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David McCallum, seen right here in his position as Donald “Ducky” Mallard on ‘NCIS,’ died Monday, in keeping with an announcement from his household.
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Actor David McCallum, recognized for his position on the long-running CBS procedural “NCIS,” has died, the community mentioned in an announcement. He was 90.
“He was the kindest, coolest, most affected person and loving father,” his son Peter McCallum wrote in an announcement from the household, supplied by CBS. “He at all times put household earlier than self.”
McCallum died of pure causes surrounded by his household at New York Presbyterian Hospital, CBS mentioned.
“David was a gifted actor and writer, and beloved by many around the globe,” the community’s assertion learn. “He led an unimaginable life, and his legacy will ceaselessly reside on via his household and the numerous hours on movie and tv that may by no means go away. We are going to miss his heat and endearing humorousness that lit up any room or soundstage he stepped onto, in addition to the good tales he usually shared from a life well-lived.”
Born in Scotland, McCallum received his massive break within the US (after quite a few roles in British tv) within the Nineteen Sixties spy sequence “The Man From U.N.C.L.E.,” co-starring as agent Illya Kuryakin reverse Robert Vaughn’s suave spy Napoleon Solo.
McCallum earned a pair of Emmy nominations for the present, and dealing steadily thereafter, together with roles within the movies “The Nice Escape” and “A Night time to Keep in mind.” He additionally starred in a memorable episode of the eerie sci-fi anthology sequence “The Outer Limits,” “The Sixth Finger,” taking part in an atypical man who volunteers to endure evolutionary development at accelerated pace.
McCallum returned to tv in a starring position within the 1975 NBC sequence “The Invisible Man,” however the present, regardless of its then-breakthrough particular results, lasted a single season. His unbelievable final act in TV got here with the CBS crime procedural “NCIS.” McCallum performed chief health worker Donald “Ducky” Mallard, an eccentric and expert skilled who served as a patriarch to the present’s investigators.
McCallum is survived by his spouse of 56 years Katherine McCallum, three sons (Paul McCallum, Valentine McCallum and Peter McCallum), his daughter Sophie McCallum and eight grandchildren.
