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Acting

Kevin McCarthy

Career: Active from 1951 to 2007, with a break from 1996 to 2006, busiest in 1980 and 1990 with 4 main titles each.

Leading roles: 25
top three billing

Average score: 58/100

Highest rated: Invasion of the Body Snatchers
86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 120 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Kevin McCarthy Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Coming of Age
2.1, average 3.0
Melancholy
3.8, average 4.7
Pathos
4.5, average 5.3
Catharsis
4.3, average 5.1

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Psychological Thriller 4
Character Study 4
Social Commentary 4
Character-Driven 4
Cult Classic 3
Nostalgic Appeal 3
Historical Setting 3
Supernatural Horror 2
Unsettling Atmosphere 2
Practical Effects 2
Psychological Drama 2
Melancholic Tone 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

176

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2010s

1 title · average score 47

The Ghastly Love of Johnny X

47

as The Grand Inquisitor

2000s

8 titles · average score 51

The Boneyard Collection

43

as The Monk (segment "Her Morbid Desires")

Love Don't Come Easy

as Max

Loving Annabelle

68

as Father Harris

Fallen Angels

31

as Pastor Waltz

Trail of the Screaming Forehead

56

as Latecomer

Eyes

50

TV show · as Judge Leonard Donnelly

Looney Tunes: Back in Action

60

as Dr. Bennell

The District

50

TV show · as Reese

1990s

30 titles · average score 57

Early Edition

73

TV show · as Judge Jake Wellborn

Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story

64

TV show · as Sol Siegel

Steal Big Steal Little

31

as Reed Tyler

Roadracers

63

as Miles

The Distinguished Gentleman

43

as Terry Corrigan

Batman: The Animated Series

90

TV show · as Dr. Long (voice)

Duplicates

58

as Dr. Congemi

Dead on the Money

as Waverly Blake

Charlie Hoover

TV show

Ghoulies III: Ghoulies Go to College

42

as Professor Ragnar

The Sleeping Car

39

as Vincent Tuttle

Love or Money

as William Reed

1980s

43 titles · average score 60

UHF

60

as R.J. Fletcher

Innerspace

71

as Victor Eugene Scrimshaw

Hostage

as Col. Tim Shaw

The Midnight Hour

64

as Judge Crandall

Invitation to Hell

42

as Mr. Thompson

Murder, She Wrote

76

TV show · as Randolph Sterling / Milton Porter

My Tutor

27

as Mr. Chrystal

Making of a Male Model

55

as Ward Hawley

The A-Team

74

TV show · as Bob McKeever

Amanda's

59

TV show · as Zack Cartwright

The Howling

68

as Fred Francis

Flamingo Road

64

TV show · as Claude Weldon

1970s

22 titles · average score 63

Piranha

64

as Dr. Robert Hoak

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

80

as Running Man (Cameo)

The Love Boat

53

TV show · as Barry Cooper

Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night

73

as Tom Atherton

Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson

51

as The Publicist (Maj. John Burke)

Order to Kill

as Ed McLean

June Moon

as Hart

Kansas City Bomber

50

as Burt Henry

Richard

as Washington Doctor

Columbo

83

TV show · as Frank Simmons

Cannon

67

TV show

Great Performances

70

TV show · as Hart / Trigorin

1960s

41 titles · average score 69

Harold Robbins' The Survivors

TV show · as Philip Hastings

Hawaii Five-O

48

TV show · as Hunter R. Hickey / Victor Reese

Ace High

63

as Drake

If He Hollers, Let Him Go!

58

as Leslie Whitlock

A Big Hand for the Little Lady

76

as Otto Habershaw

Mission: Impossible

79

TV show · as Whitmore Channing

Mirage

86

as Sylvester Josephson

A Gathering of Eagles

62

as Gen. 'Happy Jack' Kirby

The Fugitive

84

TV show · as Herb Malone

An Affair of the Skin

as Allen McCleod

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

54

TV show · as Paul Blackshear

The Misfits

74

as Raymond Taber

1950s

27 titles · average score 70

The Twilight Zone

91

TV show · as Walter Jameson / Tom Bowen / Hugh Skelton

Diamond Safari

as Harry Jordan

The Rifleman

77

TV show · as Mark Twain / Winslow Quince

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

86

as Dr. Miles J. Bennell

Nightmare

62

as Stan Grayson

Stranger on Horseback

60

as Tom Bannerman

An Annapolis Story

as Jim Scott

Drive a Crooked Road

54

as Steve Norris

Satins and Spurs

as Tony

The Gambler from Natchez

69

as Andre Rivage

Jane Eyre

as Rochester

Death of a Salesman

86

as Biff Loman

1940s

4 titles · average score 65

Lights Out

65

TV show

Studio One

65

TV show · as Rochester / Dermot McDermot

The Philco Television Playhouse

TV show · as Romeo

TV show