Actor · Acting

Kevin McCarthy

Born 1914-02-15

Died 2010-09-11

📍 Seattle, Washington, USA

Kevin McCarthy (February 15, 1914 – September 11, 2010) was an American actor. He is best remembered as the male lead in the horror science fiction film Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956).

Following several television guest roles, McCarthy gave his first credited film performance in Death of a Salesman (1951), portraying Biff Loman to Fredric March's Willy Loman. The role earned him a Golden Globe Award and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

Filmography 199

Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies

as Self - (archive footage)

Monster Madness: Mutants, Space Invaders, and Drive-Ins

Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

The Ghastly Love of Johnny X

as The Grand Inquisitor

Love Don't Come Easy

The Boneyard Collection

as The Monk (segment "Her Morbid Desires")

as Pastor Waltz

Trail of the Screaming Forehead

Loving Annabelle

as Father Harris

The Roots of Monty Python

Looney Tunes: Back in Action

Making 'The Misfits'

Addams Family Reunion

as Grandpa Addams

The Second Civil War

as Chief of Staff

The Weird Al Show

Elvis Meets Nixon

as Deep Throat (uncredited)

as Judge Jake Wellborn

as Professor Weaver

Steal Big Steal Little

The Sister-in-Law

as George Richards

Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story

as Phil Prentiss

Judicial Consent

as Judge Pollan

Marlon Brando: The Wild One

as General Ankrum (uncredited)

The Distinguished Gentleman

as Terry Corrigan

Batman: The Animated Series

as Dr. Long (voice)

as General Geller

The Legend of Prince Valiant

Dead on the Money

as Waverly Blake

Eve of Destruction

as William Simmons (uncredited)

Ghoulies III: Ghoulies Go to College

as Professor Ragnar

The Rose and the Jackal

as Senator Henry Wilson

The Sleeping Car

as Vincent Tuttle

as William Reed

as R.J. Fletcher

Tales from the Crypt

Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story

as Franklyn Hutton

as Judge Reinholte

Passion and Paradise

as Harold Christie

as Ray’s Boss (uncredited)

Once Upon a Texas Train

as The Governor

In the Heat of the Night

Creepy Classics

as Dr. Miles J. Bennell - (archive footage)

as Col. Tim Shaw

as Victor Eugene Scrimshaw

LBJ: The Early Years

Head of the Class

as Jonathan Horton

The Midnight Hour

as Judge Crandall

The Golden Girls

Deadly Intentions

The Ratings Game

as Wes Vandergelder

Murder, She Wrote

as Walter Bowman

Murder, She Wrote

as Randolph Sterling

Murder, She Wrote

as Milton Porter

Finder of Lost Loves

as Dr. Miles J. Bennell (Archive Footage)

Invitation to Hell

as Mr. Thompson

as George Hayward

Making of a Male Model

Scarecrow and Mrs. King

Twilight Zone: The Movie

as Mr. Chrystal

as Zack Cartwright

as Bob McKeever

Montgomery Clift

Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story

as Fred Francis

as Claude Weldon

Portrait of an Escort

as Dr. Ken Paige

Those Lips, Those Eyes

as Mickey Bellinger

as Claude Weldon

as Calvin Donnelly

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

as Dr. Robert Hoak

Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night

as Tom Atherton

as Barry Cooper

The Oregon Trail

as Dist. Atty. Kamenski

Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson

as The Publicist (Maj. John Burke)

as Sgt. Malcolm Grant

A Great American Tragedy

as Mark Reynolds

as Allen Markham

Kansas City Bomber

as Washington Doctor

Between Time and Timbuktu

as Carter Gladstone

as Frank Simmons

Great Performances

Great Performances

Harold Robbins' The Survivors

Operation Heartbeat

as Clifford Coswell

If He Hollers, Let Him Go!

as Leslie Whitlock

as Victor Reese

The Name of the Game

as Carter Haines

as Hunter R. Hickey

The Hell with Heroes

The High Chaparral

as James Forrest

as Cameron Witherspoon

Judd, for the Defense

The Guns of Will Sonnett

Garrison's Gorillas

as Curtis O'Keefe

Mission: Impossible

A Big Hand for the Little Lady

as Otto Habershaw

The Three Sisters

as Sylvester Josephson

The Wild Wild West

The Legend of Jesse James

as Sheriff Dockery

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

as Arthur Caresse

as John Garrett

An Affair of the Skin

as Allen McCleod

as Mr. Williams

as Elliott Dunning

as Chukker Curtis

A Gathering of Eagles

as Gen. 'Happy Jack' Kirby

40 Pounds of Trouble

as Louie Blanchard

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as Paul Blackshear

Target: The Corruptors!

as Dr. Harvey Gruboldt

as Dr. Omar Larson

as Ralph Johnson

as Raymond Taber

The Twilight Zone

as Walter Jameson / Tom Bowen / Hugh Skelton

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

as John Tourell

as Winslow Quince

as Harry Jordan

as Stan Grayson

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

as Dr. Miles J. Bennell

Matinee Theater

The 20th Century Fox Hour

An Annapolis Story

Stranger on Horseback

as Tom Bannerman

as Hal Carmichael

Satins and Spurs

The Gambler from Natchez

as Andre Rivage

Drive a Crooked Road

as Steve Norris

General Electric Theater

as Wayne Temple

General Electric Theater

The Ford Television Theatre

as Russel Stevens

The Ford Television Theatre

as Tommy Jordan

Cavalcade of America

as Frank O'Keefe

Death of a Salesman

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Glenn Sheridan

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Prentice Brown

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Mark Quinlin

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as City attorney

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

What's My Line?

as Self - Panelist

as Lt. Johnny Quayle

as Dermot McDermot

The Philco Television Playhouse

The Philco Television Playhouse