David McCallum
Born: 1933-09-19 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Died: 2023-09-25
Known For: Acting
Biography
David McCallum (September 19, 1933 - September 25, 2023) was a Scottish actor and musician. He gained wide recognition in the 1960s for playing secret agent Illya Kuryakin in the television series The Man from U.N.C.L.E. His other notable television roles include Carter in Colditz (1972–1974) and Steel in Sapphire & Steel (1979–1982). Beginning in 2003, McCallum gained renewed international popularity for his role as NCIS medical examiner Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard in the American television series NCIS. On film, McCallum notably appeared in The Great Escape (1963). He was born in Glasgow, Scotland, to David McCallum Sr., an orchestral violinist, and Dorothy (née Dorman), a cellist. He began his acting career in the early 1950s, appearing in British television shows and films. In 1957, he moved to Hollywood to pursue a career in American cinema. His breakthrough role came in 1964 when he was cast as Illya Kuryakin in The Man from U.N.C.L.E. The show was a huge success, and he became an international star. After the show ended in 1968, he continued to act in films and television shows, but he never achieved the same level of success. In 2003, he was cast as Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard in NCIS. The show was a critical and commercial success, and McCallum became one of the most popular members of the cast. He remained with the show for a 20-year run, and became the longest-serving cast member. In addition to his acting career, he was also a musician. He has released several albums of folk and pop music, and he also toured extensively.
Filmography
2024
- NCISverse: The First 1,000 as Self
2015
- Batman vs. Robin as Alfred Pennyworth (voice)
2014
- NCIS: New Orleans as Donald Mallard
- Son of Batman as Alfred Pennyworth (voice)
2010
- Ben 10: Ultimate Alien as Professor Paradox (voice)
2009
- Wonder Woman as Zeus (voice)
2008
- Batman: The Brave and the Bold as Merlin (voice)
- Ben 10: Alien Force as Paradox (voice)
- Batman: Gotham Knight as Alfred Pennyworth (voice)
2006
- The Replacements as C.A.R. (voice)
- Doctor Who: Origins as Self (archive footage)
2003
- NCIS as Dr. Donald 'Ducky' Mallard
2002
- Swindle as Eddie
2000
1999
- Cherry as Mammy
- Television: The First Fifty Years as Illya Kuryakin (archive footage)
- The Titanic Chronicles as Host
1998
- Sex and the City as Duncan
- Beyond Titanic as Self
- March in Windy City as Daniel Paterson / Dimitri Petrovsky
- Coming Home as Billy Fawcett
1996
- Death Game as Malius
1995
- JAG as Donald Mallard
- The Outer Limits as Joshua Hayward
- VR.5 as Dr. Joseph Bloom
1994
- Babylon 5 as Dr. Vance Hendricks
- Ancient Prophecies II: Countdown to Doomsday as Self
- Healer as The Jackal
- Ancient Prophecies as Self
- Titanic as Narrator
- Shattered Image as Ben
- Titanic: The Complete Story as Narrator (voice)
1993
- seaQuest DSV as Frank Cobb
- Dirty Weekend as Reggie
- Return to 'The Great Escape' as Self
1992
- Heartbeat as Cooper
1991
- Fatal Inheritance as Brandon Murphy
- Hear My Song as Jim Abbott
1990
- Law & Order as Craig Holland
- Cluedo as Professor Plum
- The Haunting of Morella as Gideon Locke
- Lucky Chances as Bernard Dimes
1989
- Father Dowling Mysteries as Sir Robert
- The Return of Sam McCloud as Inspector Craig
- Mother Love as Alex Vesey
1988
- Monsters as The Feverman
- Wall of Tyranny as Sgt. Kemper
- The Man Who Lived at the Ritz as Charlie Ritz
1985
- The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Lieutenant Cavanaugh
- Terminal Choice as Dr. Giles Dodson
- 92 Grosvenor Street
1984
- Murder, She Wrote as Cyril Grantham
- Master Ninja II as Castile
- The Master as Castile
- The Corvini Inheritance as Frank Lane
- Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense as Frank Lane
1983
- The A-Team as Ivan Tregorin
- The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair as Illya Kuryakin
1982
- Wogan as Self
1980
- The Watcher in the Woods as Paul Curtis
1979
- Hart to Hart as Geoffrey Atterton
- Sapphire & Steel as Steel
- King Solomon's Treasure as Sir Henry Curtis
- Kidnapped as Alan Breck Stewart
1976
- Dogs as Harlan Thompson
1975
- The Invisible Man as Dr. Daniel Westin
- The Invisible Man as Dr. Daniel Westin
- The Kingfisher Caper as Benedict Van Der Byl
1974
- Frankenstein: The True Story as Dr. Clervall
1973
- The Screaming Skull as Luke
- The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War as Alexi Kaslov
- Frankenstein: The True Story as Dr. Henri Clerval
1970
- Night Gallery as Dr. Joel Winter
- Hauser's Memory as Hillel Mondoro
1969
- Marcus Welby, M.D. as Brian Kenny
- Mosquito Squadron as Quint Monroe
- The Ravine as Sergeant Stephen Holmann
- Teacher, Teacher as Hamilton Cade
- The File on Devlin as Kenneth Canfield
1968
- How to Steal the World as Illya Kuryakin
- The Helicopter Spies as Illya Kuryakin
- Sol Madrid as Sol Madrid
1967
- The Karate Killers as Illya Kuryakin
- Three Bites of the Apple as Stanley Thrumm
- The Spy in the Green Hat as Illya Kuryakin
- Italy's in Season as Self
1966
- One Spy Too Many as Illya Kuryakin
- One of Our Spies Is Missing as Illya Kuryakin
1965
- The Greatest Story Ever Told as Judas Iskarioth
- Around the World Under the Sea as Dr. Philip Volker
- Please Don't Eat the Daisies as Illya Kuryakin
- The Spy with My Face as Illya Kuryakin
- The Big T.N.T. Show as Self - Host
1964
- The Man from U.N.C.L.E. as Illya Kuryakin
- Profiles in Courage as John Adams
- To Trap a Spy as Illya Kuryakin
- The Unknown as Tone Hobart
- Vergißmeinnicht as Self
1963
- The Outer Limits as Gwyllm Griffiths
- The Great Escape as Ashley-Pitt 'Dispersal'
- The Great Adventure as Capt. Hanning
1962
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- Billy Budd as Steven Wyatt, Gunnery Officer
- Freud: The Secret Passion as Carl von Schlossen
- Wuthering Heights as Edgar
1961
- The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- Sir Francis Drake as Lord Oakeshott
- Caroline of Rijeka as Mr. George
- The Long and the Short and the Tall as Pvt. Sammy Whitaker
1960
- Jungle Street as Terry Collins
- Emma as Frank Churchill
1959
- The Skin of Our Teeth as Henry
1958
- Violent Playground as Johnnie Murphy
- A Night to Remember as Assistant Wireless Operator Harold Bride
- Our Mutual Friend as Eugene Wrayburn
1957
- Perry Mason as Phillipe Bertain
- Hell Drivers as Jimmy Yately, Tom's brother
- Ill Met by Moonlight as Sailor on Pick Up Ship (uncredited bit)
- Robbery Under Arms as Jim Marston
- The Secret Place as Mike Wilson
- These Dangerous Years
1956
- Armchair Theatre as Jimmy MacGrath
1951
- Hallmark Hall of Fame as Hamilton Cade
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee