Editing Kevin McCarthy (actor) (section)

==Career==
===Early career and military service===
During his service in [[World War II]] in the [[United States Army Air Forces]], McCarthy appeared in the AAF play ''[[Winged Victory (play)|Winged Victory]]'' and its 1944 film adaptation.  McCarthy also appeared in a number of training films.

===Breakthrough in film===
McCarthy was a founding member of The [[Actors Studio]].<ref>{{cite book| quote=Lewis' class included Herbert Berghof, Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift, Mildred Dunnock, Tom Ewell, John Forsythe, Anne Jackson, Sidney Lumet, Kevin McCarthy, Karl Malden, E.G. Marshall, Patricia Neal, William Redfield, Jerome Robbins, Maureen Stapleton, Beatrice Straight, Eli Wallach, and David Wayne.| first=David| last=Garfield| title=A Player's Place: The Story of the Actors Studio| year=1980| publisher=MacMillan Publishing Co., Inc.| location=New York| isbn=978-0-02-542650-4| page=52| chapter=Birth of The Actors Studio: 1947–1950| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PCZaAAAAMAAJ&q=tom+ewell|url-access=subscription }}</ref>  McCarthy's breakthrough film role was in ''[[Death of a Salesman (1951 film)|Death of a Salesman]]'' (1951) portraying [[Death of a Salesman#Biff|Biff Loman]] to [[Fredric March]]'s [[Death of a Salesman#Willy Loman|Willy Loman]]. He had first performed the role in the [[Death of a Salesman#Death of a Salesman in the United Kingdom|London theatrical debut]] and was the only member of that ensemble to be cast in [[László Benedek]]'s film adaptation. He received good notices for his onscreen work, receiving the [[Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor]] and a nomination for the [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor]].

===1956–1975===
[[File:Kevin McCarthy in Invasion of the Body Snatchers trailer.jpg|thumb|left|upright|McCarthy in ''[[Invasion of the Body Snatchers]]'' (1956)]]
His starring roles include the lead in the science fiction film classic ''[[Invasion of the Body Snatchers]]'' (1956), which remains the film for which he is most widely known.{{opinion|date=October 2022}}{{cn|date=October 2022}} On television, he starred in the short-lived series ''[[Harold Robbins' The Survivors|The Survivors]]'' (1969) with [[Lana Turner]]. He also appeared as a guest star in many television programs, playing a wide variety of character roles.

McCarthy appeared with [[Alexis Smith]] in the NBC [[anthology series]] ''[[The Joseph Cotten Show (TV series)|The Joseph Cotten Show]]'' in the episode "We Who Love Her" (1956). He was cast in an episode of the religion anthology series ''[[Crossroads (1955 TV series)|Crossroads]]''. McCarthy appeared in the 1959 episode "The Wall Between" of [[Columbia Broadcasting System|CBS]]'s ''[[The DuPont Show with June Allyson]]''. He guest-starred in a classic episode of CBS's ''[[The Twilight Zone]]'' entitled "[[Long Live Walter Jameson]]" (1960) as the title character.

McCarthy made two appearances on ''[[The Rifleman]]'', starring [[Chuck Connors]] and [[Johnny Crawford]]. He portrayed the historical [[Mark Twain]] in "The Shattered Idol" (episode 120; original air date: December 4, 1961) and Winslow Quince in "Suspicion" (episode 157; original air date: January 14, 1963). [https://web.archive.org/web/20130303234043/http://www.therifleman.net/episodes/season4/ The Rifleman – Season 4 Episodes] [https://web.archive.org/web/20110101005850/http://www.therifleman.net/episodes/epi.asp?yrid=5&epid=157 The Rifleman – Suspicion, Episode 157, Season 5]

In 1963, McCarthy appeared in the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] medical drama ''[[Breaking Point (1963 TV series)|Breaking Point]]'' in the episode titled "Fire and Ice". He guest starred in the ABC drama ''[[Going My Way (TV series)|Going My Way]]'', about the [[Roman Catholic]] priesthood in New York City. He was cast as well in a 1964 episode of [[James Franciscus]]'s NBC education drama ''[[Mr. Novak]]''. In 1966, he appeared in the episode "Wife Killer" of the ABC adventure series ''[[The Fugitive (1963 TV series)|The Fugitive]]''. In 1967, he guest starred in the episode "Never Chase a Rainbow" of NBC's [[Western (genre)|western]] series ''[[The Road West]]'', starring [[Barry Sullivan (American actor)|Barry Sullivan]]. Also that year, he guest-starred in the episode "The Watchers" on the television series ''[[The Invaders]].''

In 1968, McCarthy guest starred on ''[[Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series)|Hawaii Five-O]]'' in the episode "Full Fathom Five" as the chief antagonist, Victor Reese.  He appeared as Maj. Gen Kroll in "The Night of the Doomsday Formula" in season 4 of ''[[The Wild Wild West]]''.<ref>{{IMDb title | id=0748527 | title=The Night of the Doomsday Formula}}</ref> In 1971, he guest-starred in the "Conqueror's Gold" episode of ''[[Bearcats!]]'', which starred [[Rod Taylor]], with whom McCarthy had appeared in the films ''[[A Gathering of Eagles]]'', ''[[Hotel (1967 film)|Hotel]]'', and ''[[The Hell with Heroes|The Hell With Heroes]]''.

===1975–1996===
In 1976, McCarthy starred in the Broadway play ''[[Poor Murderer]]''. In 1977, he and [[Clu Gulager]], previously cast with Barry Sullivan on NBC's ''[[The Tall Man (TV series)|The Tall Man]]'', appeared in the episode "The Army Deserter" of the NBC western series ''[[The Oregon Trail (TV series)|The Oregon Trail]]'' with [[Rod Taylor]]. In 1978, McCarthy played a cameo role in a remake of ''[[Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978 film)|Invasion of the Body Snatchers]]'' as a man running through the streets shouting a warning in the same manner as his character did in the original 1956 film. He appeared in [[NBC]]'s ''[[Flamingo Road (TV series)|Flamingo Road]]'' (1980–1982) as Claude Weldon, father of [[Morgan Fairchild]]'s character. McCarthy appeared as Judge Crandall in ''[[The Midnight Hour]]'', a 1985 [[comedy horror]] television film. Also that year, he guest-starred in a fourth-season episode of ''[[The A-Team]]'' called "Members Only".

McCarthy was one of four actors (with [[Dick Miller]], [[Belinda Balaski]] and [[Robert Picardo]]) often cast by director [[Joe Dante]]. McCarthy's most notable role in Dante's films was in 1987 as the prime antagonist, Victor Scrimshaw, in ''[[Innerspace]]''. He also appeared in Dante's films ''[[Matinee (1993 film)|Matinee]]'', and ''[[Looney Tunes: Back in Action]]'', the latter film even featuring McCarthy referencing his role in ''[[Invasion of the Body Snatchers]]''.

In 1988, McCarthy played R.J. Fletcher, the antagonistic television station owner competing with [["Weird Al" Yankovic|"Weird" Al Yankovic]]'s George Newman, an aimless young man who is tapped to run a failing [[Ultra high frequency|UHF]] television station by his uncle, on the suggestion of his aunt, in the film ''[[UHF (film)|UHF]]'' directed by Jay Levey. 

In 1996, he played Gordon Fitzpatrick in ''[[The Pandora Directive]]'', a [[Full motion video|full-motion video]] (FMV) adventure game starring [[Tex Murphy]].

===21st century===
In 2007, McCarthy appeared as himself in the [[Anthony Hopkins]] film ''[[Slipstream (2007 film)|Slipstream]],'' which made references to McCarthy's film ''Invasion of the Body Snatchers''.

On October 24, 2009, McCarthy was honored at the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival.<ref>{{cite web |first=Sandy |last=Mandelberger |date=October 23, 2009 |url=http://www.filmfestivals.com/blog/fortlauderdaleff/kevin_mccarthy_to_be_honored_at_fliff |title=Kevin McCarthy To Be Honored At FLIFF |publisher=Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival |access-date=September 28, 2017}}</ref>

His last role in a feature-length movie was as The Grand Inquisitor in the sci-fi musical comedy ''[[The Ghastly Love of Johnny X]]'' (2012).