Kevin McCarthy

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1914-02-15 (96 years old)

Deathday

2010-09-11

Place of Birth

Seattle, Washington, USA

Kevin McCarthy

Biography

Kevin McCarthy 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.

Acting

1983

My Tutor

as Mr. Chrystal

1987

Innerspace

as Victor Eugene Scrimshaw

1963

The Prize

as John Garrett

1961

The Misfits

as Raymond Taber

1956

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

as Dr. Miles J. Bennell

1981

The Howling

as Fred Francis

1998

Addams Family Reunion

as Grandpa Addams

1989

UHF

as R.J. Fletcher

1978

Piranha

as Dr. Robert Hoak

1993

Matinee

as General Ankrum

1994

Roadracers

as Miles

1954

Drive a Crooked Road

as Steve Norris

1972

Kansas City Bomber

as Burt Henry

1956

Nightmare

as Stan Grayson

1985

The Midnight Hour

as Judge Crandall

1991

Final Approach

as General Geller

1966

1964

The Best Man

as Dick Jensen

1980

Hero at Large

as Calvin Donnelly

1958

Diamond Safari

as Harry Jordan

2007

Loving Annabelle

as Father Harris

1965

Mirage

as Sylvester Josephson

1984

Invitation to Hell

as Mr. Thompson

1989

The 'Burbs

as Ray’s Boss (uncredited)

1987

Creepy Classics

as Dr. Miles J. Bennell - (archive footage)

1975

Order to Kill

as Ed McLean

1967

Hotel

as Curtis O'Keefe

1995

1987

Dark Tower

as Sergie

1951

Death of a Salesman

as Biff Loman

1980

Those Lips, Those Eyes

as Mickey Bellinger

1963

A Gathering of Eagles

as Gen. 'Happy Jack' Kirby

1990

The Sleeping Car

as Vincent Tuttle

1955

Stranger on Horseback

as Tom Bannerman

1994

Judicial Consent

as Judge Pollan

1988

1990

Love or Money

as William Reed

2012

The Ghastly Love of Johnny X

as The Grand Inquisitor

1954

1972

A Great American Tragedy

as Mark Reynolds

1955

An Annapolis Story

as Jim Scott

1968

If He Hollers, Let Him Go!

as Leslie Whitlock

1968

Ace High

as Drake

1987

Hostage

as Col. Tim Shaw

1983

1983

1990

The Rose and the Jackal

as Senator Henry Wilson

1967

Ghostbreakers

as Cameron Witherspoon

1987

1991

Eve of Destruction

as William Simmons (uncredited)

1991

Dead on the Money

as Waverly Blake

2007

Fallen Angels

as Pastor Waltz

1969

Operation Heartbeat

as Clifford Coswell

1962

40 Pounds of Trouble

as Louie Blanchard

1972

Richard

as Washington Doctor

1968

The Hell with Heroes

as Col. Wilson

1977

Exo-Man

as Dist. Atty. Kamenski

1980

Flamingo Road

as Claude Weldon

1989

Fast Food

as Judge Reinholte

1994

Greedy

as Bartlett

1980

Portrait of an Escort

as Dr. Ken Paige

1995

Just Cause

as Phil Prentiss

1952

Jane Eyre

as Rochester

1974

Alien Thunder

as Sgt. Malcolm Grant

1985

2004

1995

The Sister-in-Law

as George Richards

1954

1986

A Masterpiece of Murder

as Jonathan Hire

1984

The Ratings Game

as Wes Vandergelder

1997

The Second Civil War

as Chief of Staff

1966

The Three Sisters

as Vershinin

1989

Passion and Paradise

as Harold Christie

1963

An Affair of the Skin

as Allen McCleod

2014

Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

2008

The Boneyard Collection

as The Monk (segment "Her Morbid Desires")

1992

1974

June Moon

as Hart

1992

Duplicates

as Dr. Congemi

1975

The Seagull

as Trigorin

1983

1959

Summer of Decision

as Mr. Rogers

1997

Elvis Meets Nixon

as Deep Throat (uncredited)

1984

Gremlins

as Dr. Miles J. Bennell (Archive Footage)

Production

1990

Fatal Charm

as Special Effects

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