Kevin McCarthy

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Known For

Acting

Born

1914-02-15

Place of Birth

Seattle, Washington, USA

Kevin McCarthy

Biography

Kevin McCarthy (February 15, 1914 – September 11, 2010) was an American actor. He is best remembered as the male lead in the horror science fiction film Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956). Following several television guest roles, McCarthy gave his first credited film performance in Death of a Salesman (1951), portraying Biff Loman to Fredric March's Willy Loman. The role earned him a Golden Globe Award and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

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Known For

Columbo

Columbo

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

The A-Team

The A-Team

Batman: The Animated Series

Batman: The Animated Series

The Love Boat

The Love Boat

The Fugitive

The Fugitive

Cannon

Cannon

The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone

Acting History

Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies as Self - (archive footage)

Monster Madness: Mutants, Space Invaders, and Drive-Ins as Self

Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire as Self - Actor (archive footage)

The Ghastly Love of Johnny X as The Grand Inquisitor

The Boneyard Collection as The Monk (segment "Her Morbid Desires")

Love Don't Come Easy as Max

Fallen Angels as Pastor Waltz

Trail of the Screaming Forehead as Latecomer

Loving Annabelle as Father Harris

The Roots of Monty Python as Self

UnConventional as Self

Looney Tunes: Back in Action as Dr. Bennell

Making 'The Misfits' as Self

The District as Reese

Jackass as Self

Addams Family Reunion as Grandpa Addams

The Second Civil War as Chief of Staff

The Weird Al Show as Mayor

Elvis Meets Nixon as Deep Throat (uncredited)

Early Edition as Judge Jake Wellborn

Boston Common as Professor Weaver

Steal Big Steal Little as Reed Tyler

The Sister-in-Law as George Richards

Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story as Sol Siegel

Just Cause as Phil Prentiss

Judicial Consent as Judge Pollan

Marlon Brando: The Wild One as Self

Roadracers as Miles

Greedy as Bartlett

Matinee as General Ankrum (uncredited)

The Distinguished Gentleman as Terry Corrigan

Batman: The Animated Series as Dr. Long (voice)

Duplicates as Dr. Congemi

Final Approach as General Geller

The Legend of Prince Valiant

Dead on the Money as Waverly Blake

Eve of Destruction as William Simmons (uncredited)

Ghoulies III: Ghoulies Go to College as Professor Ragnar

Dream On as Wade

The Rose and the Jackal as Senator Henry Wilson

The Sleeping Car as Vincent Tuttle

Love or Money as William Reed

UHF as R.J. Fletcher

Tales from the Crypt as Jack

Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story as Franklyn Hutton

Fast Food as Judge Reinholte

Passion and Paradise as Harold Christie

The 'Burbs as Ray’s Boss (uncredited)

Once Upon a Texas Train as The Governor

In the Heat of the Night

Dark Tower as Sergie

Creepy Classics as Dr. Miles J. Bennell - (archive footage)

Hostage as Col. Tim Shaw

Innerspace as Victor Eugene Scrimshaw

LBJ: The Early Years as Billy Bob

Head of the Class

Matlock as Jonathan Horton

A Masterpiece of Murder as Jonathan Hire

The Midnight Hour as Judge Crandall

The Golden Girls as Richard

Deadly Intentions as Reichman

Invasion of the Body Snatchers... An Interview with Kevin McCarthy

The Ratings Game as Wes Vandergelder

Murder, She Wrote as Walter Bowman

Murder, She Wrote as Randolph Sterling

Murder, She Wrote as Milton Porter

Finder of Lost Loves as Ben Harper

Gremlins as Dr. Miles J. Bennell (Archive Footage)

Invitation to Hell as Mr. Thompson

Bay City Blues as George Hayward

Making of a Male Model as Ward Hawley

Scarecrow and Mrs. King

Twilight Zone: The Movie as Uncle Walt

My Tutor as Mr. Chrystal

Amanda's as Zack Cartwright

The A-Team as Bob McKeever

Montgomery Clift as Self

Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story as Dr. Jones

Hotel as Calvin Polk

The Howling as Fred Francis

Dynasty as Billy Waite

Flamingo Road as Claude Weldon

Portrait of an Escort as Dr. Ken Paige

Those Lips, Those Eyes as Mickey Bellinger

Flamingo Road as Claude Weldon

Hero at Large as Calvin Donnelly

Invasion of the Body Snatchers as Running Man

Piranha as Dr. Robert Hoak

Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night as Tom Atherton

The Love Boat as Barry Cooper

The Oregon Trail

Exo-Man as Dist. Atty. Kamenski

Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson as The Publicist (Maj. John Burke)

Order to Kill as Ed McLean

The Seagull as Trigorin

Alien Thunder as Sgt. Malcolm Grant

June Moon as Hart

A Great American Tragedy as Mark Reynolds

Banacek as Allen Markham

Kansas City Bomber as Burt Henry

Richard as Washington Doctor

Between Time and Timbuktu as Bokonon

Bearcats! as Carter Gladstone

Columbo as Frank Simmons

Great Performances as Hart

Great Performances as Trigorin

Harold Robbins' The Survivors

Operation Heartbeat as Clifford Coswell

If He Hollers, Let Him Go! as Leslie Whitlock

Ace High as Drake

Hawaii Five-O as Victor Reese

Hawaii Five-O as Hunter R. Hickey

The Name of the Game as Carter Haines

The Hell with Heroes as Col. Wilson

The High Chaparral as James Forrest

The Guns of Will Sonnett

Judd for the Defense

Ghostbreakers as Cameron Witherspoon

Garrison's Gorillas

Hotel as Curtis O'Keefe

The Invaders as Paul Cook

Mission: Impossible

A Big Hand for the Little Lady as Otto Habershaw

The Three Sisters as Vershinin

Mirage as Sylvester Josephson

The F.B.I. as Lamont

The F.B.I. as Paul Dorn

The F.B.I. as James Evans

The Wild Wild West

Honey West as Jerry Ivar

The Legend of Jesse James as Sheriff Dockery

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. as Arthur Caresse

The Best Man as Dick Jensen

The Prize as John Garrett

An Affair of the Skin as Allen McCleod

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Mr. Novak as Mr. Williams

Burke's Law as Elliott Dunning

Burke's Law as Chukker Curtis

Burke's Law as Bill Adams

The Fugitive as Herb Malone

A Gathering of Eagles as Gen. 'Happy Jack' Kirby

40 Pounds of Trouble as Louie Blanchard

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Paul Blackshear

Target: The Corruptors!

Dr. Kildare as Dr. Harvey Gruboldt

Dr. Kildare as Dr. Omar Larson

The Defenders as Ralph Johnson

The Misfits as Raymond Taber

Summer of Decision as Mr. Rogers

The Twilight Zone as Walter Jameson / Tom Bowen / Hugh Skelton

The DuPont Show with June Allyson as John Tourell

The Rifleman as Winslow Quince

The Rifleman as Mark Twain

Diamond Safari as Harry Jordan

Nightmare as Stan Grayson

Invasion of the Body Snatchers as Dr. Miles J. Bennell

Matinee Theater

The 20th Century Fox Hour

An Annapolis Story as Jim Scott

Stranger on Horseback as Tom Bannerman

Climax! as Brooks

Climax! as Halsey

Climax! as Hal Carmichael

Satins and Spurs as Tony

Max Liebman Presents

The Gambler from Natchez as Andre Rivage

Drive a Crooked Road as Steve Norris

General Electric Theater as Wayne Temple

General Electric Theater as Dr. Towne

The Ford Television Theatre as Russel Stevens

The Ford Television Theatre as Tommy Jordan

Cavalcade of America as Frank O'Keefe

Jane Eyre as Rochester

Death of a Salesman as Biff Loman

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Glenn Sheridan

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Prentice Brown

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Mark Quinlin

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as City attorney

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Prudential Family Playhouse

What's My Line? as Self - Panelist

Studio One as Lt. Johnny Quayle

Studio One as Dermot McDermot

Studio One as Rochester

The Philco Television Playhouse as Romeo

The Philco Television Playhouse