Editing Kevin McCarthy (actor) (section)

===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]]''.