David McCallum
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David McCallum as Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard in NCIS
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David Keith McCallum (born September 19, 1933) is a prolific Scottish actor and the son of concertmaster violinist David McCallum, Sr.. He is known for his role as Illya Kuryakin, a Russian-born secret agent, on the popular 1960s television series The Man from U.N.C.L.E..
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Career
McCallum was born in Glasgow. He began his career as a bit-part actor in British films of the 1950s. The Man from U.N.C.L.E., intended as a vehicle for Robert Vaughn, unexpectedly made McCallum into a sex symbol, his Beatle-style blonde haircut providing a trendy contrast with Vaughn's rather traditional appearance. Hero worship even led to a record, Love Ya, Ilya by Angela and the Fans ("I wish, I wish, I wish, I wish, I wish that Ilya loved me"), which was a "pirate radio" hit in Britain in 1966.
Although McCallum subsequently became a familiar face on television, he was never able to achieve the same level of popular success as he had done with his role as Kuryakin. His best-known roles were in Sapphire and Steel (opposite Joanna Lumley), as the lead in a 1970s remake of The Invisible Man, and as Judas Iscariot in The Greatest Story Ever Told. In the 1960s, McCallum recorded some albums for Capitol Records with producer David Axelrod, such as Music: A Bit More of Me (1966) and Music: It's Happening Now! (1967). The most well known of his pieces today is arguably The Edge, which was sampled by Dr. Dre as the intro and riff to the track The Next Episode.
McCallum co-starred with Charles Bronson in The Great Escape. He introduced then-wife Jill Ireland to Bronson on the set and she later left him and married Bronson. McCallum married Katherine Carpenter in September 1967, and they have two children: Peter and Sophie. As of September 2006, he is one of only four surviving stars of the film, the others being Lord Attenborough, James Garner and John Leyton.
McCallum appeared on stage in Australia when he appeared in the play Run For Your Wife , during 1987-1988 and the production toured the country. Other members of the cast in the production were Jack Smethurst, Eric Sykes and Katy Manning.
As of 2006, He is starring in the CBS television series NCIS as Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard. In an inside joke on that program, when Agent Gibbs is asked the question, "What did Ducky look like when he was younger?," Gibbs simply responds, "Illya Kuryakin."
[edit] Personal life
He was married to the late actress Jill Ireland from 1957 to 1967. They had three sons: Paul, Jason (adopted), and Valentine.
[edit] Television
- The Outer Limits: "The Sixth Finger" (1963)
- The Outer Limits: "The Forms Of Things Unknown" (1964)
- The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964-1968)
- Teacher, Teacher, Hallmark Hall of Fame TV special (1969)
- Colditz (1972)
- The Invisible Man (1975-1976)
- Kidnapped (miniseries) (1979)
- Sapphire & Steel (1979-1982)
- As the World Turns (in 1983)
- The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1983)
- Mother Love (miniseries) (1989)
- Lucky/Chances (miniseries) (1990)
- Trainer (1991)
- VR.5 (1995)
- The Education of Max Bickford (2001)
- NCIS (2003-)
- The Replacements - C.A.R. (2006-)
[edit] Films
- These Dangerous Years (1957)
- Robbery Under Arms (1957)
- Hell Drivers (1957)
- The Secret Place (1957)
- A Night to Remember (1958)
- Violent Playground (1958)
- The Long and the Short and the Tall (1960)
- Jungle Street (1961)
- Freud (1962)
- Billy Budd (1962)
- The Great Escape (1963)
- The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
- Around the World Under the Sea (1966)
- Three Bites of the Apple (1967)
- Sol Madrid (1968)
- La Cattura (1969)
- Mosquito Squadron (1969)
- The Kingfisher Caper (1975)
- Dogs (1976)
- King Solomon's Treasure (1977)
- The Watcher in the Woods (1980)
- Terminal Choice (1985)
- The Haunting of Morella (1990)
- Hear My Song (1991)
- Fatal Inheritance (1993)
- Dirty Weekend (1993)
- Healer (1994)
- Cherry (1999)
