KEVIN MCCARTHY BIOGRAPHY & FILMOGRAPHY:
Kevin McCarthy was born on February 15th, 1914 in Seattle, Washington, to Martha Therese Preston and Roy Winfield McCarthy. Both of his parents passed away in the 1918 flu pandemic when he was only four years old and he was left as an orphan being raised with his siblings by his grandparents in Minnesota.
After graduating in 1932 from Campion Jesuit High School in Wisconsin, McCarthy enrolled at the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University in Washington DC and later went on to study at the University of Minnesota where he first developed an interest in acting.
McCarthy then enrolled at the Actors Studio in New York in 1936 and began his pursuit of a career as an actor. During World War II he continued acting but also participated in a number of United States Army Air Corps training films.
He began with working as a stage actor and soon was appearing on Broadway in such productions as, "Two for the Seesaw" (1959), "Advise and Consent" (1960) and "Give Em Hell, Harry", which was his one man show that he performed for over twenty years portraying Harry S. Truman.
Some of his early on roles were in the films, "Winged Victory" (1944) and "Death of a Salesman" (1951), for which he received a Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor as well as won a Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer. He also appeared on such television series as, "Light's Out" (1952), "Studio One in Hollywood" (1950-1953) and "Danger" (1953).
As his career in the industry progressed, McCarthy would add over two hundred television and film roles to his resume. His break out film role and one that he is most remembered for was in the science fiction classic, "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" (1956).
Adding to his credits were such television roles as, "The Twilight Zone" (1960), "Breaking Point" (1963), "The Fugitive" (1966), "The Road West" (1967), "The Survivors" (1969), "The Oregon Trail" (1977) and "Flamingo Road" (1980).
Other more prominent film roles he appeared in were, "A Gathering Eagles" (1963), "Hotel" (1967), "The Hell With Heroes" (1968), "Innerspace" (1987), "Hostage" (1987), "Love or Money" (1990), "Mommy" (1995), "Just Cause" (1995) and "Fallen Angels" (2006).
In addition to stage, film and television series work, McCarthy also appeared in a variety of television movies such as, "A Great American Tragedy" (1972), "Making of a Male model" (1983), "The Rose and the Jackal" (1990) and "Dead on the Money" (1991).
More recently McCarthy has appeared on the big screen in such films as, "Slipstream" (2007), "Wesley" (2009), "I Do" (2009) and at the age of ninety three, he played the Grand Inquisitor in the film, "The Ghastly Love of Johnny X" (2012) which released in 2011.
He married twice throughout his lifetime, first to Augusta Dabney in 1941 and after having three children this marriage came to an end in 1961. He then married Kate Crane in 1979 and they had two more children and remained married until he passed away from pneumonia at the age of ninety six, on September 11th, 2010 in Hyannis, Massachusetts.
Filmography
2012 The Ghastly Love of Johnny X
2009 I Do
2009 Wesley
2008 Her Morbid Desires
2007 Trail of the Screaming Forehead
2007 Slipstream
2006 Fallen Angels
2006 Loving Annabelle
2006 The Boneyard Collection
2005 Eyes
2003 Looney Tunes: Back in Action
2002 The Legend of Razorback
2000 The District
1998 Addams Family Reunion
1997 The Weird Al Show
1997 Elvis Meets Nixon
1997 The Second Civil War
1997 Early Edition
1996 Boston Common
1996 The Pandora Directive
1995 Mommy
1995 Steal Big Steal Little
1995 The Sister-in-Law
1995 Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story
1995 Just Cause
1994 Dream On
1994 Roadracers
1994 Rebel Highway
1994 Greedy
1994 Judicial Consent
1993 Love & War
1993 Matinee
1992 The Distinguished Gentleman
1992 Tales from the Crypt
1992 Batman
1992 Human Target
1992 Duplicates
1985-1992 Murder, She Wrote
1991 Charlie Hoover
1991 Ghoulies III: Ghoulies Go to College
1991 Dead on the Money
1991 Final Approach
1991 Father Dowling Mysteries
1991 Eve of Destruction
1990 The Rose and the Jackal
1990 The Sleeping Car
1990 Love or Money
1989 Matlock
1989 UHF
1989 Fast Food
1989 Dark Tower
1989 China Beach
1989 Passion and Paradise
1988 Simon & Simon
1988 Channel 99
1988 In the Heat of the Night
1988 Once Upon a Texas Train
1987 Head of the Class
1987 The Long Journey Home
1987 Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story
1987 Hostage
1987 Innerspace
1986-1987 The Colbys
1987 Square One TV
1987 Mathnet
1987 LBJ: The Early Years
1987 Home
1986 Fame
1986 The Golden Girls
1986 The A-Team
1986 A Masterpiece of Murder
1985 The Midnight Hour
1985 Hotel
1985 Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1985 Deadly Intentions
1985 Finder of Lost Loves
1984 The Ratings Game
1984 Dynasty
1984 Invitation to Hell
1984 Fantasy Island
1983 Bay City Blues
1983 The Love Boat
1983 Making of a Male Model
1983 Twilight Zone: The Movie
1983 Amanda's
1983 My Tutor
1982 Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story
1980-1982 Flamingo Road
1981 The Howling
1980 Portrait of an Escort
1980 Those Lips, Those Eyes
1980 Hero at Large
1978 Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1978 Piranha
1977 The Oregon Trail
1977 Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night
1977 Exo-Man
1968-1976 Hawaii Five-O
1976 Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson
1975 Order to Assassinate
1975 The Manhunter
1974-1975 Great Performances
1974 Cannon
1974 Alien Thunder
1973 Columbo
1972 Banacek
1972 A Great American Tragedy
1972 Kansas City Bomber
1972 Richard
1972 Between Time and Timbuktu
1971 Mission: Impossible
1971 Bearcats!
1971 The Last of the Powerseekers
1969 The Survivors
1969 Medical Center
1966-1969 The F.B.I.
1968 The High Chaparral
1968 Ace High
1968 The Name of the Game
1968 If He Hollers, Let Him Go!
1968 The Wild Wild West
1968 The Hell with Heroes
1967-1968 Judd for the Defense
1966-1968 Felony Squad
1967 Garrison's Gorillas
1967 The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967 The Invaders
1967 Ghostbreakers
1967 The Road West
1967 Hotel
1966 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1966 12 O'Clock High
1966 A Big Hand for the Little Lady
1966 The Legend of Jesse James
1966 The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964-1966 Burke's Law
1966 The Fugitive
1966 The Three Sisters
1965 Honey West
1965 Mirage
1963-1965 Dr. Kildare
1964 The Doctors and the Nurses
1964 Mr. Novak
1964 The Best Man
1964 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1963 The Prize
1963 An Affair of the Skin
1963 The Eleventh Hour
1963 Breaking Point
1963 A Gathering of Eagles
1963 Look Up and Live
1963 The Defenders
1961-1963 The Rifleman
1962 40 Pounds of Trouble
1962 Going My Way
1961-1962 Armstrong Circle Theatre
1962 Target: The Corruptors
1954-1962 The United States Steel Hour
1961 Ben Casey ylor
1961 Great Ghost Tales
1961 'Way Out
1961 The Misfits
1960 Twilight Zone
1959 The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959 Summer of Decision
1959 Sunday Showcase
1954-1958 Schlitz Playhouse
1958 Diamond Safari
1956-1957 Climax!
1952-1957 The Ford Television Theatre
1957 G.E. True Theater
1957 Kraft Theatre
1957 Cavalcade of America
1957 Crossroads
1957 The 20th Century-Fox Hour
1956 The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial
1956 Telephone Time
1956 Nightmare
1956 Front Row Center
1956 Star Stage
1956 Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1955 Matinee Theatre
1955 The Buick-Berle Show
1955 An Annapolis Story
1955 Stranger on Horseback
1955 Star Tonight
1954 Omnibus
1954 Goodyear Playhouse
1954 Satins and Spurs
1954 The Gambler from Natchez
1954 Campbell Summer Soundstage
1954 Drive a Crooked Road
1954 Inner Sanctum
1954 Ponds Theater
1953 Danger
1950-1953 Studio One in Hollywood
1949-1953 The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse
1952 The Gulf Playhouse
1952 Lights Out
1951 Death of a Salesman
1950-1951 The Prudential Family Playhouse
1950 Pulitzer Prize Playhouse
1949 Actor's Studio
1949 The Ford Theatre Hour
1944 Winged Victory
