecture Notes (Blue Version)
  • The Pageboy Speaks Again
  • Miser's Dream Book
  • Magic Page
  • The Pageboy Speaks Lecture

DVDS

  • 25 Super Tricks/Funny Business Vol 6
  • 3-Shell Game/Topit Vol 3
  • Easy Money DVD by John Lovick and Patrick Page
  • Page 25 Super Tricks/Funny Business
  • Page 3-Shell Game/Topit
  • Page Reveal-a-card/Card in Wallet
  • Page Rope Magic/Magic with Paper Patrick
  • Page Sponge Balls
  • Page Thumb Tips Patrick
  • Secret Seminar of Magic with Patrick Page Vol 5
  • Secret Seminars of Magic with Patrick Page : Rope Magic / Magic with Paper Volume 4

See Also

References

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