Posted on 09/13/2010 10:19:43 AM PDT by JoeProBono
Golden Globe-winning actor Kevin McCarthy, who played the doctor trying to save his neighbors in the sci-fi film Invasion of the Body Snatchers, has died. He was 96.
McCarthy died Saturday, a Cape Cod Hospital spokesman told The Associated Press. The cause of death or any other details were not released.
McCarthy's career began on the stage. His 1938 Broadway debut in Abe Lincoln in Illinois earned him membership in the Actors Studio. McCarthy was chosen to play Willy Loman's son, Biff, in the London production of Death of a Salesman, a role which McCarthy also played in the 1951 film, earning a best supporting actor Oscar nomination. He was named New Star of the Year by the Golden Globes in 1952.
McCarthy's best-known role, however, was that of the frantic doctor who tried in vain to warn his neighbors that pod people from space were taking over the people of Earth. The film was a box-office flop, but it has earned cult status since. It has been remade several times, most notably in 1978 starring Donald Sutherland and again in 2007 as The Invasion starring Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig.
McCarthy's other film roles included Gathering of Eagles, The Best Man, Mirage, Hotel, The Howling, and Twilight Zone: The Movie, He also appeared as Marilyn Monroe's estranged husband in the 1961 classic The Misfits, Monroe's last film.
McCarthy also appeared on such TV shows as ABC medical drama Breaking Point, The Survivors, The Fugitive, and The A-Team. In 1978, he played Harry Truman in the touring one-man show "Give 'em Hell, Harry," He performed the role in more than 350 venues, according to the AP.
Wow. 96??
Was that really him who died?
Was he buried in a casket, or a pod?
AUTOGRAPHED photo signed by Kevin McCarthy! A fan-created collage of stills from the legendary Twilight Zone episode, "Long Live Walter Jameson". Kevin loved the collage and the fan allowed him to reproduce it. Each photo is personally signed by Kevin.
The scene where they are hiding in the cave and she falls asleep and he shakes her awake and then you can tell by looking into her eyes that it is no longer her... still one of the all time scariest moments in a movie.
Kevin McCarthy has over 200 entries on IMDB, the last one was this year. A really hardworking actor.
I never saw Invasion of the Body Snatchers—either version—but in 79 or 80, Sat Night Live did a spoof called
Invasion of the Brain Snatchers. They had people bringing in pods or pillows with the “Reagan” logo on them in an effort
to brainwash hippies to vote for the Gipper. One folk singer
sang to the tune of “Blowin in the Wind”, “The answer my
friend/Is Ronald Reagan/ The answer is Ronald Reagan”
Looked up: It aired in April of 80
>>* “Invasion of the Brain Snatchers.” Ronald Reagan campaign volunteers inexplicably begin dropping off beanpods the size of Labradors.
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