Kevin McCarthy
Acting • Born 1914-02-15 – Died 2010-09-11
Biography
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
207 credits
My Tutor
Movie • 1983
Mr. Chrystal
Innerspace
Movie • 1987
Victor Eugene Scrimshaw
The Prize
Movie • 1963
John Garrett
The Misfits
Movie • 1961
Raymond Taber
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Movie • 1956
Dr. Miles J. Bennell
The Howling
Movie • 1981
Fred Francis
Addams Family Reunion
Movie • 1998
Grandpa Addams
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Movie • 1978
Running Man
UHF
Movie • 1989
R.J. Fletcher
Piranha
Movie • 1978
Dr. Robert Hoak
Matinee
Movie • 1993
General Ankrum (uncredited)
Roadracers
Movie • 1994
Miles
Invasion of the Body Snatchers... An Interview with Kevin McCarthy
Movie • 1985
Drive a Crooked Road
Movie • 1954
Steve Norris
Kansas City Bomber
Movie • 1972
Burt Henry
Nightmare
Movie • 1956
Stan Grayson
The Midnight Hour
Movie • 1985
Judge Crandall
Final Approach
Movie • 1991
General Geller
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson
Movie • 1976
The Publicist (Maj. John Burke)
A Big Hand for the Little Lady
Movie • 1966
Otto Habershaw
The Best Man
Movie • 1964
Dick Jensen
Hero at Large
Movie • 1980
Calvin Donnelly
Diamond Safari
Movie • 1958
Harry Jordan
Loving Annabelle
Movie • 2007
Father Harris
Mirage
Movie • 1965
Sylvester Josephson
Trail of the Screaming Forehead
Movie • 2007
Latecomer
Invitation to Hell
Movie • 1984
Mr. Thompson
The 'Burbs
Movie • 1989
Ray’s Boss (uncredited)
Creepy Classics
Movie • 1987
Dr. Miles J. Bennell - (archive footage)
Order to Kill
Movie • 1975
Ed McLean
Hotel
Movie • 1967
Curtis O'Keefe
Steal Big Steal Little
Movie • 1995
Reed Tyler
Dark Tower
Movie • 1987
Sergie
Death of a Salesman
Movie • 1951
Biff Loman
Those Lips, Those Eyes
Movie • 1980
Mickey Bellinger
A Gathering of Eagles
Movie • 1963
Gen. 'Happy Jack' Kirby
The Sleeping Car
Movie • 1990
Vincent Tuttle
Stranger on Horseback
Movie • 1955
Tom Bannerman
Judicial Consent
Movie • 1994
Judge Pollan
Once Upon a Texas Train
Movie • 1988
The Governor
Love or Money
Movie • 1990
William Reed
The Ghastly Love of Johnny X
Movie • 2012
The Grand Inquisitor
The Gambler from Natchez
Movie • 1954
Andre Rivage
A Great American Tragedy
Movie • 1972
Mark Reynolds
An Annapolis Story
Movie • 1955
Jim Scott
If He Hollers, Let Him Go!
Movie • 1968
Leslie Whitlock
Ace High
Movie • 1968
Drake
Between Time and Timbuktu
Movie • 1972
Bokonon
Hostage
Movie • 1987
Col. Tim Shaw
Twilight Zone: The Movie
Movie • 1983
Uncle Walt
Making of a Male Model
Movie • 1983
Ward Hawley
The Rose and the Jackal
Movie • 1990
Senator Henry Wilson
Ghostbreakers
Movie • 1967
Cameron Witherspoon
LBJ: The Early Years
Movie • 1987
Billy Bob
Eve of Destruction
Movie • 1991
William Simmons (uncredited)
Love Don't Come Easy
Movie • 2008
Max
Dead on the Money
Movie • 1991
Waverly Blake
The Roots of Monty Python
Movie • 2005
Self
Fallen Angels
Movie • 2007
Pastor Waltz
Operation Heartbeat
Movie • 1969
Clifford Coswell
40 Pounds of Trouble
Movie • 1962
Louie Blanchard
Monster Madness: Mutants, Space Invaders, and Drive-Ins
Movie • 2014
Self
Richard
Movie • 1972
Washington Doctor
The Hell with Heroes
Movie • 1968
Col. Wilson
Exo-Man
Movie • 1977
Dist. Atty. Kamenski
Flamingo Road
Movie • 1980
Claude Weldon
Fast Food
Movie • 1989
Judge Reinholte
Ghoulies III: Ghoulies Go to College
Movie • 1990
Professor Ragnar
Greedy
Movie • 1994
Bartlett
Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story
Movie • 1982
Dr. Jones
Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night
Movie • 1977
Tom Atherton
Portrait of an Escort
Movie • 1980
Dr. Ken Paige
Just Cause
Movie • 1995
Phil Prentiss
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
Movie • 2003
Dr. Bennell
Jane Eyre
Movie • 1952
Rochester
Alien Thunder
Movie • 1974
Sgt. Malcolm Grant
Deadly Intentions
Movie • 1985
Reichman
UnConventional
Movie • 2004
Self
The Sister-in-Law
Movie • 1995
George Richards
Satins and Spurs
Movie • 1954
Tony
A Masterpiece of Murder
Movie • 1986
Jonathan Hire
The Ratings Game
Movie • 1984
Wes Vandergelder
The Second Civil War
Movie • 1997
Chief of Staff
The Three Sisters
Movie • 1966
Vershinin
Making 'The Misfits'
Movie • 2002
Self
Passion and Paradise
Movie • 1989
Harold Christie
An Affair of the Skin
Movie • 1963
Allen McCleod
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
Movie • 2014
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Marlon Brando: The Wild One
Movie • 1994
Self
The Boneyard Collection
Movie • 2008
The Monk (segment "Her Morbid Desires")
The Distinguished Gentleman
Movie • 1992
Terry Corrigan
June Moon
Movie • 1974
Hart
Duplicates
Movie • 1992
Dr. Congemi
The Seagull
Movie • 1975
Trigorin
Montgomery Clift
Movie • 1983
Self
Summer of Decision
Movie • 1959
Mr. Rogers
Elvis Meets Nixon
Movie • 1997
Deep Throat (uncredited)
Gremlins
Movie • 1984
Dr. Miles J. Bennell (Archive Footage)
Channel 99
Movie • 1988
Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies
Movie • 2022
Self - (archive footage)
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Walter Bowman
Garrison's Gorillas
TV • 1967
In the Heat of the Night
TV • 1988
Boston Common
TV • 1996
Professor Weaver
Columbo
TV • 1971
Frank Simmons
The Legend of Prince Valiant
TV • 1991
Burke's Law
TV • 1963
Elliott Dunning
The District
TV • 2000
Reese
Dream On
TV • 1990
Wade
The A-Team
TV • 1983
Bob McKeever
The Weird Al Show
TV • 1997
Mayor
Jackass
TV • 2000
Self
The F.B.I.
TV • 1965
Lamont
Fame
TV • 1982
The Golden Girls
TV • 1985
Richard
Matlock
TV • 1986
Jonathan Horton
Batman: The Animated Series
TV • 1992
Dr. Long (voice)
Early Edition
TV • 1996
Judge Jake Wellborn
China Beach
TV • 1988
Hawaii Five-O
TV • 1968
Victor Reese
Tales from the Crypt
TV • 1989
Jack
Flamingo Road
TV • 1981
Claude Weldon
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
TV • 1983
Head of the Class
TV • 1986
Hotel
TV • 1982
Calvin Polk
Studio One
TV • 1948
Lt. Johnny Quayle
Eyes
TV • 2005
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Wayne Temple
Mission: Impossible
TV • 1966
Cannon
TV • 1971
The Colbys
TV • 1985
The Twilight Zone
TV • 1959
Walter Jameson / Tom Bowen / Hugh Skelton
Target: The Corruptors!
TV • 1961
Going My Way
TV • 1962
Felony Squad
TV • 1966
The Wild Wild West
TV • 1965
Bay City Blues
TV • 1983
George Hayward
The Fugitive
TV • 1963
Herb Malone
The High Chaparral
TV • 1967
James Forrest
Amanda's
TV • 1983
Zack Cartwright
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV • 1951
Glenn Sheridan
Climax!
TV • 1954
Brooks
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TV • 1963
Judd for the Defense
TV • 1967
The 20th Century Fox Hour
TV • 1955
Ford Theatre
TV • 1948
Matinee Theater
TV • 1955
The Philco Television Playhouse
TV • 1948
Romeo
The Rifleman
TV • 1958
Winslow Quince
Harold Robbins' The Survivors
TV • 1969
Ben Casey
TV • 1961
The Guns of Will Sonnett
TV • 1967
Mr. Novak
TV • 1963
Mr. Williams
Fay
TV • 1975
The Manhunter
TV • 1974
Cavalcade of America
TV • 1952
Frank O'Keefe
Inner Sanctum
TV • 1954
Honey West
TV • 1965
Jerry Ivar
Danger
TV • 1950
The Legend of Jesse James
TV • 1965
Sheriff Dockery
Lights Out
TV • 1949
Dr. Kildare
TV • 1961
Dr. Harvey Gruboldt
Telephone Time
TV • 1956
The Defenders
TV • 1961
Ralph Johnson
The Oregon Trail
TV • 1977
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
TV • 1959
John Tourell
Max Liebman Presents
TV • 1954
Prudential Family Playhouse
TV • 1950
Charlie Hoover
TV • 1991
Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story
TV • 1989
Franklyn Hutton
The Ford Television Theatre
TV • 1952
Russel Stevens
Dr. Kildare
TV • 1961
Dr. Omar Larson
The F.B.I.
TV • 1965
Paul Dorn
The F.B.I.
TV • 1965
James Evans
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Dr. Towne
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV • 1951
Prentice Brown
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV • 1951
Mark Quinlin
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV • 1951
City attorney
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV • 1951
Burke's Law
TV • 1963
Chukker Curtis
Burke's Law
TV • 1963
Bill Adams
The Name of the Game
TV • 1968
Carter Haines
Hawaii Five-O
TV • 1968
Hunter R. Hickey
Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story
TV • 1995
Sol Siegel
The Ford Television Theatre
TV • 1952
Tommy Jordan
The Love Boat
TV • 1977
Barry Cooper
Studio One
TV • 1948
Dermot McDermot
Studio One
TV • 1948
Studio One
TV • 1948
Rochester
Climax!
TV • 1954
Halsey
Climax!
TV • 1954
Hal Carmichael
Finder of Lost Loves
TV • 1984
Ben Harper
The Philco Television Playhouse
TV • 1948
The Invaders
TV • 1967
Paul Cook
What's My Line?
TV • 1950
Self - Panelist
Banacek
TV • 1972
Allen Markham
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Randolph Sterling
Omnibus
TV • 1952
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
TV • 1962
Paul Blackshear
Great Performances
TV • 1971
Hart
Great Performances
TV • 1971
Trigorin
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Milton Porter
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
TV • 1964
Arthur Caresse
Bearcats!
TV • 1971
Carter Gladstone
The Rifleman
TV • 1958
Mark Twain
Dynasty
TV • 1981
Billy Waite
Rebel Highway
TV • 1994
Miles