THE VERY SAD NEWS of the passing of actor #David McCallum today. In 1958, McCallum, appeared in his 7th movie, with #PeterCushing, called 'Violent Playground' playing the unsettled 'James Dean-style' 'youth' Johnnie Murphy. Along with a very young Melvyn Hayes and Freddie Starr, the film was a springboard for young talent and is seen today as one of a few 'Blackboard Jungle' spin offs and a very interesting reflection of post-war Briton. The emergence of restless 'Teenagers, Rock and Roll' wobble, put an older generation in a panic. Cushing played Father Laidlaw, the Catholic Priest, alongside Stanley Baker's Detective Sergeant Jack Trumanolic.
David Keith McCallum (19 September 1933 – 25 September 2023) was a Scottish actor and musician.[1] He gained wide recognition in the 1960s for playing secret agent Illya Kuryakin in the television series The Man from U.N.C.L.E. His other notable television roles include Carter in Colditz (1972–1974) and Steel in Sapphire & Steel (1979–1982). Beginning in 2003, McCallum gained renewed international popularity for his role as NCIS medical examiner Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard in the American television series NCIS. On film, McCallum notably appeared in The Great Escape (1963).
MCCALLUM is survived by his wife of 56 years, Katherine McCallum, his sons Paul McCallum, Valentine McCallum and Peter McCallum, his daughter Sophie McCallum and his eight grandchildren: Julia McCallum, Luca de Sanctis, Iain de Sanctis, Stella McCallum, Gavin McCallum, George McCallum, Alessandro de Sanctis and Whit McCallum.
David Keith McCallum (19 September 1933 – 25 September 2023)
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