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
2008
- The Boneyard Collection as The Monk (segment "Her Morbid Desires")
- Love Don't Come Easy as Max
2007
- Fallen Angels as Pastor Waltz
- Loving Annabelle as Father Harris
- Trail of the Screaming Forehead as Latecomer
2005
- Eyes
- 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 Second Civil War as Chief of Staff
- The Weird Al Show as Mayor
- 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
- The Sister-in-Law as George Richards
- Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story as Sol Siegel
- Steal Big Steal Little as Reed Tyler
1994
- Roadracers as Miles
- Greedy as Bartlett
- 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
- Eve of Destruction as William Simmons (uncredited)
- Charlie Hoover
- Dead on the Money as Waverly Blake
- Final Approach as General Geller
1990
- Dream On as Wade
- Fatal Charm ... (Special Effects)
- Ghoulies III: Ghoulies Go to College as Professor Ragnar
- 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
- Fast Food as Judge Reinholte
- The 'Burbs as Ray’s Boss (uncredited)
- Passion and Paradise as Harold Christie
- Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story as Franklyn Hutton
- UHF as R.J. Fletcher
1988
- In the Heat of the Night
- China Beach
- Once Upon a Texas Train as The Governor
- Channel 99
1987
- Dark Tower as Sergie
- Innerspace as Victor Eugene Scrimshaw
- Creepy Classics as Dr. Miles J. Bennell - (archive footage)
- LBJ: The Early Years as Billy Bob
- Hostage as Col. Tim Shaw
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
- The Ratings Game as Wes Vandergelder
- Invitation to Hell as Mr. Thompson
1983
- The A-Team as Bob McKeever
- Scarecrow and Mrs. King
- My Tutor as Mr. Chrystal
- Montgomery Clift as Self
- Twilight Zone: The Movie as Uncle Walt
- Making of a Male Model as Ward Hawley
- Bay City Blues as George Hayward
- Amanda's as Zack Cartwright
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
- Those Lips, Those Eyes as Mickey Bellinger
- Hero at Large as Calvin Donnelly
- Portrait of an Escort as Dr. Ken Paige
- Flamingo Road as Claude Weldon
1978
- Invasion of the Body Snatchers as Running Man
- Piranha as Dr. Robert Hoak
1977
- The Love Boat as Barry Cooper
- Exo-Man as Dist. Atty. Kamenski
- Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night as Tom Atherton
- The Oregon Trail
1976
- Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson as The Publicist (Maj. John Burke)
1975
- The Seagull as Trigorin
- Order to Kill as Ed McLean
- Fay
1974
- Alien Thunder as Sgt. Malcolm Grant
- June Moon as Hart
- The Manhunter
1972
- Banacek as Allen Markham
- Kansas City Bomber as Burt Henry
- A Great American Tragedy as Mark Reynolds
- Between Time and Timbuktu as Bokonon
- Richard as Washington Doctor
1971
- Columbo as Frank Simmons
- Great Performances as Hart
- Cannon
- Bearcats! as Carter Gladstone
1969
- Operation Heartbeat as Clifford Coswell
- Harold Robbins' The Survivors
1968
- Hawaii Five-O as Victor Reese
- The Name of the Game as Carter Haines
- Ace High as Drake
- The Hell with Heroes as Col. Wilson
- If He Hollers, Let Him Go! as Leslie Whitlock
1967
- The High Chaparral as James Forrest
- The Invaders as Paul Cook
- The Guns of Will Sonnett
- Hotel as Curtis O'Keefe
- Judd for the Defense
- Ghostbreakers as Cameron Witherspoon
- Garrison's Gorillas
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
- Mirage as Sylvester Josephson
- Honey West as Jerry Ivar
- The Legend of Jesse James as Sheriff Dockery
1964
- The Man from U.N.C.L.E. as Arthur Caresse
- The Best Man as Dick Jensen
1963
- The Fugitive as Herb Malone
- Burke's Law as Elliott Dunning
- Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
- The Prize as John Garrett
- Mr. Novak as Mr. Williams
- 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
- The Misfits as Raymond Taber
- Target: The Corruptors!
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
- Nightmare as Stan Grayson
- Invasion of the Body Snatchers as Dr. Miles J. Bennell
- Telephone Time
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
- The Gambler from Natchez as Andre Rivage
- Drive a Crooked Road as Steve Norris
- Satins and Spurs as Tony
1953
- General Electric Theater as Wayne Temple
1952
- Omnibus
- Cavalcade of America as Frank O'Keefe
- The Ford Television Theatre as Russel Stevens
- Jane Eyre as Rochester
1951
- Death of a Salesman as Biff Loman
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Glenn Sheridan
1950
- What's My Line? as Self - Panelist
- Danger
- Prudential Family Playhouse
1949
1948
- Studio One as Lt. Johnny Quayle
- The Philco Television Playhouse as Romeo
- Ford Theatre