Kevin McCarthy (born February 15, 1914) is an American actor.
In 1949, McCarthy was cast as Biff Loman in the London company production of Death of a Salesman, starring Paul Muni. He reprised his role in the 1951 film version, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and won a Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year - Actor.
McCarthy went on to have a long and distinguished career as an in-demand character actor. He ha...
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Kevin McCarthy (born February 15, 1914) is an American actor.
In 1949, McCarthy was cast as Biff Loman in the London company production of Death of a Salesman, starring Paul Muni. He reprised his role in the 1951 film version, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and won a Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year - Actor.
McCarthy went on to have a long and distinguished career as an in-demand character actor. He has had some starring roles sprinkled in his career, most notably the science fiction film classic Invasion of the Body Snatchers. On television, he had roles in two short-lived series: The Survivors with Lana Turner; and NBC's Flamingo Road as Claude Weldon, father of the Morgan Fairchild character. In 1956, he appeared with Alexis Smith in the NBC anthology series, The Joseph Cotten Show in the episode "We Who Love Her". McCarthy appeared too in the 1959 episode "The Wall Between" of CBS's anthology series, The DuPont Show with June Allyson....
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