David McCallum

equalsql · September 2023

Sad news. He was 90 so a fair innings.
I loved The Man From Uncle when I was a kid.
RIP Illya Kuryakin.
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/david-mccallum-death-ncis-age-b2418396.html

Jimbro66 · September 2023

I don't recall the Man from Uncle but he played a good part as Ducky in NCIS. Seemed like a nice guy off screen too. Sad to lose him. RIP.

fretmeister · September 2023

I loved this little gag in NCIS

Kilgore · September 2023

Loved The Man from UNCLE. A staple of Saturday morning TV.

I liked Sapphire and Steel, even though I found it quite unsettling. I can't imagine it's aged well. IIRC, it looked like it was done on a shoestring budget.

stratman3142 · September 2023

Sad news. I was a fan of 'Man From Uncle' in my youth.

DB1 · September 2023

Yes, sad news. I was a fan too - I've still got the Man from UNCLE model car on top of my bookcase. Press the button on top of the car and Napoleon and Ilya pop out from the sides, firing guns. I've had that for, I suppose, about 57 years.

Kebabkid · September 2023

That's sad and I remember him from The Man from Uncle, The Invisible Man and The Great Escape amongst others.

His son Val, is an accomplished guitarist and has played with some big names, most notably Jackson Browne and Bonnie Raitt

RIP

axisus · September 2023

As kids a special treat for us was to stay up late and watch the Man from UNCLE films. Really good childhood memories! We were big fans of Sapphire and Steel in the 70s as well. I've watched a few of them again recently. The wife was a big NCIS fan so I saw a fair bit of him in that as well.

Robert Vaughan and David McCallum were a great pairing. Actually I have a box set of UNCLE films, I shall have to dig it out.

Philly_Q · September 2023

I liked The Man from U.N.C.L.E. as a kid, although I find it pretty unwatchable now to be honest. Strange that a Russian(ish) character who looked a bit like a young Vladimir Putin was so popular...

My strongest memory of The Invisible Man is that weird rubber mask with attached hair he used to "wear" to make himself visible. Freaky.

A staple of our childhoods, though. RIP.

equalsql · September 2023

DB1 said:

Yes, sad news. I was a fan too - I've still got the Man from UNCLE model car on top of my bookcase. Press the button on top of the car and Napoleon and Ilya pop out from the sides, firing guns. I've had that for, I suppose, about 57 years.

Hey @DB1, I'd love to see a piccie of that if possible

scrumhalf · September 2023

All the way with Ilya K!

Sadly, channel D will never be opened again.

Shrews · September 2023

I knew him from The Invisible Man and Sapphire and Steel. He always seemed to be good in any role he was in. RIP

DB1 · September 2023

Here you are @equalsql - I hadn't quite realised how bashed up it is, but it's only six years younger than me and nowhere near as bashed up as I am. I wasn't one for looking after my toys, I'm afraid.

Edit: It still works though - either one can still shoot you if you look at them wrong.

hollywoodrox · September 2023

Aww nooooooooo he was brilliant Uncle ,invisible man, sapphire n steel ,NCIS can’t believe he was 90 was he in a film called mosquito squadron too ? I never saw the ending of it around 83 one afternoon ,it looked good , I seem to recall him as a really good Dr Frankenstein too ,probably with a crawling hand in the film at one point

Offset · September 2023

Kilgore said:

Loved The Man from UNCLE. A staple of Saturday morning TV.

I liked Sapphire and Steel, even though I found it quite unsettling. I can't imagine it's aged well. IIRC, it looked like it was done on an Eddie shoestring budget.

FelineGuitars · September 2023

I'm glad a few have mentioned The Invisible Man and Colditz too as that was where I recalled him from

Great actor - RIP

Offset · September 2023

I remember TMFU but I'd completely forgotten about Sapphire & Steel. He was a good actor yes, and I had no idea he was 90. Where does the time go eh?

RIP.

Philly_Q · September 2023

I never really watched Sapphire & Steel. I was at university for part of its run so I may have been too busy not drinking and not partying.

equalsql · September 2023

DB1 said:

Here you are @equalsql - I hadn't quite realised how bashed up it is, but it's only six years younger than me and nowhere near as bashed up as I am. I wasn't one for looking after my toys, I'm afraid.

Edit: It still works though - either one can still shoot you if you look at them wrong.

That's great. And I thought I was the only one to keep some of my childhood toys.

guitars4you · September 2023

Colditz is my first memories of David back in the 70's and then probably The Great Escape - Looks like a type cast character based on those two programmes - So some good memories from my child hood there

Have never seen The Man from Uncle

57Deluxe · September 2023

equalsql said:

DB1 said:

Here you are @equalsql - I hadn't quite realised how bashed up it is, but it's only six years younger than me and nowhere near as bashed up as I am. I wasn't one for looking after my toys, I'm afraid.

Edit: It still works though - either one can still shoot you if you look at them wrong.

That's great. And I thought I was the only one to keep some of my childhood toys.

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boogieman · September 2023

I’ve still got some of the Man From Uncle bubblegum cards from the 60s. If you collected the whole lot and turned them over it made a giant picture of IK, NS and Mr Waverley. I loved MFU although I bet it’d look complete tosh now, like the original Mission Impossible shows. RIP Ilya.

57Deluxe · September 2023

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