Kevin McCarthy

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kevin McCarthy (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

Columbo

1971 • as Frank Simmons

The Twilight Zone

1959 • as Walter Jameson / Tom Bowen / Hugh Skelton

The Philco Television Playhouse

1948 • as Romeo

The Philco Television Playhouse

1948

The Love Boat

1977 • as Barry Cooper

Hawaii Five-O

1968 • as Victor Reese

Filmography

2014

Monster Madness: Mutants, Space Invaders, and Drive-Ins

as Self

Movie - Released: 10/12/2014

Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

Movie - Released: 9/20/2014

2012

The Ghastly Love of Johnny X

as The Grand Inquisitor

Movie - Released: 3/6/2012

2008

Love Don't Come Easy

as Max

Movie - Released: 1/1/2008

The Boneyard Collection

as The Monk (segment "Her Morbid Desires")

Movie - Released: 1/1/2008

2007

Loving Annabelle

as Father Harris

Movie - Released: 5/24/2007

Trail of the Screaming Forehead

as Latecomer

Movie - Released: 6/8/2007

Fallen Angels

as Pastor Waltz

Movie - Released: 10/5/2007

2005

The Roots of Monty Python

as Self

Movie - Released: 11/26/2005

Eyes

TV - Released: 3/30/2005

2004

UnConventional

as Self

Movie - Released: 10/1/2004

2003

Looney Tunes: Back in Action

as Dr. Bennell

Movie - Released: 11/14/2003

2002

Making 'The Misfits'

as Self

Movie - Released: 10/2/2002

2000

The District

as Congressman Reese

TV - Released: 10/7/2000

Jackass

as Self

TV - Released: 4/12/2000

1998

Addams Family Reunion

as Grandpa Addams

Movie - Released: 12/23/1998

1997

The Second Civil War

as Chief of Staff

Movie - Released: 12/4/1997

Elvis Meets Nixon

as Deep Throat (uncredited)

Movie - Released: 8/12/1997

The Weird Al Show

as Mayor

TV - Released: 9/13/1997

1996

Boston Common

as Professor Weaver

TV - Released: 3/21/1996

Early Edition

TV - Released: 9/28/1996

1995

Steal Big Steal Little

as Reed Tyler

Movie - Released: 9/29/1995

Just Cause

as Phil Prentiss

Movie - Released: 2/17/1995

The Sister-in-Law

as George Richards

Movie - Released: 7/12/1995

Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story

as Sol Siegel

TV - Released: 5/21/1995

1994

Roadracers

as Miles

Movie - Released: 7/22/1994

Judicial Consent

as Judge Pollan

Movie - Released: 10/21/1994

Greedy

as Bartlett

Movie - Released: 3/4/1994

Marlon Brando: The Wild One

as Self

Movie - Released: 8/11/1994

1993

Matinee

as General Ankrum

Movie - Released: 1/29/1993

1992

The Distinguished Gentleman

as Terry Corrigan

Movie - Released: 12/4/1992

Duplicates

as Dr. Congemi

Movie - Released: 3/18/1992

Batman: The Animated Series

as Dr. Long (voice)

TV - Released: 9/5/1992

1991

Final Approach

as General Geller

Movie - Released: 12/6/1991

Eve of Destruction

as William Simmons (uncredited)

Movie - Released: 1/18/1991

Dead on the Money

as Waverly Blake

Movie - Released: 6/17/1991

The Legend of Prince Valiant

TV - Released: 9/3/1991

Charlie Hoover

TV - Released: 11/9/1991

1990

The Sleeping Car

as Vincent Tuttle

Movie - Released: 2/2/1990

Love or Money

as William Reed

Movie - Released: 1/5/1990

The Rose and the Jackal

as Senator Henry Wilson

Movie - Released: 4/16/1990

Ghoulies III: Ghoulies Go to College

as Professor Ragnar

Movie - Released: 8/15/1990

Dream On

as Wade

TV - Released: 7/8/1990

1989

UHF

as R.J. Fletcher

Movie - Released: 7/21/1989

The 'Burbs

as Ray’s Boss (uncredited)

Movie - Released: 2/17/1989

Fast Food

as Judge Reinholte

Movie - Released: 4/28/1989

Passion and Paradise

as Harold Christie

Movie - Released: 2/19/1989

Tales from the Crypt

as Jack

TV - Released: 6/10/1989

Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story

as Franklyn Hutton

TV - Released: 4/30/1989

1988

Once Upon a Texas Train

as The Governor

Movie - Released: 10/12/1988

In the Heat of the Night

TV - Released: 3/6/1988

China Beach

TV - Released: 4/26/1988

1987

Innerspace

as Victor Eugene Scrimshaw

Movie - Released: 7/1/1987

Creepy Classics

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

Movie - Released: 10/1/1987

Dark Tower

as Sergie

Movie - Released: 10/29/1987

Hostage

as Col. Tim Shaw

Movie - Released: 10/1/1987

LBJ: The Early Years

as Billy Bob

Movie - Released: 2/1/1987

1986

Movie

A Masterpiece of Murder

as Jonathan Hire

Movie - Released: 1/27/1986

Matlock

TV - Released: 3/3/1986

Head of the Class

TV - Released: 9/17/1986

1985

Movie

Invasion of the Body Snatchers... An Interview with Kevin McCarthy

Movie - Released: 1/1/1985

The Midnight Hour

as Judge Crandall

Movie - Released: 11/1/1985

Deadly Intentions

as Reichman

Movie - Released: 5/19/1985

The Golden Girls

as Richard

TV - Released: 9/14/1985

The Colbys

TV - Released: 11/20/1985

1984

Invitation to Hell

as Mr. Thompson

Movie - Released: 5/24/1984

The Ratings Game

as Wes Vandergelder

Movie - Released: 12/15/1984

Gremlins

as Dr. Miles J. Bennell (Archive Footage)

Movie - Released: 6/8/1984

Murder, She Wrote

as Walter Bowman

TV - Released: 9/30/1984

Finder of Lost Loves

as Ben Harper

TV - Released: 9/22/1984

Murder, She Wrote

as Randolph Sterling

TV - Released: 9/30/1984

Murder, She Wrote

as Milton Porter

TV - Released: 9/30/1984

1983

My Tutor

as Mr. Chrystal

Movie - Released: 3/4/1983

Twilight Zone: The Movie

as Uncle Walt

Movie - Released: 6/24/1983

Making of a Male Model

as Ward Hawley

Movie - Released: 10/9/1983

Montgomery Clift

as Self

Movie - Released: 1/1/1983

The A-Team

as Bob McKeever

TV - Released: 1/23/1983

Scarecrow and Mrs. King

TV - Released: 10/3/1983

Bay City Blues

as George Hayward

TV - Released: 10/25/1983

Amanda's

as Zack Cartwright

TV - Released: 2/10/1983

1982

Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story

as Dr. Jones

Movie - Released: 12/8/1982

Fame

TV - Released: 1/7/1982

Hotel

as Calvin Polk

TV - Released: 8/21/1982

1981

The Howling

as Fred Francis

Movie - Released: 1/21/1981

Flamingo Road

TV - Released: 1/6/1981

Dynasty

TV - Released: 1/12/1981

1980

Hero at Large

as Calvin Donnelly

Movie - Released: 2/8/1980

Those Lips, Those Eyes

as Mickey Bellinger

Movie - Released: 8/15/1980

Flamingo Road

as Claude Weldon

Movie - Released: 5/12/1980

Portrait of an Escort

as Dr. Ken Paige

Movie - Released: 10/8/1980

1978

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

as Running Man

Movie - Released: 12/20/1978

Piranha

as Dr. Robert Hoak

Movie - Released: 8/3/1978

1977

Exo-Man

as Dist. Atty. Kamenski

Movie - Released: 6/18/1977

Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night

as Tom Atherton

Movie - Released: 10/5/1977

The Oregon Trail

TV - Released: 9/21/1977

The Love Boat

as Barry Cooper

TV - Released: 9/24/1977

1976

Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson

as The Publicist (Maj. John Burke)

Movie - Released: 6/24/1976

1975

Order to Kill

as Ed McLean

Movie - Released: 4/22/1975

The Seagull

as Trigorin

Movie - Released: 1/5/1975

Fay

TV - Released: 9/4/1975

1974

Alien Thunder

as Sgt. Malcolm Grant

Movie - Released: 2/22/1974

June Moon

as Hart

Movie - Released: 1/30/1974

The Manhunter

TV - Released: 9/11/1974

1972

Kansas City Bomber

as Burt Henry

Movie - Released: 8/2/1972

Movie

A Great American Tragedy

as Mark Reynolds

Movie - Released: 10/18/1972

Between Time and Timbuktu

as Bokonon

Movie - Released: 3/13/1972

Richard

as Washington Doctor

Movie - Released: 7/31/1972

Banacek

as Allen Markham

TV - Released: 9/13/1972

1971

Columbo

as Frank Simmons

TV - Released: 9/15/1971

Cannon

TV - Released: 9/14/1971

Great Performances

as Hart

TV - Released: 1/28/1971

Great Performances

as Trigorin

TV - Released: 1/28/1971

1969

Operation Heartbeat

as Clifford Coswell

Movie - Released: 4/17/1969

Harold Robbins' The Survivors

TV - Released: 9/22/1969

1968

If He Hollers, Let Him Go!

as Leslie Whitlock

Movie - Released: 10/8/1968

Ace High

as Drake

Movie - Released: 10/2/1968

The Hell with Heroes

as Col. Wilson

Movie - Released: 8/28/1968

Hawaii Five-O

as Victor Reese

TV - Released: 9/20/1968

The Name of the Game

as Carter Haines

TV - Released: 9/20/1968

Hawaii Five-O

as Hunter R. Hickey

TV - Released: 9/20/1968

1967

Hotel

as Curtis O'Keefe

Movie - Released: 1/19/1967

Ghostbreakers

as Cameron Witherspoon

Movie - Released: 9/8/1967

Garrison's Gorillas

TV - Released: 9/6/1967

The High Chaparral

as James Forrest

TV - Released: 9/10/1967

Judd for the Defense

TV - Released: 9/8/1967

The Guns of Will Sonnett

TV - Released: 9/8/1967

The Invaders

as Paul Cook

TV - Released: 1/10/1967

1966

A Big Hand for the Little Lady

as Otto Habershaw

Movie - Released: 6/8/1966

The Three Sisters

as Vershinin

Movie - Released: 1/1/1966

Mission: Impossible

TV - Released: 9/17/1966

Felony Squad

TV - Released: 9/12/1966

1965

Mirage

as Sylvester Josephson

Movie - Released: 10/29/1965

The F.B.I.

as Lamont

TV - Released: 9/19/1965

The Wild Wild West

TV - Released: 9/17/1965

Honey West

as Jerry Ivar

TV - Released: 9/17/1965

The Legend of Jesse James

as Sheriff Dockery

TV - Released: 9/13/1965

The F.B.I.

as Paul Dorn

TV - Released: 9/19/1965

The F.B.I.

as James Evans

TV - Released: 9/19/1965

1964

The Best Man

as Dick Jensen

Movie - Released: 4/5/1964

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

as Arthur Caresse

TV - Released: 9/22/1964

1963

The Prize

as John Garrett

Movie - Released: 12/25/1963

A Gathering of Eagles

as Gen. 'Happy Jack' Kirby

Movie - Released: 6/21/1963

An Affair of the Skin

as Allen McCleod

Movie - Released: 11/20/1963

Burke's Law

as Elliott Dunning

TV - Released: 9/20/1963

The Fugitive

as Herb Malone

TV - Released: 9/17/1963

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

TV - Released: 10/4/1963

Mr. Novak

as Mr. Williams

TV - Released: 9/24/1963

Burke's Law

as Chukker Curtis

TV - Released: 9/20/1963

Burke's Law

as Bill Adams

TV - Released: 9/20/1963

1962

40 Pounds of Trouble

as Louie Blanchard

Movie - Released: 12/31/1962

Going My Way

TV - Released: 10/3/1962

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as Paul Blackshear

TV - Released: 9/20/1962

1961

The Misfits

as Raymond Taber

Movie - Released: 2/1/1961

Target: The Corruptors!

TV - Released: 9/29/1961

Ben Casey

TV - Released: 10/2/1961

Dr. Kildare

as Dr. Harvey Gruboldt

TV - Released: 9/27/1961

The Defenders

as Ralph Johnson

TV - Released: 9/16/1961

Dr. Kildare

as Dr. Omar Larson

TV - Released: 9/27/1961

1959

Movie

Summer of Decision

as Mr. Rogers

Movie - Released: 11/13/1959

The Twilight Zone

as Walter Jameson / Tom Bowen / Hugh Skelton

TV - Released: 10/2/1959

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

as John Tourell

TV - Released: 9/21/1959

1958

Diamond Safari

as Harry Jordan

Movie - Released: 2/21/1958

The Rifleman

TV - Released: 9/30/1958

1956

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

as Dr. Miles J. Bennell

Movie - Released: 2/5/1956

Nightmare

as Stan Grayson

Movie - Released: 8/20/1956

Telephone Time

TV - Released: 4/8/1956

1955

Stranger on Horseback

as Tom Bannerman

Movie - Released: 3/22/1955

An Annapolis Story

as Jim Scott

Movie - Released: 4/10/1955

The 20th Century Fox Hour

TV - Released: 10/5/1955

Matinee Theater

TV - Released: 10/31/1955

1954

Drive a Crooked Road

as Steve Norris

Movie - Released: 3/10/1954

The Gambler from Natchez

as Andre Rivage

Movie - Released: 8/4/1954

Satins and Spurs

as Tony

Movie - Released: 9/12/1954

Climax!

as Brooks

TV - Released: 10/7/1954

Inner Sanctum

TV - Released: 1/9/1954

Max Liebman Presents

TV - Released: 9/12/1954

Climax!

as Halsey

TV - Released: 10/7/1954

Climax!

as Hal Carmichael

TV - Released: 10/7/1954

1953

General Electric Theater

as Wayne Temple

TV - Released: 2/1/1953

General Electric Theater

as Dr. Towne

TV - Released: 2/1/1953

1952

Movie

Jane Eyre

as Rochester

Movie - Released: 8/4/1952

Cavalcade of America

as Frank O'Keefe

TV - Released: 10/1/1952

The Ford Television Theatre

as Russel Stevens

TV - Released: 10/2/1952

The Ford Television Theatre

as Tommy Jordan

TV - Released: 10/2/1952

Omnibus

TV - Released: 11/9/1952

1951

Death of a Salesman

as Biff Loman

Movie - Released: 12/20/1951

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Glenn Sheridan

TV - Released: 10/5/1951

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Prentice Brown

TV - Released: 10/5/1951

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Mark Quinlin

TV - Released: 10/5/1951

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as City attorney

TV - Released: 10/5/1951

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

TV - Released: 10/5/1951

1950

Danger

TV - Released: 9/26/1950

Prudential Family Playhouse

TV - Released: 10/10/1950

The Prudential Family Playhouse

as Richard Kurt

TV - Released: 10/10/1950

What's My Line?

as Self - Panelist

TV - Released: 2/2/1950

1949

Lights Out

TV - Released: 7/19/1949

1948

Studio One

as Lt. Johnny Quayle

TV - Released: 11/7/1948

Ford Theatre

TV - Released: 10/17/1948

The Philco Television Playhouse

as Romeo

TV - Released: 10/3/1948

Studio One

as Dermot McDermot

TV - Released: 11/7/1948

Studio One

TV - Released: 11/7/1948

Studio One

as Rochester

TV - Released: 11/7/1948

The Philco Television Playhouse

TV - Released: 10/3/1948