David Keith McCallum (born
September 19,
1933 in
Glasgow) is a British actor. He is best known for his role as llya Kuryakin on
The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
McCallum began his career as a bit-part actor in British films of the
1950s.
The Man From U.N.C.L.E., intended as a vehicle for
Robert Vaughn, unexpectedly made McCallum into a
sex symbol. Although he subsequently became a familiar face on television, he was never able to achieve the same level of popular success as he had done with his role as Kuryakin, a Russian secret agent.
He was married to the actress Jill Ireland from 1957 to 1967. They had three sons, Paul, Jason, and Valentine, before she left him for another actor, Charles Bronson. He has two children, Peter and Sophie, with his second wife, Katherine Carpenter.
Television
- The Man From U.N.C.L.E (1964-68)
- ''Colditz (1972)
- The Invisible Man (1975-76)
- Kidnapped (miniseries) (1979)
- Sapphire and Steel (1979-82)
- As the World Turns (in 1983)
- Mother Love (miniseries) (1989)
- Lucky/Chances (miniseries) (1990)
- VR.5 (1995)
- The Education of Max Bickford (2001)
- Navy NCIS (2003)
Films
- ''These Dangerous Years (1957)
- ''Robbery Under Arms (1957)
- ''Hell Drivers (1957)
- The Secret Place (1957)
- A Night to Remember (1958)
- Violent Playground (1958)
- The Long and the Short and the Tall (1960)
- Jungle Street (1961)
- Freud (1962)
- Billy Budd (1962)
- The Great Escape (1963)
- The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
- Around the World Under the Sea (1966)
- Three Bites of the Apple (1967)
- Sol Madrid (1968)
- La Cattura (1969)
- The Mosquito Squadron (1969)
- The Kingfisher Caper (1975)
- Dogs (1976)
- King Solomon's Treasure (1977)
- The Watcher in the Woods (1980)
- Terminal Choice (1985)
- The Haunting of Morella (1990)
- Hear My Song (1991)
- Fatal Inheritance (1993)
- Dirty Weekend (1993)
- Healer (1994)
- Cherry (1999)
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