Librarian Note: There is more than one author with this name.David McCallum is a Scottish actor best known for playing Russian spy Illya Kuryakin in the television series The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964-1968) and medical examiner Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard on NCIS (2003- ).In addition too his work as an audio-book narrator, McCallum's debut novel, Once a Crooked Man, was published in 2016.
He has a daughter, Sophie, and son, Peter, from his marriage to Katherine Carpenter. Jill Ireland and he had three children, Paul McCallum , Valentine McCallum , and an adopted son, Jason, who died on 7th November 1989 from an accidental drug overdose.
Father was concertmaster and violinist David McCallum Sr. ; a black & white photograph from the mid-1960s of David, Sr. and David, Jr. was used during one episode of "NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service" . The photo can be seen in Victorias (Duckys mothers) bedroom in "NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service" {The Meat Puzzle (#2.13)} .
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." , he is the only one who never appeared on the spin-off series "The Girl from U.N.C.L.E." .
His first wife, Jill Ireland , met her second husband, Charles Bronson , during the filming of The Great Escape .
Has appeared in episodes of three different series with Robert Vaughn : "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." , "Please Dont Eat the Daisies" and "The A-Team" .
Was stricken with rheumatic fever as a child.
Son, Valentine 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" and "The Outer Limits" .
He was diagnosed with Dupuytrens contracture (a common benign condition which involves the thickening and contracture of the fibrous connective tissue beneath the skin of the palm). He underwent surgery in mid-2009 to alleviate the condition. Other sufferers of the condition are Bill Nighy and Ronald Reagan.
Became close friends with Donald Pleasence and James Garner , while filming The Great Escape .
Best known by the public for his starring roles as secret agent Illya Kuryakin on "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." and as head medical examiner Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard on "NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service" .
At 14 he was a theatre electricians assistant.
Attended RADA 1949 - 1951.
Official residence is Manhattan. Lives part time in California while filming NCIS
He has played the same character (Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard) in three different series: "JAG" , "NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service" and "NCIS: New Orleans" .
With the deaths of James Garner on July 19, 2014 and Richard Attenborough on August 24, 2014, he is one of only two surviving actors in The Great Escape . John Leyton, who played Willie the Tunnel King is the other.
Insisted that people often mispronounce his last name, its pronounced "MC-Kal-Lumb", not "MC-col-lumb".
David attended the 1982 COMDEX (Computer Dealer Expo) computer convention.
David met his first wife, Jill Ireland on March 28 1957 while the duo were working on the film Hell Drivers .
David met Katherine Carpenter (his second wife) quite by accident. On a Sunday in New York in 1965, he and Robert Vaughn were posing for a fashion magazine and were accompanied by several high fashion models to various landmarks in the city. One of the models was Katherine, who he would marry two years later.
He wrote the book "Once a Crooked Man" , which mixes an espionage novel and a mystery thriller with some light comedy thrown in. Published by Minotaur. The hardcover is 337 pages long.
As a child, he was an evacuee during WWII to Stewarton, Ayrshire.
Was among those briefly considered by the BBC as a potential Doctor in "Doctor Who" before Tom Baker was chosen instead for budgetary reasons. He was again briefly considered in the 1980s but not approached as by then he was living full time in the USA. He was also considered for the guest role of Dr. Judson in the 1989 serial "The Curse of Fenric".
In the film Hear my Song he played Chief Constable Jim Abbott, a senior policeman attempting to track down and arrest the famous Irish singer (and tax fugitive) Josef Locke when a nightclub entrepreneur smuggles Locke back into the UK on a fishing boat for one last payday performance in Liverpool. Whilst the film was part fact and part fiction, in real life David McCallums father was a famous violinist with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and actually played for the real Josef Locke in his career. McCallum recalled this story during publicity interviews for the film.
In the 1960s, McCallum recorded four albums for Capitol Records with music producer David Axlerod. The best known of his pieces today is "The Edge", which was sampled by Dr. Dre as the intro and riff to the track "The Next Episode", "M.I.A" by Missin Linx, and "No Regrets" by Masta Ace.
If I had no family, my wife and I would lead a much more romantic and nomadic existence.
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.
We should learn to live and love our neighbors as ourselves for the sake of peace and progress. .
