RIP David McCallum

[seeformiles]

David McCallum: NCIS and The Man from U.N.C.L.E. actor dies aged 90

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. star found fame in the 1960s before later playing a police pathologist on NCIS.

www.bbc.co.uk

AKA Ilya Kuryakin & Dr Daniel Weston

 

[High Voltage]

Oh that's a shame I quite liked him. I felt he was famous but not ostentatiously so. A low key celebrity but I'm probably wrong

 

[Steel Icarus]

Always there. Sapphire and Steel, The Great Escape, The Man From Uncle. And much much later I loved him as Ducky in NCIS. Terrific actor and a comforting presence on screen (even inS&S where he was otherworldly-grumpy iirc).

 

[marty21]

Sad news , great career, also did some music iirc. RIP.

 

[CNT36]

Oh that's a shame I quite liked him. I felt he was famous but not ostentatiously so. A low key celebrity but I'm probably wrong

Invisible even.

I loved The Man from Uncle repeats they used to show when I was a kid in the nineties. At school a few of us used to run around talking into our biros!

Hold up -the main sample used on Dr Dre's The Next Episode was from a David McCallum song.

 

[seeformiles]

Fun fact - David McCallum’s dad showed Jimmy Page how to play a guitar with a violin bow

 

[seeformiles]

For me he was most famous for The Invisible Man and Sapphire and Steel. I was a bit too young for The Man from Uncle but, as a kid, I inherited all my older neighbour’s annuals and toys.

 

[Pickman's model]

RIP

 

[The39thStep]

RIP

 

[cesare]

Oh

He seemed as though he'd go on forever. RIP

 

[ruffneck23]

RIP

 

[The39thStep]

Never meet your heroes, because they're sure to disappoint you

"I think my favourite quote over the years was from Margaret Thatcher when she said that welfare is a wonderful idea until you run out of other people’s money. That really sums up the way I feel. We spend our lives concerned about people who are not well off and you can’t just wave a magic wand. These problems go deep into history. The complexity of international and current affairs has reached mind-blowing proportions."

David McCallum: "Donald Trump is telling it how it is" - The Big Issue

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. David McCallum is rather right wing for a Soviet spy. Read his opinions on socialism, Obama and Donald Trump...

www.bigissue.com

 

[Santino]

Fled Britain to avoid creeping socialism/tax.

 

[JimW]

In that case, fuckity bye you old curmudgeon.

 

[DotCommunist]

Had a face that you'd expect to see on classic doctor who as a villain.

 

[dessiato]

He was a great actor in his own way. He didn’t seem to be overacting but just being his part. RIP

 

[MysteryGuest]

In that case, fuckity bye you old curmudgeon.

It just reminds of during lockdown when I was watching Cheers and decided to look it up on Wiki

 

[Santino]

Did Cheers flee Britain to avoid creeping socialism?

 

[StoneRoad]

Terrific actor - very adaptable in his roles & as his preparation regarding portraying "Ducky" Mallard showed, he was very thorough and knowledgeable. I did like the by-play when Caitlin Todd asked Gibbs what Ducky looked like as a young man, "Ilya Kuryakin" ...

No idea he was musical ! [from his obit].
Nor did I realise he was quite "that" right wing. Sad.

Just managed to get over the 90th hurdle
Overall, RIP

 

[seeformiles]

He’s quite the po-faced fucker in this clip

 

[MysteryGuest]

Did Cheers flee Britain to avoid creeping socialism?

It goes something like - Allee: Trumpism, Ratzenberger: Trumpism, Harrelson: 5G covid19 conspirabollocks. Which was a bit of a letdown.

 

[editor]

Well, this has managed to remove any sadness I had for his departure:

I think my favourite quote over the years was from Margaret Thatcher when she said that welfare is a wonderful idea until you run out of other people’s money. That really sums up the way I feel. We spend our lives concerned about people who are not well off and you can’t just wave a magic wand. These problems go deep into history. The complexity of international and current affairs has reached mind-blowing proportions.

I welcome the fresh air Trump is blowing through the Republican Party. He’s not a politician, and so how someone from outside politics comes crashing in and then has to become a true politician and a diplomat… I’ll be fascinated to watch what happens.

David McCallum: "Donald Trump is telling it how it is" - The Big Issue

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. David McCallum is rather right wing for a Soviet spy. Read his opinions on socialism, Obama and Donald Trump...

www.bigissue.com

 

[QueenOfGoths]

I loved him in "Man from Uncle" and "The Great Escape" but was aware of his right wing fuckwittery so, yeah, puts a slightly different sheen on things

 

[Sasaferrato]

Fun fact - David McCallum’s dad showed Jimmy Page how to play a guitar with a violin bow

His father was the Leader of the Scottish National Orchestra (IIRC).