What happened to David McCallum? Brother, Net Worth, Wife

Known for movies

Short Info

Net Worth	$10 million
Date Of Birth	September 19, 1933
Died	March 21, 1972, Arundel, United Kingdom
Spouse	Katherine Carpenter (m. 1967), Jill Ireland (m. 1957–1967)
Fact	Insisted that people often mispronounce his last name, it's pronounced "MC-Kal-Lumb", not "MC-col-lumb".

David McCallum was born on September 19, 1933, in Glasgow, Scotland. His parents, Dorothy Dorman and David McCallum Sr., were both musicians. His father played the oboe in the London Philharmonic Orchestra, and his mother was a singer. McCallum has two older sisters, Isobel and Sheila.

McCallum’s family moved to London when he was three years old. He was educated at University College School and the Royal Academy of Music. McCallum’s father died when he was 12, and his mother remarried two years later.

McCallum began his acting career in 1951 with a small role in the film “The Man in the White Suit.” He went on to have roles in several British films and television shows. In 1956, McCallum appeared in an episode of the television series “The Adventures of Robin Hood.”

In 1964, McCallum was cast as Illya Kuryakin, a Russian secret agent, in the television series “The Man from U.N.C.L.E.” The show was a hit, and McCallum became a star. He appeared in the show for four seasons.

In the 1970s, McCallum appeared in several films, including “The Great Escape” (1963), “Battle of Britain” (1969), and “The Spy Who Loved Me” (1977). He also had a recurring role on the television series “Space: 1999” (1975-1977).

In the 1980s, McCallum starred in the television series “Colditz” (1982-1985) and “Dynasty” (1985-1986). He also appeared in the films “The Hunt for Red October” (1990) and “The Man from Snowy River” (1992).

In recent years, McCallum has had roles in the television series “NCIS” (2003-present) and “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” (2004-present).

McCallum has been married three times. His first wife was actress Jill Ireland. They were married from 1957 until her death in 1990. McCallum has three children with Ireland: Paul, Jason, and Valentine.

McCallum’s second wife was Katherine Carpenter. They were married from 1992 until her death in 2011. McCallum has two children with Carpenter: Peter and Sophie.

McCallum is currently married to model Olivia Hunt. They have been married since 2011.

McCallum has a net worth of $8 million.

General Info

Full Name	David McCallum
Net Worth	$10 million
Date Of Birth	September 19, 1933
Died	March 21, 1972, Arundel, United Kingdom
Height	1.7 m
Profession	Actor, Conductor, Composer, Singer, Oboist
Education	University College School, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Nationality	Scottish

Family

Spouse	Katherine Carpenter (m. 1967), Jill Ireland (m. 1957–1967)
Children	Valentine McCallum, Val McCallum, Jason McCallum, Paul McCallum, Sophie McCallum, Peter McCallum
Parents	David McCallum, Sr., Dorothy Dorman
Siblings	Iain McCallum

Accomplishments

Nominations	Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play, Golden Globe Award for Best TV Star - Male, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievements In Entertainment, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Performance By An Actor In A Leading Role, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Con...
Movies	The Great Escape, Around the World Under the Sea, Hell Drivers, The Greatest Story Ever Told, Mosquito Squadron, The Watcher in the Woods, Violent Playground, A Night to Remember, Batman: Gotham Knight, Hear My Song, Robbery Under Arms, Billy Budd, Sol Madrid, One Spy Too Many, Return of the Man fro...
TV Shows	NCIS, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Sapphire & Steel, The Replacements, Colditz, VR.5, The Invisible Man, Mother Love, Cluedo, The Problem Solverz

Social profile links

Facebook	http://www.facebook.com/DavidMcCallumWriter
Twitter	http://www.twitter.com/quackhouse
IMDB	http://imdb.com/name/nm0564724

Quotes

#	Quote
1	Sidney James was a great actor and a funny man.
2	I didn't want to be famous. I just wanted to earn enough money to have a nice life and enjoy acting.
3	But so far as countries are concerned, I don't go to a place to see what's there, but who is there.
4	I feel it's a person's duty to participate in the governing of the country in which he lives.

Facts

#	Fact
1	In the 1960s, McCallum recorded four albums for Capitol Records with music producer David Axlerod. 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", "M.I.A" by Missin' Linx, and "No Regrets" by Masta Ace.
2	In the film 'Hear my Song' (1991) he played Chief Constable Jim Abbott, a senior policeman attempting to track down and arrest the famous Irish singer (and tax fugitive) Josef Locke when a nightclub entrepreneur smuggles Locke back into the UK on a fishing boat for one last payday performance in Liverpool. Whilst the film was part fact and part fiction, in real life David McCallum's father was a famous violinist with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and actually played for the real Josef Locke in his career. McCallum recalled this story during publicity interviews for the film.
3	Was among those briefly considered by the BBC as a potential Doctor in Doctor Who (1963) before Tom Baker was chosen instead for budgetary reasons. He was again briefly considered in the 1980s but not approached as by then he was living full time in the USA. He was also considered for the guest role of Dr. Judson in the 1989 serial "The Curse of Fenric".
4	He has played the same character (Dr. Donald Mallard) in three different series: JAG (1995), NCIS (2003) and NCIS: New Orleans (2014).
5	As a child, he was an evacuee during WWII to Stewarton, Ayrshire.
6	He wrote the book "Once a Crooked Man" (2016), which mixes an espionage novel and a mystery thriller with some light comedy thrown in. Published by Minotaur. The hardcover is 337 pages long.
7	David met Katherine Carpenter (his second wife) quite by accident. On a Sunday in New York in 1965, he and Robert Vaughn were posing for a fashion magazine and were accompanied by several high fashion models to various landmarks in the city. One of the models was Katherine, who he would marry two years later.
8	David met his first wife, Jill Ireland on March 28 1957 while the duo were working on the film Hell Drivers (1957).
9	David attended the 1982 COMDEX (Computer Dealer Expo) computer convention.
10	Insisted that people often mispronounce his last name, it's pronounced "MC-Kal-Lumb", not "MC-col-lumb".
11	With the deaths of James Garner on July 19, 2014 and Richard Attenborough on August 24, 2014, he is the last surviving star of The Great Escape (1963).
12	He has played the same character (Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard) in three different series: JAG (1995), NCIS (2003) and NCIS: New Orleans (2014).
13	Official residence is Manhattan. Lives part time in California while filming NCIS [December 2006]
14	Attended RADA 1949 - 1951.
15	At 14 he was a theatre electrician's assistant.
16	Best known by the public for his starring roles as secret agent Illya Kuryakin on The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964) and as head medical examiner Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard on NCIS (2003).
17	Became close friends with Donald Pleasence and James Garner, while filming The Great Escape (1963).
18	He was diagnosed with Dupuytren's contracture (a common benign condition which involves the thickening and contracture of the fibrous connective tissue beneath the skin of the palm). He underwent surgery in mid-2009 to alleviate the condition. Other sufferers of the condition are Bill Nighy and Ronald Reagan.
19	Along with Leonard Nimoy, Cliff Robertson, Barbara Rush and Peter Breck, he is one of only five actors to appear in both The Outer Limits (1963) and The Outer Limits (1995).
20	According to McCallum himself in a 2009 interview in Monte Carlo, at the time of the interview he had 5 grandchildren and one on the way.
21	Son, Valentine McCallum, is a respected guitarist and session musician, recording and performing with artists Jonatha Brooke, Vonda Shepard and Sheryl Crow.
22	Was stricken with rheumatic fever as a child.
23	Has appeared in episodes of three different series with Robert Vaughn: The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964), Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1965) and The A-Team (1983).
24	His first wife, Jill Ireland, met her second husband, Charles Bronson, during the filming of The Great Escape (1963).
25	Of the three original stars of The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964), he is the only one who never appeared on the spin-off series The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1966).
26	Lives on Long Island, New York
27	His hobbies include golf and computing.
28	One of the first Brit actors to study the Method style of acting.
29	Father was concertmaster and violinist David McCallum Sr.; a black & white photograph from the mid-1960's of David, Sr. and David, Jr. was used during one episode of NCIS (2003). The photo can be seen in Victoria's (Ducky's mother's) bedroom in NCIS: The Meat Puzzle (2005).
30	He has a daughter, Sophie, and son, Peter, from his marriage to Katherine Carpenter. Jill Ireland and he had three children, Paul McCallum, Valentine McCallum, and an adopted son, Jason, who died on 7th November 1989 from an accidental drug overdose.

Pictures

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Movies

Actor

Title	Year	Status	Character
NCIS	2003-2017	TV Series	Donald Mallard
NCIS: New Orleans	2014-2016	TV Series	Donald Mallard
Batman vs. Robin	2015	Video	Alfred Pennyworth (voice)
Ben 10: Omniverse	2013-2014	TV Series	Professor Paradox
Son of Batman	2014	Video	Alfred Pennyworth (voice)
Diablo III: Reaper of Souls	2014	Video Game	The Grand Maester / King Rakkis (voice)
Ben 10: Ultimate Alien	2010-2011	TV Series	Professor Paradox
NCIS Video Game	2011	Video Game	Dr. Donald 'Ducky' Mallard (voice)
Ben 10: Alien Force	2008-2010	TV Series	Professor Paradox
Ben 10: Alien Force - Vilgax Attacks	2009	Video Game	Professor Paradox (voice)
The Replacements	2006-2009	TV Series	C.A.R. / Canadian Chauffer
Wonder Woman	2009	Video	Zeus (voice)
FusionFall	2009	Video Game	Paradox (voice)
Batman: The Brave and the Bold	2009	TV Series	Merlin
Batman: Gotham Knight	2008	Video	Alfred Pennyworth (voice)
NCIS: Ducky's World	2007	Video short	Dr. Donald 'Ducky' Mallard
Zeroman	2004	TV Series
JAG	2003	TV Series	Donald Mallard
Jeremiah	2002	TV Series	Clarence
The Education of Max Bickford	2001-2002	TV Series	Walter Thornhill
Deadline	2000	TV Series	Harry Hobbs
The Titanic Chronicles	1999	TV Movie	Host / Narrator (voice)
Cherry	1999		Mammy
Sex and the City	1999	TV Series	Duncan
March in Windy City	1998	TV Movie	Daniel Paterson / Dimitri Petrovsky
Team Knight Rider	1997-1998	TV Series	Mobius
Coming Home	1998	TV Series	Billy Fawcett
Three	1998	TV Series	Donald Scobie
Death Game	1997	TV Movie	Malius (as David MacCallum)
The Outer Limits	1997	TV Series	Joshua Hayward
Law & Order	1997	TV Series	Craig Holland
VR.5	1995-1997	TV Series	Dr. Joseph Bloom
Privateer 2: The Darkening	1996	Video Game	Canera Captain
Mr. & Mrs. Smith	1996	TV Series	Ian Felton
Healer	1994		The Jackal
Heartbeat	1994	TV Series	Cooper
Scavengers	1994	TV Series	Narrator
Babylon 5	1994	TV Series	Dr. Vance Hendricks
Shattered Image	1994	TV Movie	Ben
Fatal Inheritance	1993		Brandon Murphy
SeaQuest 2032	1993	TV Series	Frank Cobb
Dirty Weekend	1993		Reggie
Trainer	1991-1992	TV Series	John Grey
Hear My Song	1991		Jim Abbott
Cluedo	1991	TV Series	Professor Plum
Boon	1990	TV Series	Simon Bradleigh
Murder, She Wrote	1989-1990	TV Series	Drew Garrison / Cyril Grantham
Father Dowling Mysteries	1990	TV Series	Sir Robert
The Haunting of Morella	1990		Gideon
Lucky Chances	1990	TV Mini-Series	Bernard Dimes
Mother Love	1989	TV Mini-Series	Alex Vesey
The Return of Sam McCloud	1989	TV Movie	Inspector Craig
The Man Who Lived at the Ritz	1989	TV Movie	Charlie Ritz
Monsters	1988	TV Series	Boyle
Alfred Hitchcock Presents	1988	TV Series	Lieutenant Cavanaugh
Freedom Fighter	1988	TV Movie	Sergeant Kemper
Matlock	1987	TV Series	Philip Dudley
Az aranyifjú	1986	TV Movie	Zombori felügyelõ
The Wind	1986	Video	John
The A-Team	1986	TV Series	Ivan Tregorin
Those Golden Years	1985	TV Movie
Behind Enemy Lines	1985	TV Movie	Lt. Col. Shelley Flynn
Terminal Choice	1985		Dr. Giles Dodson
Fox Mystery Theater	1984	TV Series	Frank Lane
The Master	1984	TV Series	Castile
The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair	1983	TV Movie	Illya Kuryakin
Hart to Hart	1983	TV Series	Geoffrey Atterton
Sapphire & Steel	1979-1982	TV Series	Steel
Strike Force	1982	TV Series	William Hadley
The Watcher in the Woods	1980		Paul Curtis
King Solomon's Treasure	1979		Sir Henry Curtis
Kidnapped	1978	TV Mini-Series	Alan Breck Stewart
Bert D'Angelo/Superstar	1976	TV Series	Cobb
The Invisible Man	1975-1976	TV Series	Dr. Daniel Westin
Dogs	1976		Harlan Thompson
The Kingfisher Caper	1975		Benedict Van Der Byl
Colditz	1972-1974	TV Series	Flt. Lt. Simon Carter
Screaming Skull	1973	TV Movie	Luke
Frankenstein: The True Story	1973	TV Movie	Dr. Henri Clerval
The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War	1973	TV Movie	Alexi Kaslov
Marcus Welby, M.D.	1972	TV Series	Brian Kenny
She Waits	1972	TV Movie	Mark Wilson
Norman Corwin Presents	1972	TV Series
The Man and the City	1971	TV Series
Night Gallery	1971	TV Series	Dr. Joel Winter (segment "The Phantom Farmhouse")
Hauser's Memory	1970	TV Movie	Hillel Mondoro
The File on Devlin	1969	TV Movie	Kenneth Canfield
La cattura	1969		Sergeant Stephen Holmann
Mosquito Squadron	1969		Quint Munroe
Teacher, Teacher	1969	TV Movie	Hamilton Cade
How to Steal the World	1968		Illya Kuryakin
Sol Madrid	1968		Sol Madrid
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.	1964-1968	TV Series	Illya Kuryakin / Maximilian Nexor
The Helicopter Spies	1968		Illya Kuryakin
Three Bites of the Apple	1967		Stanley Thrumm
The Spy in the Green Hat	1967		Illya Kuryakin
One of Our Spies Is Missing	1966		Illya Kuryakin
Around the World Under the Sea	1966/I		Dr. Philip Volker
One Spy Too Many	1966		Illya Kuryakin
Please Don't Eat the Daisies	1966	TV Series	Illya Kuryakin
The Greatest Story Ever Told	1965		Judas Iscariot
Profiles in Courage	1964	TV Series	John Adams
The Outer Limits	1963-1964	TV Series	Tone Hobart / Gwyllim Griffiths
The Unknown	1964	TV Movie	Tone Hobart
The Great Adventure	1964	TV Series	Capt. Hanning
Perry Mason	1964	TV Series	Phillipe Bertain
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters	1964	TV Series	Prophet
The Great Escape	1963		Ashley-Pitt 'Dispersal'
Freud	1962		Carl von Schlosser
Billy Budd	1962		Steven Wyatt - Gunnery Officer
Wuthering Heights	1962	TV Movie	Edgar
Karolina Rijecka	1961		Mr. George
Sir Francis Drake	1961	TV Series	Lord Oakeshott
ITV Play of the Week	1959-1961	TV Series	Lieutenant Fulda / Rainbow / Henry Antrobus
Jungle Fighters	1961		Pte. Whitaker
ITV Television Playhouse	1956-1960	TV Series	Robert / Agent / James
Armchair Theatre	1959-1960	TV Series	Jimmy MacGrath / Narrator
BBC Sunday-Night Play	1960	TV Mini-Series	Nicky Lancaster
Emma	1960	TV Mini-Series	Frank Churchill
Knight Errant Limited	1960	TV Series	Paul Freeman
Jungle Street Girls	1960		Terry Collins
Antigone	1959	TV Movie	Haemon
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre	1959	TV Series	Hugo
The Eustace Diamonds	1959	TV Series	Frank Greystock
Our Mutual Friend	1958-1959	TV Series	Eugene Wrayburn
A Night to Remember	1958		Assistant Wireless Operator Harold Bride
Saturday Playhouse	1958	TV Series	Albert Feather
Television World Theatre	1958	TV Series	Mercury
Violent Playground	1958		Johnnie Murphy
Robbery Under Arms	1957		Jim Marston
Hell Drivers	1957		Jimmy Yately
Dangerous Youth	1957
The Secret Place	1957		Mike Wilson
Night Ambush	1957		Sailor on Pick Up Ship (uncredited)
As the World Turns	1956	TV Series	Maurice Vermeil (1983)
The Rose and the Ring	1953	TV Mini-Series	Giglio

Soundtrack

Title	Year	Status
The Worst of Pirated Adult Swim Shows	2016	TV Movie writer: "The Next Episode San Holo Remix"
Grand Theft Auto IV	2008	Video Game performer: "The Edge"
Nip/Tuck	2008	TV Series performer - 1 episode
Narco	2004	performer: "The Edge"
xXx	2002	performer: "Mellow Yellow"
Sapphire & Steel	1979	TV Series performer - 2 episodes
Three Bites of the Apple	1967	performer: "In The Garden Under The Tree"
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.		TV Series performer - 1 episode, 1966 writer - 1 episode, 1966
The Big T.N.T. Show	1966	Documentary performer: "I Can't Get No Satisfaction", "One, Two, Three 1-2-3"

Thanks

Title	Year	Status	Character
NCIS: Cast Roundtable	2007	Video short special thanks
NCIS: Ducky's World	2007	Video short special thanks

Self

Title	Year	Status	Character
Ancient Prophecies	1994	TV Movie documentary	Host
Return to 'The Great Escape'	1993	Video documentary short	Himself
Wogan	1989	TV Series	Himself
The Mike Douglas Show	1977	TV Series	Himself - Actor
Today	1966-1975	TV Series	Himself
This Is Your Life	1973	TV Series documentary	Himself
The David Frost Show	1969	TV Series	Himself
Vergißmeinnicht	1968	TV Series documentary	Himself
Italy's in Season	1967	Short documentary	Himself (filming 'Three Bites of the Apple (1967)')
The World of Inner Space	1966	Short documentary	Himself (uncredited)
Saga of Western Man	1966	TV Series documentary	Voice of Beethoven
An Evening with Carol Channing	1966	TV Special	Himself
Around the World Under the Sea	1966/II	Documentary short	Himself - actor (uncredited)
The Big T.N.T. Show	1966	Documentary	Himself / Host
Hullabaloo	1965	TV Series	Illya Kuryakin
The Andy Williams Show	1965	TV Series	Himself
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	1965	TV Series	Himself - Guest
Juke Box Jury	1960	TV Series	Himself - Panellist
NCIS - Season 13: Inside Season 13	2016	Video short	Himself
NCIS - Season 13: The Difinitive Dinozzo	2016	Video short	Himself
NCIS: Season 12 - #1 Drama in the World	2015	Short	Himself
NCIS: Season 12 - Inside Season 12	2015	Short	Himself
NCIS: Season 11 - Game Change	2014	Video documentary short	Himself
10 Items or Less: 10 Random Looks at NCIS	2013	TV Short	Himself
NCIS - Season 10: X Marks the Spot: A Look at Season X	2013	Video short	Himself
Inside NCIS	2012	TV Mini-Series short	Himself
Casting Off	2012	Video short	Himself
Episode Two Hundred	2012	Video short	Himself
NCIS: Season 9 - Cast Roundtable	2012	Video short	Himself
Nine is Fine	2012	Video short	Himself
Psyched Up: Jamie Lee Curtis on Set	2012	Video short	Himself
Extra	2011	TV Series	Himself
The Early Show	2009	TV Series	Himself
The One Show	2009	TV Series	Himself
MGM's Secret Operations	2008	Video documentary short	Himself - Illya Kuryakin
U.N.C.L.E. V.I.P.S.: Season 4	2008	Video documentary short	Himself
The Story of the Costume Drama	2008	TV Series documentary	Himself
Counting Out Time	2007	Video documentary short	Himself
Taboo	2002-2003	TV Series documentary	Himself - Narrator
CBS Cares	2003	TV Series	Himself
RIP 2002	2002	TV Movie documentary	Himself / interviewee
Beyond Titanic	1998	TV Movie documentary	Himself - Actor
Ancient Mysteries	1995	TV Series documentary	Narrator
The Beatles: All Together Now	1995	TV Movie documentary	Himself
Az áldozat	1994	Documentary
Titanic: Death of a Dream	1994	TV Movie documentary	Narrator

Archive Footage

Title	Year	Status	Character
The Brontes at the BBC	2016	TV Movie documentary	Edgar (uncredited)
Entertainment Tonight	2015	TV Series	Illya Kuryakin
Edición Especial Coleccionista	2012	TV Series	Assistant Wireless Operator Harold Bride
Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star	2002	TV Movie documentary	Himself
Jeremiah	2002	TV Series	Clarence
Television: The First Fifty Years	1999	Video documentary	Illya Kuryakin
The Rock 'n' Roll Years	1985	TV Series	Himself
Lionpower from MGM	1967	Short	Sol Madrid (uncredited)
The Karate Killers	1967		Illya Kuryakin
The Spy with My Face	1965		Illya Kuryakin
To Trap a Spy	1964		Illya Kuryakin

Awards

Won Awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie
1966	Golden Laurel	Laurel Awards	New Faces, Male

Nominated Awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie
1969	Primetime Emmy	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role	Teacher, Teacher (1969)
1966	Golden Globe	Golden Globes, USA	Best TV Star - Male	The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964)
1966	Primetime Emmy	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series	The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964)
1965	Primetime Emmy	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Individual Achievements in Entertainment - Actors and Performers	The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964)