Kevin McCarthy
Born: 1914-02-15 in Seattle, Washington, USA
Died: 2010-09-11
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2022
- Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies as Self - (archive footage)
2014
- Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire as Self - Actor (archive footage)
- Monster Madness: Mutants, Space Invaders, and Drive-Ins as Self
2012
- The Ghastly Love of Johnny X as The Grand Inquisitor
2009
2008
- The Boneyard Collection as The Monk (segment "Her Morbid Desires")
- Love Don't Come Easy as Max
2007
- Loving Annabelle as Father Harris
- Fallen Angels as Pastor Waltz
- Trail of the Screaming Forehead as Latecomer
2005
- Eyes as Judge Leonard Donnelly
- The Roots of Monty Python as Self
2004
- UnConventional as Self
2003
- Looney Tunes: Back in Action as Dr. Bennell
2002
- Making 'The Misfits' as Self
2000
- The District as Reese
- Jackass as Self
1998
- Addams Family Reunion as Grandpa Addams
1997
- The Weird Al Show as Mayor
- The Second Civil War as Chief of Staff
- Elvis Meets Nixon as Deep Throat (uncredited)
1996
- Early Edition as Judge Jake Wellborn
- Boston Common as Professor Weaver
1995
- Just Cause as Phil Prentiss
- Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story as Sol Siegel
- Steal Big Steal Little as Reed Tyler
- Mommy as Fire Department Rescuer
- The Sister-in-Law as George Richards
1994
- Rebel Highway as Miles
- Greedy as Bartlett
- Roadracers as Miles
- Marlon Brando: The Wild One as Self
- Judicial Consent as Judge Pollan
1993
- Matinee as General Ankrum (uncredited)
1992
- Batman: The Animated Series as Dr. Long (voice)
- The Distinguished Gentleman as Terry Corrigan
- Duplicates as Dr. Congemi
1991
- The Legend of Prince Valiant
- Charlie Hoover
- Eve of Destruction as William Simmons (uncredited)
- Final Approach as General Geller
- Dead on the Money as Waverly Blake
1990
- Dream On as Wade
- Ghoulies III: Ghoulies Go to College as Professor Ragnar
- Fatal Charm ... (Special Effects)
- Love or Money as William Reed
- The Sleeping Car as Vincent Tuttle
- The Rose and the Jackal as Senator Henry Wilson
1989
- Tales from the Crypt as Jack
- The 'Burbs as Ray’s Boss (uncredited)
- UHF as R.J. Fletcher
- Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story as Franklyn Hutton
- Passion and Paradise as Harold Christie
- Fast Food as Judge Reinholte
1988
- In the Heat of the Night
- China Beach
- Once Upon a Texas Train as The Governor
- Channel 99
1987
- Innerspace as Victor Eugene Scrimshaw
- Dark Tower as Sergie
- Hostage as Col. Tim Shaw
- LBJ: The Early Years as Billy Bob
- Creepy Classics as Dr. Miles J. Bennell - (archive footage)
1986
- Matlock as Jonathan Horton
- Head of the Class
- A Masterpiece of Murder as Jonathan Hire
1985
- The Golden Girls as Richard
- The Colbys
- The Midnight Hour as Judge Crandall
- Deadly Intentions as Reichman
- Invasion of the Body Snatchers... An Interview with Kevin McCarthy
1984
- Murder, She Wrote as Walter Bowman
- Gremlins as Dr. Miles J. Bennell (Archive Footage)
- Finder of Lost Loves as Ben Harper
- Invitation to Hell as Mr. Thompson
- The Ratings Game as Wes Vandergelder
1983
- The A-Team as Bob McKeever
- Scarecrow and Mrs. King
- Twilight Zone: The Movie as Uncle Walt
- My Tutor as Mr. Chrystal
- Bay City Blues as George Hayward
- Amanda's as Zack Cartwright
- Making of a Male Model as Ward Hawley
- Montgomery Clift as Self
1982
- Hotel as Calvin Polk
- Fame
- Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story as Dr. Jones
1981
- Dynasty as Billy Waite
- Flamingo Road as Claude Weldon
- The Howling as Fred Francis
1980
- Hero at Large as Calvin Donnelly
- Portrait of an Escort as Dr. Ken Paige
- Flamingo Road as Claude Weldon
- Those Lips, Those Eyes as Mickey Bellinger
1978
- Invasion of the Body Snatchers as Running Man (Cameo)
- Piranha as Dr. Robert Hoak
1977
- The Love Boat as Barry Cooper
- The Oregon Trail
- Exo-Man as Dist. Atty. Kamenski
- Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night as Tom Atherton
1976
- Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson as The Publicist (Maj. John Burke)
1975
- Fay
- Order to Kill as Ed McLean
- The Seagull as Trigorin
1974
- The Manhunter
- June Moon as Hart
- Alien Thunder as Sgt. Malcolm Grant
1972
- Banacek as Allen Markham
- Richard as Washington Doctor
- Kansas City Bomber as Burt Henry
- A Great American Tragedy as Mark Reynolds
- Between Time and Timbuktu as Bokonon
1971
- Columbo as Frank Simmons
- Great Performances as Hart
- Cannon
- Bearcats! as Carter Gladstone
1969
- Harold Robbins' The Survivors as Philip Hastings
- Operation Heartbeat as Clifford Coswell
1968
- Hawaii Five-O as Victor Reese
- The Name of the Game as Carter Haines
- Ace High as Drake
- If He Hollers, Let Him Go! as Leslie Whitlock
- The Hell with Heroes as Col. Wilson
1967
- The High Chaparral as James Forrest
- The Invaders as Paul Cook
- The Guns of Will Sonnett
- Judd, for the Defense
- Garrison's Gorillas
- Hotel as Curtis O'Keefe
- Ghostbreakers as Cameron Witherspoon
1966
- Mission: Impossible
- Felony Squad
- A Big Hand for the Little Lady as Otto Habershaw
- The Three Sisters as Vershinin
1965
- The Wild Wild West
- The F.B.I. as Lamont
- Honey West as Jerry Ivar
- The Legend of Jesse James as Sheriff Dockery
- Mirage as Sylvester Josephson
1964
- The Man from U.N.C.L.E. as Arthur Caresse
- 12 O'Clock High as Major Baladin
- The Best Man as Dick Jensen
1963
- The Fugitive as Herb Malone
- Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
- Burke's Law as Elliott Dunning
- Mr. Novak as Mr. Williams
- The Prize as John Garrett
- A Gathering of Eagles as Gen. 'Happy Jack' Kirby
- An Affair of the Skin as Allen McCleod
1962
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Paul Blackshear
- Going My Way
- 40 Pounds of Trouble as Louie Blanchard
1961
- Dr. Kildare as Dr. Harvey Gruboldt
- Ben Casey
- The Defenders as Ralph Johnson
- Target: The Corruptors!
- The Misfits as Raymond Taber
1959
- The Twilight Zone as Walter Jameson / Tom Bowen / Hugh Skelton
- The DuPont Show with June Allyson as John Tourell
- Summer of Decision as Mr. Rogers
1958
- The Rifleman as Winslow Quince
- Diamond Safari as Harry Jordan
1956
- Telephone Time
- Invasion of the Body Snatchers as Dr. Miles J. Bennell
- Nightmare as Stan Grayson
1955
- Matinee Theater
- The 20th Century Fox Hour
- Stranger on Horseback as Tom Bannerman
- An Annapolis Story as Jim Scott
1954
- Climax! as Brooks
- Inner Sanctum
- Max Liebman Presents
- Drive a Crooked Road as Steve Norris
- The Gambler from Natchez as Andre Rivage
- Satins and Spurs as Tony
1953
- General Electric Theater as Wayne Temple
1952
- Omnibus
- The Ford Television Theatre as Russel Stevens
- Cavalcade of America as Frank O'Keefe
- Jane Eyre as Rochester
1951
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Glenn Sheridan
- Death of a Salesman as Biff Loman
1950
1949
1948
- The Philco Television Playhouse as Romeo
- Studio One as Lt. Johnny Quayle
- Ford Theatre