Kevin McCarthy(1914-2010)
- Actor
- Additional Crew
- Soundtrack
Handsome, chisel-jawed character actor Kevin McCarthy appeared in
nearly 100 movies in a career that spanned seven decades. He also had
some starring roles, most notably the horror cult classic
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956).
He played the disillusioned son Biff Loman in the 1951 screen
adaptation of Arthur Miller's
classic
Death of a Salesman (1951),
for which he was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar and won
the Golden Globe Award for most promising newcomer (male).
He is the younger brother of the late author
Mary McCarthy and distant cousin
of former U.S. Senator and presidential candidate
Eugene McCarthy.
McCarthy was orphaned at the age of four when both his parents died in
the great flu epidemic of 1918. He was raised by his father's parents
in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and later by an uncle and aunt. He graduated
from Campion Jesuit High School in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, in
1932. He attended the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown
University, Washington, DC, in 1933, intending to enter into the
diplomatic field. He also attended the University of Minnesota,
Minneapolis, in 1936 and the Actors Studio New York, New York. He had
roles in two short-lived TV series:
The Survivors (1969), with
Lana Turner, and
Flamingo Road (1980) as Claude
Weldon, the father of the character played by
Morgan Fairchild.
The stage-trained McCarthy frequently appeared on Broadway. He starred
as Jerry in "Two for the Seesaw" (1959) and as Van Ackerman in "Advise
and Consent" (1960). He also played President
Harry S. Truman in the one-man show
"Give 'Em Hell, Harry!"
McCarthy showed no signs of retiring as late as June 2007. McCarthy
acted in the film
The Ghastly Love of Johnny X (2012),
playing the role of the Grand Inquisitor, at age 93, which was finally
released in 2011. He died of pneumonia on September 11, 2010.
nearly 100 movies in a career that spanned seven decades. He also had
some starring roles, most notably the horror cult classic
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956).
He played the disillusioned son Biff Loman in the 1951 screen
adaptation of Arthur Miller's
classic
Death of a Salesman (1951),
for which he was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar and won
the Golden Globe Award for most promising newcomer (male).
He is the younger brother of the late author
Mary McCarthy and distant cousin
of former U.S. Senator and presidential candidate
Eugene McCarthy.
McCarthy was orphaned at the age of four when both his parents died in
the great flu epidemic of 1918. He was raised by his father's parents
in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and later by an uncle and aunt. He graduated
from Campion Jesuit High School in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, in
1932. He attended the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown
University, Washington, DC, in 1933, intending to enter into the
diplomatic field. He also attended the University of Minnesota,
Minneapolis, in 1936 and the Actors Studio New York, New York. He had
roles in two short-lived TV series:
The Survivors (1969), with
Lana Turner, and
Flamingo Road (1980) as Claude
Weldon, the father of the character played by
Morgan Fairchild.
The stage-trained McCarthy frequently appeared on Broadway. He starred
as Jerry in "Two for the Seesaw" (1959) and as Van Ackerman in "Advise
and Consent" (1960). He also played President
Harry S. Truman in the one-man show
"Give 'Em Hell, Harry!"
McCarthy showed no signs of retiring as late as June 2007. McCarthy
acted in the film
The Ghastly Love of Johnny X (2012),
playing the role of the Grand Inquisitor, at age 93, which was finally
released in 2011. He died of pneumonia on September 11, 2010.