David Keith McCallum, Jr. (born 19 September 1933) is a Scottish actor and the son of orchestral leader (principal first violinist) David McCallum, Sr. He is best known for his roles as Illya Kuryakin, a Russian-born secret agent, in the 1960s television series The Man from U.N.C.L.E., and Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard in the series NCIS.
McCallum was born in Glasgow, the second of two sons. When he was ten, his family moved to London. He won a scho...
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David Keith McCallum, Jr. (born 19 September 1933) is a Scottish actor and the son of orchestral leader (principal first violinist) David McCallum, Sr. He is best known for his roles as Illya Kuryakin, a Russian-born secret agent, in the 1960s television series The Man from U.N.C.L.E., and Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard in the series NCIS.
McCallum was born in Glasgow, the second of two sons. When he was ten, his family moved to London. He won a scholarship to University College School, a boys' independent school in Hampstead, London. He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and became Assistant Stage Manager of the Glyndebourne Opera Company in 1951. He began his career as a bit-part actor in British films of the late 1950s and early 1960s.
A James Dean-themed photograph of McCallum caught the attention of the Rank Organisation, who signed him in 1957 . Early roles included a juvenile delinquent in Violent Playground (1957) and an outlaw in Robbery Under Arms (1957). His first...
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