Editing Kevin McCarthy (actor)

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{{short description|American actor (1914–2010)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name                  = Kevin McCarthy
| image                 = Kevin McCarthy 1.jpg
| caption =McCarthy in 2000
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| birth_date            = {{birth date|1914|2|15}}
| birth_place           = [[Seattle]], Washington, U.S.
| death_date            = {{death date and age|2010|9|11|1914|2|15}}
| death_place           = [[Hyannis, Massachusetts]], U.S.
| othername             = 
| occupation            = Actor
|alma_mater            = [[University of Minnesota]]
| yearsactive           = 1937–2010
| spouse                = {{ubl
  | {{marriage|[[Augusta Dabney]]|1941|1961|end=div}}
  | {{marriage|Kate Crane<br />|1979|2010}}
  }}
| children= 5
| relatives=[[Mary McCarthy (author)|Mary McCarthy]] (sister)
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}}
'''Kevin McCarthy''' (February 15, 1914 – September 11, 2010)<ref>{{cite news |last=McLellan |first=Dennis |url=http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-kevin-mccarthy-20100913,0,7898882.story?track=rss |title=Kevin McCarthy obituary: 'Body Snatchers' actor McCarthy dies |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=February 15, 1914 |access-date=September 12, 2010}}</ref> was an American stage, film and television actor, remembered as the male lead in the horror science fiction film ''[[Invasion of the Body Snatchers]]'' (1956).<ref name="NYT091310" />

Following several television guest roles, McCarthy gave his first credited film performance in ''[[Death of a Salesman (1951 film)|Death of a Salesman]]'' (1951), portraying Biff Loman to [[Fredric March]]'s Willy Loman. The role earned him a [[Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Award]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Kevin McCarthy|url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/person/kevin-mccarthy|website=GoldenGlobes.com|publisher=[[Hollywood Foreign Press Association]]|access-date=December 18, 2017}}</ref> and a nomination for the [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor]].<ref>{{cite web|title=THE 24TH ACADEMY AWARDS – 1952|url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1952|website=Oscars.org|publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences]]|access-date=December 18, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Montgomery Clift: A Biography |first=Patricia |last=Bosworth |page=225 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rNi9ksSb92sC&q=kevin+mccarthy |publisher=Harcourt Brace Jovanovich |edition=1st |date=March 1, 1978 |isbn=978-0-15-162123-1}}</ref>

==Early life==
McCarthy was born in [[Seattle]], Washington, the son of Roy Winfield McCarthy and Martha Therese (née Preston).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/1/Kevin-McCarthy.html |title=Kevin McCarthy Biography (1914-) |publisher=film reference |access-date=April 26, 2015}}</ref> His father was descended from a wealthy Irish American family based in [[Minnesota]]. His mother was born in Washington State to a [[Protestant]] father and a non-observant Jewish mother; McCarthy's mother converted to Roman Catholicism before her marriage.<ref name=kni>{{cite web| title=Mary McCarthy, age 11, returns to Seattle to live with her maternal grandparents in 1923.| publisher=HistoryLink.org| url=http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=pf_output.cfm&file_id=8425| access-date=September 12, 2010}}</ref> He was the brother of author [[Mary McCarthy (author)|Mary McCarthy]], and a distant cousin of U.S. Senator and presidential candidate [[Eugene McCarthy]] of Minnesota. His parents both died in the [[Spanish flu|1918 flu pandemic]], and the four children went to live with relatives in [[Minneapolis]]. After five years of near-[[Charles Dickens|Dickensian]] mistreatment, described in Mary McCarthy's memoirs, the children were separated: Mary lived with their maternal grandparents, and Kevin and his younger brothers were raised by relatives in Minneapolis.<ref name="NYT091310" /> McCarthy graduated in 1932 from [[Campion High School]] in [[Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin|Prairie du Chien]], Wisconsin,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.campion-knights.org/Notables/ |title=Campion Graduate Notables... |access-date=April 26, 2015}}</ref> then attended the [[University of Minnesota]], where he appeared in his first play, Shakespeare's ''[[Henry IV, Part 1]]'', and discovered a love of acting.

==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).

== Personal life and death ==
McCarthy was married to [[Augusta Dabney]], with whom he had three children, from 1941 until their divorce in 1961. In 1979, he married Kate Crane, who survived him. The couple had two children.<ref name="NYT091310">{{cite news| title=Kevin McCarthy, Actor, Dies at 96| first=Anita| last=Gates| date=September 12, 2010| newspaper=[[The New York Times]]| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/13/movies/13mccarthy.html| access-date=September 13, 2010}}</ref>

From 1942, McCarthy and his wife Augusta Dabney had a close friendship with actor [[Montgomery Clift]]. McCarthy and Clift were cast in a play together, Ramon Naya's ''Mexican Mural''. They became best friends, acted together in several more projects, and were believed by some prominent individuals, including [[Tennessee Williams]], [[Truman Capote]]<ref>{{cite book| last=Grobel| first=Lawrence| title=Conversations with Truman Capote| date=February 1, 1985| publisher=Dutton| page=164| isbn=9780453004947| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zVFaAAAAMAAJ&q=kevin+mccarthy|url-access=subscription }}</ref> and [[George Whitmore (writer)|George Whitmore]],<ref>{{cite book| first=Winston| last=Leyland| title=Gay Sunshine Interviews| location=San Francisco| publisher=Gay Sunshine Press| year=1978| page=324| volume=1|  url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z8sYAAAAYAAJ&q=clift|url-access=subscription | isbn=978-0-917342-61-5}}</ref> to have been lovers. They also collaborated on a screenplay for a film adaptation of the Tennessee Williams/[[Donald Windham]] play ''You Touched Me!'', but it never came to fruition.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tarahanks.com/2010/09/20/that-orphan-charm-marilyn-and-kevin-mccarthy/|title='That Orphan Charm': Marilyn and Kevin McCarthy|last=Hanks|first=Tara|date=September 20, 2010|website=tarahanks.com|access-date=July 27, 2019}}</ref><ref>[http://archives.nypl.org/the/18656 Montgomery Clift papers, Additions, *T-Mss 1967-006]. Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library.</ref>

McCarthy died of [[pneumonia]] on September 11, 2010, at [[Cape Cod Hospital]] in [[Massachusetts]] at the age of 96.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11286585|title=Invasion of the Body Snatchers actor dies aged 96|last=BBC News|date=September 13, 2010|work=BBC News|access-date=July 27, 2019}}</ref>

== Selected filmography ==
* 1944 ''[[Winged Victory (play)|Winged Victory]]'' as Ronnie Meade (uncredited)
* 1951 ''[[Death of a Salesman (1951 film)|Death of a Salesman]]'' as Biff Loman
* 1954 ''[[Drive a Crooked Road]]'' as Steve Norris, Bank Robber
* 1954 ''[[The Gambler from Natchez]]'' as André Rivage
* 1955 ''[[Stranger on Horseback]]'' as Tom Bannerman
* 1955 ''[[An Annapolis Story]]'' as Jim R. Scott
* 1956 ''[[Invasion of the Body Snatchers]]'' as Dr. Miles Bennell
* 1956 ''[[Nightmare (1956 film)|Nightmare]]'' as Stan Grayson
* 1958 ''[[Diamond Safari (1958 film)|Diamond Safari]]'' as Harry Jordan
* 1960 ''[[The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]'' (TV Series) as Professor Walter Jameson / Tom Bowen / Major Hugh Skelton
* 1961 ''[[The Misfits (1961 film)|The Misfits]]'' as Raymond Tabor
* 1961 ''[[The Rifleman]]'' as Mark Twain
* 1961 ''[['Way Out]]'' (TV Series) as Dr. Paul Sandham
* 1962 ''[[40 Pounds of Trouble]]'' as Louie Blanchard
* 1963 ''[[A Gathering of Eagles]]'' as General Jack 'Happy Jack' Kirby
* 1963 ''[[The Rifleman]]'' as Winslow Quince
* 1963 ''[[An Affair of the Skin]]'' as Allen McCleod
* 1963 ''[[The Prize (1963 film)|The Prize]]'' as Dr. John Garrett
* 1964 ''[[The Best Man (1964 film)|The Best Man]]'' as Dick Jensen
* 1965 ''[[Mirage (1965 film)|Mirage]]'' as Sylvester Josephson
* 1966 ''[[A Big Hand for the Little Lady]]'' as Otto Habershaw
* 1966 ''[[The Three Sisters (1966 film)|The Three Sisters]]'' as Vershinin
* 1967 ''[[Twelve O'Clock High]]'' S03E02 "Massacre"
* 1967 ''[[Hotel (1967 film)|Hotel]]'' as Curtis O'Keefe
* 1968 ''[[The Hell with Heroes]]'' as Colonel Wilson
* 1968 ''[[If He Hollers Let Him Go! (film)|If He Hollers, Let Him Go!]]'' as Leslie Whitlock
* 1968 ''[[Ace High (1968 film)|Ace High]]'' as Drake
* 1968 ''[[The High Chaparral]]'' (TV Series) as Jim Forrest (North to Tucson)
* 1968–1976 ''[[Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series)|Hawaii Five-O]]'' (TV Series) as Hunter R. Hickey / Victor Reese
* 1969–1970 ''[[Harold Robbins' The Survivors]]'' (TV Series) as Philip Hastings
* 1971 ''[[Mission: Impossible (1966 TV series)|Mission: Impossible]]'' (TV Series) as Whitmore Channing
* 1972 ''[[Between Time and Timbuktu]]'' as Bokonon
* 1972 ''[[Richard (1972 film)|Richard]]'' as Washington Doctor
* 1972 ''[[Kansas City Bomber]]'' as Burt Henry
* 1973 ''[[Columbo]]'' (TV Series) as Dr. Frank Simmons
* 1974 ''[[June Moon]]'' (TV Series) as Hart
* 1974 ''[[Alien Thunder]]'' as Sergeant Malcolm Grant
* 1975 ''Order to Assassinate'' as Ed McLean
* 1976 ''[[Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson]]'' as Major Burke
* 1977 ''[[Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night]]'' (TV Movie) as Tom Atherton
* 1978 ''[[Piranha (1978 film)|Piranha]]'' as Dr. Robert Hoak
* 1978 ''[[Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978 film)|Invasion of the Body Snatchers]]'' as Running Man ([[cameo appearance]])
* 1980 ''[[Hero at Large]]'' as Calvin Donnelly
* 1980 ''[[Those Lips, Those Eyes]]'' as Mickey Bellinger
* 1981 ''[[The Howling (film)|The Howling]]'' as Fred Francis
* 1983 ''[[My Tutor]]'' as Mr. Chrystal
* 1983 ''[[Twilight Zone: The Movie]]'' as Uncle Walt (segment "It's a Good Life")
* 1983 ''[[Making of a Male Model]]'' as Ward Hawley
* 1984 ''[[Invitation to Hell (1984 film)|Invitation to Hell]]'' (TV Movie) as Mr. Thompson
* 1985 ''[[The Midnight Hour]]'' (TV Movie) as Judge Crandall
* 1986 ''[[A Masterpiece of Murder]]'' (TV Movie) as Jonathan Hire
* 1986 ''[[The Golden Girls]]'' as Richard (Second Motherhood)
* 1987 ''[[Innerspace]]'' as Victor Eugene Scrimshaw
* 1987 ''Hostage'' as Colonel Tim Shaw
* 1987 ''[[Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story]]'' (TV Movie) as Franklyn Hutton
* 1988 ''[[Once Upon a Texas Train]]'' (TV Movie) as The Governor
* 1987 ''[[Dark Tower (1987 film)|Dark Tower]]'' as Sergie
* 1989 ''[[Fast Food (1989 film)|Fast Food]]'' as Judge Reinholte
* 1989 ''[[UHF (film)|UHF]]'' as R.J. Fletcher
* 1990 ''The Sleeping Car'' as Vincent Tuttle
* 1990 ''[[Ghoulies (film series)#Ghoulies III: Ghoulies Go to College (1990)|Ghoulies III: Ghoulies Go to College]]'' (Video) as Professor Ragnar
* 1991 ''[[Eve of Destruction (film)|Eve of Destruction]]'' as William Simmons (uncredited)
* 1991 ''[[Final Approach (1991 film)|Final Approach]]'' as General Geller
* 1992 ''[[The Distinguished Gentleman]]'' as Terry Corrigan
* 1993 ''[[Matinee (1993 film)|Matinee]]'' as General Ankrum (uncredited)
* 1994 ''[[Greedy (film)|Greedy]]'' as Bartlett
* 1994 ''Judicial Consent'' as Judge Pollan
* 1995 ''[[Just Cause (film)|Just Cause]]'' as Phil Prentiss
* 1995 ''[[Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story]]'' as [[Sol Siegel]]
* 1995 ''[[Steal Big Steal Little]]'' as Reed Tyler
* 1995 ''[[Mommy (1995 film)|Mommy]]'' as Fire Department Rescuer
* 1996 ''[[The Pandora Directive]]'' (Video Game) as Gordon Fitzpatrick
* 1998 ''[[Addams Family Reunion]]'' (TV Movie) as Grandpa Addams
* 2002 ''The Legend of Razorback'' as Zondervan
* 2003 ''[[Looney Tunes: Back in Action]]'' as Dr. Miles Bennell (cameo)
* 2006 ''[[Loving Annabelle]]'' as Father Harris
* 2006 ''Fallen Angels'' as Pastor Waltz
* 2007 ''[[Slipstream (2007 film)|Slipstream]]'' as Himself
* 2007 ''[[Trail of the Screaming Forehead]]'' as Latecomer
* 2008 ''The Boneyard Collection''
* 2008 ''Her Morbid Desires'' (Video) as The Monk
* 2009 ''[[Wesley (film)|Wesley]]'' as Bishop Ryder
* 2012 ''[[The Ghastly Love of Johnny X]]'' as The Grand Inquisitor (final film role, posthumous release)

== Radio appearances ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Program !! Episode/source
|-
| 1952|| ''[[The United States Steel Hour#Theatre Guild on the Air|Theatre Guild on the Air]]'' || ''The Damask Check''<ref>{{cite news| last1=Kirby| first1=Walter| title=Better Radio Programs for the Week| url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2613413/the_decatur_daily_review/| work=[[Herald & Review|The Decatur Daily Review]]| date=December 7, 1952| page=52| via=[[Newspapers.com]]| access-date=June 14, 2015}} {{Open access}}</ref>
|-
| 1953|| ''Radio Playhouse'' || ''Routine Assignment''<ref>{{cite news| last1=Kirby| first1=Walter| title=Better Radio Programs for the Week| url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2759320/the_decatur_daily_review/| work=The Decatur Daily Review| date=October 11, 1953| page=50| via=Newspapers.com| access-date=July 6, 2015}} {{Open access}}</ref>
|}

== References ==
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