Portrait of Kevin McCarthy

Kevin McCarthy

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.

Born: February 15, 1914

Place of Birth: Seattle, Washington, USA

Filmography

2014
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

2012
The Ghastly Love of Johnny X

as The Grand Inquisitor

2008
The Boneyard Collection

as The Monk (segment "Her Morbid Desires")

2007
Fallen Angels

as Pastor Waltz

2007
Loving Annabelle

as Father Harris

2005
2004
2000
The District

as Reese

2000
Jackass

as Self

1998
Addams Family Reunion

as Grandpa Addams

1997
The Second Civil War

as Chief of Staff

1997
1997
Elvis Meets Nixon

as Deep Throat (uncredited)

1996
Early Edition

as Judge Jake Wellborn

1996
Boston Common

as Professor Weaver

1995
1995
The Sister-in-Law

as George Richards

1995
Just Cause

as Phil Prentiss

1994
Judicial Consent

as Judge Pollan

1994
Roadracers

as Miles

1994
Greedy

as Bartlett

1993
Matinee

as General Ankrum (uncredited)

1992
1992
Batman: The Animated Series

as Dr. Long (voice)

1992
Duplicates

as Dr. Congemi

1991
Final Approach

as General Geller

1991
Dead on the Money

as Waverly Blake

1991
Eve of Destruction

as William Simmons (uncredited)

1990
Dream On

as Wade

1990
The Rose and the Jackal

as Senator Henry Wilson

1990
The Sleeping Car

as Vincent Tuttle

1990
Love or Money

as William Reed

1989
UHF

as R.J. Fletcher

1989
Fast Food

as Judge Reinholte

1989
Passion and Paradise

as Harold Christie

1989
The 'Burbs

as Ray’s Boss (uncredited)

1988
1987
Dark Tower

as Sergie

1987
Hostage

as Col. Tim Shaw

1987
Creepy Classics

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

1987
Innerspace

as Victor Eugene Scrimshaw

1987
1986
Matlock

as Jonathan Horton

1985
The Midnight Hour

as Judge Crandall

1985
1985
1984
The Ratings Game

as Wes Vandergelder

1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Walter Bowman

1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Randolph Sterling

1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Milton Porter

1984
1984
Gremlins

as Dr. Miles J. Bennell (Archive Footage)

1984
Invitation to Hell

as Mr. Thompson

1983
Bay City Blues

as George Hayward

1983
1983
1983
My Tutor

as Mr. Chrystal

1983
Amanda's

as Zack Cartwright

1983
The A-Team

as Bob McKeever

1983
1982
Hotel

as Calvin Polk

1982
1981
The Howling

as Fred Francis

1981
Dynasty

as Billy Waite

1981
Flamingo Road

as Claude Weldon

1980
Portrait of an Escort

as Dr. Ken Paige

1980
Those Lips, Those Eyes

as Mickey Bellinger

1980
Flamingo Road

as Claude Weldon

1980
Hero at Large

as Calvin Donnelly

1978
Piranha

as Dr. Robert Hoak

1977
The Love Boat

as Barry Cooper

1977
Exo-Man

as Dist. Atty. Kamenski

1975
Order to Kill

as Ed McLean

1975
The Seagull

as Trigorin

1974
Alien Thunder

as Sgt. Malcolm Grant

1974
June Moon

as Hart

1972
A Great American Tragedy

as Mark Reynolds

1972
Banacek

as Allen Markham

1972
Kansas City Bomber

as Burt Henry

1972
Richard

as Washington Doctor

1971
Bearcats!

as Carter Gladstone

1971
Columbo

as Frank Simmons

1971
1971
1969
Operation Heartbeat

as Clifford Coswell

1968
If He Hollers, Let Him Go!

as Leslie Whitlock

1968
Ace High

as Drake

1968
Hawaii Five-O

as Victor Reese

1968
Hawaii Five-O

as Hunter R. Hickey

1968
The Name of the Game

as Carter Haines

1968
The Hell with Heroes

as Col. Wilson

1967
The High Chaparral

as James Forrest

1967
Ghostbreakers

as Cameron Witherspoon

1967
Hotel

as Curtis O'Keefe

1967
The Invaders

as Paul Cook

1966
1966
The Three Sisters

as Vershinin

1965
Mirage

as Sylvester Josephson

1965
The F.B.I.

as Lamont

1965
The F.B.I.

as Paul Dorn

1965
The F.B.I.

as James Evans

1965
Honey West

as Jerry Ivar

1965
The Legend of Jesse James

as Sheriff Dockery

1964
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

as Arthur Caresse

1964
The Best Man

as Dick Jensen

1963
The Prize

as John Garrett

1963
An Affair of the Skin

as Allen McCleod

1963
Mr. Novak

as Mr. Williams

1963
Burke's Law

as Elliott Dunning

1963
Burke's Law

as Chukker Curtis

1963
Burke's Law

as Bill Adams

1963
The Fugitive

as Herb Malone

1963
A Gathering of Eagles

as Gen. 'Happy Jack' Kirby

1962
40 Pounds of Trouble

as Louie Blanchard

1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as Paul Blackshear

1961
Dr. Kildare

as Dr. Harvey Gruboldt

1961
Dr. Kildare

as Dr. Omar Larson

1961
The Defenders

as Ralph Johnson

1961
The Misfits

as Raymond Taber

1959
The Twilight Zone

as Walter Jameson / Tom Bowen / Hugh Skelton

1958
The Rifleman

as Winslow Quince

1958
The Rifleman

as Mark Twain

1958
Diamond Safari

as Harry Jordan

1956
Nightmare

as Stan Grayson

1956
Invasion of the Body Snatchers

as Dr. Miles J. Bennell

1955
An Annapolis Story

as Jim Scott

1955
Stranger on Horseback

as Tom Bannerman

1954
Climax!

as Brooks

1954
Climax!

as Halsey

1954
Climax!

as Hal Carmichael

1954
1954
1954
Drive a Crooked Road

as Steve Norris

1953
1953
1952
1952
1952
Cavalcade of America

as Frank O'Keefe

1952
Jane Eyre

as Rochester

1951
Death of a Salesman

as Biff Loman

1951
1951
1951
1951
1950
What's My Line?

as Self - Panelist

1948
Studio One

as Lt. Johnny Quayle

1948
Studio One

as Dermot McDermot

1948
Studio One

as Rochester