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David McCallum RIP

Illya Kuryakin & one half of The Man from Uncle has passed away aged 90.

I remember him most as the Invisible Man. 

RIP.
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  • TEL
    TEL Posts: 10,100
    Remember him well for his portrayal of Kuryakin. Good innings, RIP
  • Pedro45
    Pedro45 Posts: 5,835
    RIP Illya.
  • RIP Great escaper
  • Another one from my childhood

    RIP
  • johnny73
    johnny73 Posts: 4,567
    RIP
  • Played medical examiner “Ducky” in NCIS. Remember one scene when the question was asked what do you think Ducky looked like in his younger life. The answer given in the scene was Illya Kuryakin.

    RIP
  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,241
    Sapphire and Steel with Joanna Lumley.
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,768
    RIP. I really liked his work.
  • RIP
  • Great actor. RIP sir. 

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  • Hal1x
    Hal1x Posts: 4,265
    Great in NCIS. RIP
  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    RIP
  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,381
    RIP
  • RIP.
  • BBC described him as a KGB spy in the "Man from Uncle", I was young then and we only had got a TV, but was his character a KGB spy? Must have gone over my head
  • BBC described him as a KGB spy in the "Man from Uncle", I was young then and we only had got a TV, but was his character a KGB spy? Must have gone over my head
    The Man from U.N.C.L.E. - Wikipedia
  • Chippycafc
    Chippycafc Posts: 14,163
    One of the great British actors, who made it across the pond. Loved everything he did, RIP David.
  • CafcWest
    CafcWest Posts: 6,179
    Remember Man from Uncle really well.  RIP.  Another part of my youth gone....
  • RIP
  • RIP

    A really cool 🐈‍⬛ The Man From U.N.C.L.E anyone remember what it stood for?

    Didn’t know he was Scottish.

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  • Sapphire and Steele for me.
    Blooming loved that.
    RIP Sir.
  • RIP
  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,241
    RIP

    A really cool 🐈‍⬛ The Man From U.N.C.L.E anyone remember what it stood for?

    Didn’t know he was Scottish.
    United Network Command for Law and Enforcement.
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,380
    R I P
  •  Excellent in UNCLE and the great escape. Will have to give Sapphire & Steel a go. 
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,236
    edited September 2023
    Illya Kuryakin & one half of The Man from Uncle has passed away aged 90.

    I remember him most as the Invisible Man. 

    RIP.

    He didn't make much of an impression in the invisible man 🤦🏻‍♂️ but David McCallum came across as a cool man. He was going to follow his Parents in being a musician:
    His Dad was a top Violinist and his Mother a Renowned Cellist. David decided to give that career the Oboe as he got the acting bug. 
    A talented family who left Glasgow for London for their careers.
    Not just The Man from Uncle but The great escape, Sapphire and steel, etc and to younger Viewers his part as Donald 'ducky' Mallard in NCIS on CBS.

    A very intelligent man who loved science and his first love Music.

    RIP David McCullum 
  • RIP

    A really cool 🐈‍⬛ The Man From U.N.C.L.E anyone remember what it stood for?

    Didn’t know he was Scottish.
    RIP

    (United Network Command for Law and Enforcement)
  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,670
    He only hit 90 last week.

    One programme not mentioned above that he featured prominently in was Colditz in the seventies but for me the Man From Uncle was what defined him professionally.

    RIP David.
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,049
    LenGlover said:
    He only hit 90 last week.

    One programme not mentioned above that he featured prominently in was Colditz in the seventies but for me the Man From Uncle was what defined him professionally.

    RIP David.
    Len, you posted this 7 days ago on the Celebrities that are still alive thread.
    David McCallum aka Ilya Kuryakin from The Man From Uncle.

    Actor: Born 19 September 1933.
  • philcafc
    philcafc Posts: 3,893
    Great actor. Remember him well from Man from Uncle and more recently from Sapphire & Steel, the Invisible Man and NCIS. RIP