David McCallum
David Keith McCallum Jr. (19 September 1933 – 25 September 2023) was a Scottish actor and musician. He gained wide recognition in the 1960s for playing secret agent Illya Kuryakin in the television series The Man from U.N.C.L.E. His other notable television roles include Carter in Colditz (1972–1974) and Steel in Sapphire & Steel (1979–1982). Beginning in 2003, McCallum gained renewed international popularity for his role as NCIS medical examiner Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard in the American television series NCIS. On film, McCallum notably appeared in The Great Escape (1963).
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| Full name at birth | David Keith McCallum Jr.
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| Claim to fame | his roles as Illya Kuryakin in the NBC spy fiction series The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Lieutenant Simon Carter in the BBC drama series Colditz, Steel in the ITV supernatural science fiction fantasy series Sapphire & Steel, and Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard in the CBS military police procedural drama series NCIS
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| Date of birth | 19 September 1933
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| Place of birth | Maryhill, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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| Date of death | 25 September 2023
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| Age | 90 (age at death)
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| Place of death | New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York City, New York, USA
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| Cause of death | Natural Causes
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| Occupation | Actor, Musician
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| Height | 5' 8" (173 cm)
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| Weight | 176 lbs (80 kg)
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| Net worth | $10,000,000 USD
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![David McCallum, Katherine Carpenter - Ingenue Magazine Cover [United States] (December 1965)](http://img3.bdbphotos.com/images/130x130/y/c/yc52z1snnbl717n.jpg?skj2io4l)
- Introduced his first wife, Jill Ireland, to her second husband, Charles Bronson, during the filming of The Great Escape (1963).
- His hobbies include Golf and Computing.
- Was stricken with rheumatic fever as a child.
- His adoptive son, Jason McCallum, died of an accidental drug overdose in 1985.
- Has appeared in episodes of three different series with Robert Vaughn: "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." (1964), "Please Don't Eat the Daisies" (1965) and "The A-Team" (1983).
David McCallum is known for his role in the TV series Monsters (1988) as Boyle.
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