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David McCallum
Actor
Born September 19, 1933 (88 years)
David Keith McCallum, Jr. is a Scottish actor and musician. He is best known for his roles as Illya Kuryakin, a Russian-born secret agent, in the 1960s television series The Man from U.N.C.L.E., as interdimensional operative Steel in Sapphire & Steel, and Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard in the series NCIS.
McCallum was born in Glasgow, Scotland, the second of two sons of Dorothy Dorman, a cellist, and orchestral leader David McCallum, Sr. When he was 10, his family moved to London for his father's move to lead the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Early in the Second World War he was evacuated to Scotland, where he lived with his mother at Gartocharn by Loch Lomond.McCallum won a scholarship to University College School, a boys' independent school in Hampstead, London, where, encouraged by his parents to prepare for a career in music, he played the oboen 1946 he began doing boy voices for the BBC radio repertory company.Also involved in local amateur drama, at age 17 he appeared as Oberon in an open-air production of A Midsummer Night's Dream with the Play and Pageant Union. He left school at age 18 and, following military service with the Royal West African Frontier Force, attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (also in London), where Joan Collins was a classmate.
Filmography
| 2019 | D-Day at Pointe-du-Hoc · as Narrator |
| 2015 | Batman vs. Robin · as Alfred Pennyworth (voice) |
| 2014 | NCIS: New Orleans (TV Series) · as Donald Mallard |
| 2014 | Son of Batman · as Alfred Pennyworth (voice) |
| 2012 | Ben 10: Omniverse (TV Series) · as Professor Paradox |
| 2011 | The Problem Solverz (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2010 | Ben 10: Ultimate Alien (TV Series) · as Professor Paradox (voice) |
| 2009 | Wonder Woman · as Zeus (voice) |
| 2008 | Batman: Gotham Knight · as Alfred Pennyworth (voice) |
| 2008 | Ben 10: Alien Force (TV Series) · as Professor Paradox |
| 2008 | Batman: The Brave and the Bold (TV Series) · as Merlin (voice) |
| 2006 | The Replacements (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2003 | NCIS (TV Series) · as Donald "Ducky" Mallard |
| 2002 | Jeremiah (TV Series) · as Clarence |
| 2001 | The Education of Max Bickford (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2000 | Deadline (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1999 | Cherry · as Mammy |
| 1999 | Television: The First Fifty Years · as Illya Kuryakin |
| 1998 | Sex and the City (TV Series) · as Duncan |
| 1998 | Coming Home (1998) (TV Series) · as Billy Fawcett |
| 1997 | Death Game · as Malius |
| 1997 | Team Knight Rider (TV Series) · as Mobius |
| 1996 | Mr. & Mrs. Smith (TV Series) · as Ian Felton |
| 1995 | JAG (TV Series) · as Donald Mallard |
| 1995 | The Outer Limits (1995) (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1994 | Shattered Image · as Ben |
| 1994 | Titanic: Death of a Dream · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1994 | Healer · as The Jackal |
| 1994 | Ancient Mysteries (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 1993 | Dirty Weekend · as Reggie |
| 1993 | Fatal Inheritance · as Brandon Murphy |
| 1993 | Babylon 5 (TV Series) · as Dr. Vance Hendricks |
| 1993 | seaQuest DSV (TV Series) · as Frank Cobb |
| 1992 | Heartbeat (TV Series) · as Cooper |
| 1991 | Hear My Song · as Jim Abbott |
| 1990 | The Haunting of Morella · as Gideon Locke |
| 1990 | Law & Order (TV Series) · as Craig Holland |
| 1990 | Lucky Chances (TV Series) · as Bernard Dimes |
| 1989 | The Man Who Lived at the Ritz · as Charlie Ritz |
| 1989 | Father Dowling Mysteries (TV Series) · as Sir Robert |
| 1989 | The Return of Sam McCloud · as Inspector Craig |
| 1988 | Monsters (TV Series) · as The Feverman |
| 1988 | Freedom Fighter · as Unknown |
| 1986 | The Wind · as John |
| 1986 | Matlock (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1986 | Boon (TV Series) · as Simon Bradleigh |
| 1985 | Terminal Choice · as Dr. Giles Dodson |
| 1985 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985) (TV Series) · as Lieutenant Cavanaugh |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) · as Cyril Grantham |
| 1984 | The Master (TV Series) · as Castile |
| 1984 | Hammer House of Mystery & Suspense (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1983 | The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair · as Illya Kuryakin |
| 1983 | The A-Team (TV Series) · as Ivan Tregorin |
| 1980 | The Watcher in the Woods · as Paul Curtis |
| 1980 | Mystery! (TV Series) · as Alex Vesey |
| 1979 | King Solomon's Treasure · as Sir Henry Curtis |
| 1979 | Hart to Hart (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1979 | Sapphire and Steel (TV Series) · as Steel |
| 1978 | Kidnapped (1978) (TV Series) · as Alan Breck Stewart |
| 1977 | Dogs · as Harlan Thompson |
| 1975 | The Kingfisher Caper · as Benedict Van Der Byl |
| 1975 | The Invisible Man (1975) (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1973 | Frankenstein: The True Story · as Dr. Clervall |
| 1973 | The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War · as Alexi Kaslov |
| 1972 | She Waits · as Mark Wilson |
| 1969 | Mosquito Squadron · as Squadron Leader Quint Monroe |
| 1969 | Night Gallery (TV Series) · as Dr. Joel Winter |
| 1969 | Marcus Welby, M.D. (TV Series) · as Brian Kenny |
| 1968 | How to Steal the World · as Illya Kuryakin |
| 1968 | The Helicopter Spies · as Illya Kuryakin |
| 1968 | Sol Madrid · as Sol Madrid |
| 1967 | The Karate Killers · as Illya Kuryakin |
| 1967 | Casino Royale · as Casino Patron (uncredited) |
| 1967 | Three Bites of the Apple · as Stanley Thrumm |
| 1967 | The Spy in the Green Hat · as Illya Kuryakin |
| 1966 | Around the World Under the Sea · as Dr. Philip Volker |
| 1966 | One Spy Too Many · as Illya Kuryakin |
| 1966 | One of Our Spies Is Missing · as Illya Kuryakin |
| 1965 | The Greatest Story Ever Told · as Judas Iskarioth |
| 1965 | The Spy with My Face · as Illya Kuryakin |
| 1965 | Hullabaloo! (TV Series) · as Illya Kuryakin |
| 1964 | To Trap a Spy · as Illya Kuryakin |
| 1964 | The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (TV Series) · as Illya Kuryakin |
| 1963 | The Great Escape · as Ashley-Pitt 'Dispersal' |
| 1963 | The Outer Limits (TV Series) · as Gwyllm Griffiths |
| 1962 | Billy Budd · as Steven Wyatt, Gunnery Officer |
| 1962 | Freud · as Carl von Schlossen |
| 1961 | Jungle Fighters · as Pvt. Sammy Whitaker |
| 1961 | Sir Francis Drake (TV Series) · as Lord Oakeshott |
| 1960 | Jungle Street Girls · as Terry Collins |
| 1958 | A Night to Remember · as Assistant Wireless Operator Harold Bride |
| 1958 | Violent Playground · as Johnnie Murphy |
| 1958 | Our Mutual Friend (1958) (TV Series) · as Eugene Wrayburn |
| 1957 | Hell Drivers · as Jimmy Yately, Tom's brother |
| 1957 | Night Ambush · as Sailor on Pick Up Ship (uncredited bit) |
| 1957 | Robbery Under Arms · as Jim Marston |
| 1957 | Dangerous Youth · as Unknown |
| 1957 | Perry Mason (TV Series) · as Phillipe Bertain |
| 1957 | Television World Theatre (TV Series) · as Mercury |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre (TV Series) · as Jimmy MacGrath |
| 1956 | As The World Turns (TV Series) · as Maurice Vermeil |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall Of Fame (TV Series) · as Kenneth Canfield |