I noticed that when other people remembered him at the time of his death, they never seemed to recall a show he stared in which was one of my favorites.
Also, good to see you again!
Posted on 07/03/2024 11:27:12 AM PDT by mairdie
David McCallum was one of the big losses for my generation. He was a gifted musician, as well as one of my favorite actors.
I’m reminded of the times my mother mentioned recently deceased actors from her younger days that I’d never heard of. Went out looking for a Peter, Paul and Mary album in a store (pre-Amazon) and the young salesgirl hadn’t the faintest idea who I was talking about. I hope the prevalence of videos online will make a difference for people like David to not be forgotten.
Man from Uncle On the Road Again (Illya) - Willie Nelson
https://youtu.be/7IOKwCBgJVc
Loved the NCIS episode where Ducky was flashing back to the younger brother he had to leave behind for some reason...and was still searching for.
All the girls in the cast were GUSHING over pictures of ‘Ducky’ when he was young. Me, included! It was a pretty cute twist that they threw in there.
David McCallum was also in the movie The Great Escape.
I remember that. A photo on the mantle in his living room.
Man from Uncle - So Long, Mom (Illya) - Tom Lehrer
https://youtu.be/OGrNCn4roe0
Also a radio operator on the Titanic in “A Night to Remember”.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_McCallum
David McCallum
David Keith McCallum was born on 19 September 1933 in Glasgow the second of two sons of orchestral violinist David Fotheringham and Dorothy McCallum (née Dorman), a cellist. When he was three, his family moved to London for his father to play as the leader of the London Philharmonic Orchestra. ...
McCallum won a scholarship to University College School, a boys’ independent school in Hampstead, London, where, encouraged by his parents to prepare for a career in music, he played the oboe. ...
In the 1960s, McCallum recorded four albums for Capitol Records with music producer David Axelrod: Music...A Part of Me (Capitol ST 2432, 1966), Music...A Bit More of Me (Capitol ST 2498, 1966), Music...It’s Happening Now! (Capitol ST 2651, 1967), and McCallum (Capitol ST 2748, 1968). The best known of his pieces today is “The Edge”, which was sampled by Dr. Dre as the intro and riff to the track “The Next Episode”. McCallum’s version of “The Edge” appears on the soundtracks to the 2008 video game Grand Theft Auto IV and the 2017 film Baby Driver.
McCallum did not sing on these records, as many television stars of the 1960s did when offered recording contracts. As a classically trained musician, he conceived a blend of oboe, cor anglais, and strings with guitar and drums, and presented instrumental interpretations of hits of the day. The official arranger on the albums was H. B. Barnum. However, McCallum conducted, and contributed several original compositions of his own, over the course of four LPs. The first two, Music...A Part of Me and Music...A Bit More of Me, have been issued together on CD on the Zonophone label. On Open Channel D, McCallum did sing on the first four tracks, “Communication”, “House on Breckenridge Lane”, “In the Garden, Under the Tree” (the theme song from the film Three Bites of the Apple), and “My Carousel”. The music tracks are the same as the Zonophone CD. This CD was released on the Rev-Ola label. The single release of “Communication” reached No. 32 in the UK Singles Chart in April 1966.
In The Man from U.N.C.L.E. episode “The Discotheque Affair”, McCallum plays the double bass as part of a band in a night club. He also played guitar and sang his own composition, “Trouble”, with Nancy Sinatra on “The Take Me to Your Leader Affair”, and played several instruments in “The Off-Broadway Affair”.
Also appeared in one of my favorite episodes of “The Outer Limits.” Anyone remember “The Forms of Things Unknown?”
Outer Limits - The Forms of Things Unknown
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-Kj_TimTsA
Silly me, I thought this would feature David McCallum singing..
David McCallum - In The Garden Under The Tree - 1966 45rpm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ztgay_6icoA
My favorite Russian.
mairdie...Hey !!!...it’s been awhile.
There was an NCIS episode where Kate asked what did ducky look like when he was younger.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inkdfx496hU
They knew from the start - first season - how lucky they were to get Ducky for their show.
Love the comments under your clip. The NCIS Affair.
Man from Uncle - Rescue Me - (Napoleon & Illya) - Fontella Bass
https://youtu.be/U5_jHFWMLsc
I fear I'm still immersed in Chinese dramas about quintuplets, etc:
septuplets-sextuplets
quintuplets
quadruplets
triplets
genius twins
though it feels a bit safer to stick my nose up now that the Supreme Court has come thru with the immunity decision. And we lost a/c in the library so don't get the computers turned on all the time to prevent them from overheating.
So was the guy (Charles Bronson) who stole his wife (Jill Ireland) . . .
I noticed that when other people remembered him at the time of his death, they never seemed to recall a show he stared in which was one of my favorites.
Also, good to see you again!
Two of my favorite shows, the man from U.N.C.L.E. and NCIS.
Ilya and Ducky.
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