2023-09-26 12:07:42
Scottish-born actor David McCallum, conegut to interpret the Russian spy Illya Kuryakin to the series ‘The man from UNCLE’, from 1964, i l’investigador Donald ‘Ducky’ Mallard in ‘NCIS’, died this Monday at the age of 90 in New York, where he lived.
“David was a talented actor and writer, and loved by many people around the world,” wrote in a message on X (formerly Twitter) the production team of ‘NCIS’, in which the performer continued to appear from time to time.
McCallum began his career in theater in his native United Kingdom in the 1940s. But it wasn’t until he was signed on for the popular sixties spy series ‘The man from UNCLE’ which achieved international fame.
At that time, McCallum was so popular with young women that on one occasion he had to be rescued by police during a publicity event at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, after a group of teenage girls assaulted him, according to ‘The New York Times’.
The series was canceled in 1968 and the actor turned to smaller roles, until in 2003 he began to interpret Dr. Donald Mallard, better known as ‘Ducky’, an eccentric medical examiner who ended up becoming one of the most beloved characters in the popular detective series ‘NCIS’.
The role allowed him to learn about medicine and even attend as a spectator several autopsies, and for this reason the writers of the series sometimes asked him for advice on technical matters.
McCallum leaves a wife, four children and eight grandchildren.
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