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Kevin McCarthy

Handsome, chisel-jawed character actor Kevin McCarthy appeared in nearly 100 movies in a career that spanned seven decades. He is best remembered as the male lead in the 1956 horror science fiction film Invasion of the Body Snatchers.

English
  • Born In Seattle, Washington, USA
  • Born February 15, 1914
  • Died September 11, 2010
  • Gender Male
  • On Other Sites IMDB
  • Race White or Caucasian (Non-Hispanic)
  • Created May 1, 2021 by
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  • Modified January 31, 2023 by
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Loving Annabelle

2006
as Father Harris

The Roots of Monty Python

2005
as Kevin McCarthy

An Affair of the Skin

1963
as Allen McCleod

Ghostbreakers

1967
as Cameron Witherspoon

Dead on the Money

1991
as Waverly Blake

The 'Burbs

1989
as Ray's Boss (workprint version)

The Sister-in-Law

1995
as George Richards

The Ratings Game

1984
as Wes Vandergelder

Jane Eyre

1952
as Rochester

Stranger on Horseback

1955
as Tom Bannerman

Matinee

1993
as General Ankrum

Hotel

1967
as Curtis O'Keefe

Dark Tower

1989
as Sergie

The Midnight Hour

1985
as Judge Crandall

Those Lips, Those Eyes

1980
as Mickey Bellinger

40 Pounds of Trouble

1962
as Louie Blanchard

A Great American Tragedy

1972
as Mark Reynolds

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

1978
as Dr. Miles J. Bennell

Making of a Male Model

1983
as Ward Hawley

Piranha

1978
as Dr. Robert Hoak

The Misfits

1961
as Raymond Taber

Roadracers

1994
as Miles

A Gathering of Eagles

1963
as Gen. 'Happy Jack' Kirby

Marlon Brando: The Wild One

1994
as Kevin McCarthy

If He Hollers, Let Him Go!

1968
as Leslie Whitlock

Greedy

1994
as Bartlett

Richard

1972
as Washington Doctor

Duplicates

1992
as Dr. Congemi

The Best Man

1964
as Dick Jensen

UHF

1989
as R.J. Fletcher

Deadly Intentions

1985
as Reichman

Mirage

1965
as Sylvester Josephson

Her Morbid Desires

2008
as The Monk

Kansas City Bomber

1972
as Burt Henry

Judicial Consent

1994
as Judge Pollan

LBJ: The Early Years

1987
as Joseph Kennedy

Satins and Spurs

1954
as Tony Barton

Fast Food

1989
as Judge Reinholte

Alien Thunder

1974
as Sgt. Malcolm Grant

Innerspace

1987
as Victor Eugene Scrimshaw

Fallen Angels

2007
as Pastor Waltz

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

1956
as Dr. Miles J. Bennell

Death of a Salesman

1951
as Biff Loman

The Last of the Powerseekers

1969
as Philip Hastings

Exo-Man

1977
as Dist. Atty. Kamenski

Portrait of an Escort

1980
as Dr. Ken Paige

Twilight Zone: The Movie

1983
as Uncle Walt (segment "It's a Good Life")

An Annapolis Story

1955
as Jim Scott

The Prize

1963
as John Garrett

Just Cause

1995
as Phil Prentiss

Love or Money

1990
as William Reed

Rockpile

2018
as Kevin McCarthy

Flamingo Road

1981
as Claude Weldon

Hostage

1987
as Colonel Tim Shaw

A Masterpiece of Murder

1986
as Jonathan Hire

Passion and Paradise

1989
as Harold Christie

The Howling

1981
as Fred Francis

Diamond Safari

1958
as Harry Jordan

The Rose and the Jackal

1990
as Senator Henry Wilson

This Thing with Sarah

2013
as Cocktail Server

Monsters, Madmen & Machines: 25 Years of Science Fiction

1984
as actor 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers'

Invitation to Hell

1984
as Mr. Thompson

Addams Family Reunion

1998
as Grandpa Addams

Nightmare

1956
as Stan Grayson

My Tutor

1983
as Mr. Chrystal

Montgomery Clift: The Hidden Star

1998
as Self - Actor and Friend

The Hell with Heroes

1968
as Col. Wilson

Hero at Large

1980
as Calvin Donnelly

The Gambler from Natchez

1954
as André Rivage

The Sleeping Car

1990
as Vincent Tuttle

Drive a Crooked Road

1954
as Steve Norris

Director

Movie TransGeek 2018

Writer

Movie Hunters Fall 2015
Episode Kelsey Grammer Presents The Sketch Show
Episode 103
2005
Movie Moving Target 1996
Episode Kelsey Grammer Presents The Sketch Show
Episode 104
2005

Producer

Movie El lunar de la familia 1953
Movie TransGeek 2018

Crew

Movie Mr. & Mrs. Kim 2016

Guest Star

Episode Great Performances
The Seagull
1975
Episode Cannon
The Deadly Trail
1974
Episode The Rousters
Slade vs. Slade
1984
Episode Murder, She Wrote
Armed Response
1985
Episode The District
Worst Block
2000
Episode The Fugitive
Wife Killer
1966
Episode The Name of the Game
Incident in Berlin
1968
Episode Judd for the Defense
You Remember Joe Maddox
1968
Episode The District
Surveillance
2000
Episode Hawaii Five-O
Full Fathom Five
1968
Episode China Beach
Twilight
1989
Episode Murder, She Wrote
From the Horse's Mouth
1991
Episode Early Edition
The Jury
1997
Episode The Golden Girls
Second Motherhood
1986
Episode Breaking Point
Fire and Ice
1963
Episode Burke's Law
Terror in a Tiny Town (1)
1966
Episode The Guns of Will Sonnett
Ride the Man Down
1967
Episode Batman: The Animated Series
Nothing to Fear
1992
Episode The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Beast in View
1964
Episode Burke's Law
Terror in a Tiny Town (2)
1966
Episode Banacek
To Steal a King
1972
Episode The Rifleman
The Shattered Idol
1961
Episode The Felony Squad
Between Two Fires
1966
Episode The June Allyson Show
The Wall Between
1959
Episode Head of the Class
Revenge of the Liberal
1987
Episode Boston Common
Coming Clean
1996
Episode The Rifleman
Suspicion
1963
Episode Dream On
The Courtship of Martin's Father
1994
Episode Life, Liberty & Levin
Kevin McCarthy and Lee Zeldin
2020
Episode Judd for the Defense
Conspiracy
1967
Episode Scarecrow and Mrs. King
Over the Limit
1985
Episode The District
The Real Terrorist
2000
Episode Ben Casey
A Few Brief Lines for Dave
1961
Episode Great Performances
June Moon
1974
Episode The F.B.I.
Counter-Stroke
1967
Episode Burke's Law
Who Killed Madison Cooper?
1964
Episode 15 Storeys High
The Baby
2004
Episode Burke's Law
Who Killed Nobody Somehow?
1965
Episode Murder, She Wrote
Ever After
1992
Episode Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
March 14, 2021: Tucker Carlson
2021
Episode The F.B.I.
Conspiracy of Silence
1969
Episode Hotel
Second Offense [aka Missing Pieces]
1985
Episode The Felony Squad
Image Of Evil
1968
Episode Matlock
The Fugitive
1989
Episode Dr. Kildare
The Backslider
1963
Episode The Twilight Zone
Long Live Walter Jameson
1960
Episode The A-Team
Members Only
1986
Episode Mission: Impossible
Invasion
1971
Episode The F.B.I.
The Spy-Master
1966
Episode In the Heat of the Night
Pilot (1)
1988
Episode Tales from the Crypt
Curiosity Killed
1992
Episode In the Heat of the Night
Pilot (2)
1988
Episode Crossroads (1955)
Ice Cathedral
1957
Episode The Weird Al Show
Al Plays Hooky
1997
Episode Dr. Kildare
Believe And Live
1965
Episode The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
The Moonglow Affair
1966
Episode The Invaders
The Watchers
1967
Episode Manhunter
To Kill A Tiger
1975
Episode Columbo
Requiem for a Falling Star
1973
Episode The Wild Wild West
The Night of the Doomsday Formula
1968
Episode Bearcats
Conqueror's Gold
1971
Episode Finder of Lost Loves
Surrogates
1985
Episode The Oregon Trail
The Army Deserter
1977