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Date of Birth

19 September 1933, Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Birth Name

David Keith McCallum

Height

5' 8" (1.73 m)

Mini Biography

His father, David McCallum Sr., was first violinist for the London Philharmonic and his mother, Dorothy Dorman, was a cellist, so it is not surprising that he was originally headed for a career in music (oboe), studying briefly at the Royal Academy of Music. He left that, however, for the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He made nearly a dozen movies in the United Kingdom before his critically acclaimed work as Lieutenant Wyatt in Billy Budd (1962). He is perhaps best known for his portrayal of the blond U.N.C.L.E. agent Illya Kuryakin in TV's "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." (1964).

IMDb Mini Biography By: Ed Stephan ;corrected by: Susan Rice

Spouse

Katherine Carpenter	(16 September 1967 - present) 2 children
Jill Ireland	(11 May 1957 - 1967) (divorced) 3 children

Trivia

Fan club address: Lynda Mendoza, PO Box 313, Lansing, IL 60438-0313 USA

He has a daughter, Sophie, and son, Peter, from his marriage to Katherine Carpenter. He and Jill Ireland had three children, Paul McCallum, Val McCallum, and an adopted son, Jason, who died on 7th November 1985 from an accidental drug overdose.

Hit #117 on the Billboard Singles Charts in 1966 with "Communication" (Capitol 5571)

Father was concertmaster and violinist David McCallum Sr..

One of the first Brit actors to study the Method style of acting.

His hobbies include golf and computing.

Lives on Long Island, New York

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).

His adoptive son, Jason McCallum, died of an accidental drug overdose in 1985.

Introduced his first wife, Jill Ireland, to her second husband, Charles Bronson, during the filming of The Great Escape (1963).

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).

Was stricken with rheumatic fever as a child.

Son, Val McCallum, is a respected guitarist and session musician, recording and performing with artists Jonatha Brooke, Vonda Shepard and Sheryl Crow.

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.

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 revival "The Outer Limits" (1995).

Personal Quotes

I feel it's a person's duty to participate in the governing of the country in which he lives.

But so far as countries are concerned, I don't go to a place to see what's there, but who is there.

I didn't want to be famous. I just wanted to earn enough money to have a nice life and enjoy acting.

Fear, conformity, immorality: these are heavy burdens. They drain us of creative energy. And when we are drained of creative energy, we do not create. We procreate, but we do not create.

Where Are They Now

(December 2006) Official residence is Manhattan. Lives part time in California while filming NCIS

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