The Scottish actor also won over a new generation of fans on the popular NCIS TV series. Read more at straitstimes.com.
WASHINGTON – David McCallum, who became one of TV’s biggest stars of the 1960s playing Russian spy Illya Kuryakin on The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and then won over a new generation of fans on the popular NCIS series decades later, has died at 90, NCIS said on Monday.
He gained the attention of American audiences with his small but pivotal role as one of the prisoners of war plotting a mass breakout from a German prison camp in the 1963 World War Two classic The Great Escape. The film featured a star-studded international cast including Steve McQueen, Richard Attenborough and James Garner. During filming, McCallum introduced his wife, Jill Ireland, to co-star Charles Bronson, whom she married after leaving McCallum.
The show was designed as a showcase for Vaughn as the dashing Napoleon Solo, battling nefarious agents from THRUSH. McCallum played fellow U.N.C.L.E agent Illya Kuryakin. Sporting a blond Beatle haircut and cloaked in mystery and sex appeal, he quickly became a hit with fans and was elevated to co-star, alongside Vaughn.
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