David McCallum

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1933-09-19 (90 years old)

Deathday

2023-09-25

Place of Birth

Glasgow, Scotland, UK

David McCallum

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 violi...

Acting

1974

1965

1958

A Night to Remember

as Assistant Wireless Operator Harold Bride

1962

Billy Budd

as Steven Wyatt, Gunnery Officer

1963

The Great Escape

as Ashley-Pitt 'Dispersal'

1980

1986

The Wind

as John

1967

The Karate Killers

as Illya Kuryakin

1969

Mosquito Squadron

as Quint Monroe

1965

The Spy with My Face

as Illya Kuryakin

1968

How to Steal the World

as Illya Kuryakin

1967

Three Bites of the Apple

as Stanley Thrumm

1964

To Trap a Spy

as Illya Kuryakin

1966

Around the World Under the Sea

as Dr. Philip Volker

2008

Batman: Gotham Knight

as Alfred Pennyworth (voice)

1962

Freud: The Secret Passion

as Carl von Schlossen

1990

2009

Wonder Woman

as Zeus (voice)

1957

Hell Drivers

as Jimmy Yately, Tom's brother

1961

1984

Master Ninja II

as Castile

1993

Dirty Weekend

as Reggie

1991

Hear My Song

as Jim Abbott

1960

Jungle Street

as Terry Collins

1958

Violent Playground

as Johnnie Murphy

1966

One Spy Too Many

as Illya Kuryakin

1968

The Helicopter Spies

as Illya Kuryakin

1976

Dogs

as Harlan Thompson

1965

The Big T.N.T. Show

as Self - Host

1967

The Spy in the Green Hat

as Illya Kuryakin

1966

1968

Sol Madrid

as Sol Madrid

1969

The File on Devlin

as Kenneth Canfield

1957

The Secret Place

as Mike Wilson

1975

The Kingfisher Caper

as Benedict Van Der Byl

2014

Son of Batman

as Alfred Pennyworth (voice)

1996

Death Game

as Malius

1985

Terminal Choice

as Dr. Giles Dodson

1969

Teacher, Teacher

as Hamilton Cade

1969

The Ravine

as Sergeant Stephen Holmann

1964

The Unknown

as Tone Hobart

1989

The Return of Sam McCloud

as Inspector Craig

1970

Hauser's Memory

as Hillel Mondoro

2015

Batman vs. Robin

as Alfred Pennyworth (voice)

1999

Cherry

as Mammy

1972

She Waits

as Mark Wilson

2002

Swindle

as Eddie

1999

Television: The First Fifty Years

as Illya Kuryakin (archive footage)

1998

March in Windy City

as Daniel Paterson / Dimitri Petrovsky

1957

Ill Met by Moonlight

as Sailor on Pick Up Ship (uncredited bit)

1984

1994

Titanic: The Complete Story

as Narrator (voice)

1991

Fatal Inheritance

as Brandon Murphy

1957

Robbery Under Arms

as Jim Marston

1961

Caroline of Rijeka

as Mr. George

1979

King Solomon's Treasure

as Sir Henry Curtis

2006

Doctor Who: Origins

as Self (archive footage)

1962

1975

The Invisible Man

as Dr. Daniel Westin

2020

1988

Wall of Tyranny

as Sgt. Kemper

1998

1994

Healer

as The Jackal

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