What is the net worth and salary of David McCallum?
David McCallum is a Scottish actor, musician, and author who has a net worth of $15 million. McCallum is best known for playing Secret Agent Illya Kuryakin on The Man from UNCLE (1964–1968) and Medical Examiner Dr. Donald “Ducky” Mallard on NCIS (2003–present). The salary of “NCIS” is $175,000 per episode.
David has over 130 acting credits to his name, including the films ‘Billy Budd’ (1962), ‘The Great Escape’ (1963) and ‘The Greatest Story Ever Told’ (1965) and the television series ‘Colditz’ (1972 ). –1974), “Sapphire & Steel” (1979–1982), “Trainer” (1991–1992), “VR-5” (1995) and “The Education of Max Bickford” (2001–2002). McCallum released the albums “Music…A Part of Me” (1966), “Music…A Bit More of Me” (1966), “Music…It’s Happening Now!” (1967) and ‘McCallum’ (1968) and published the crime novel ‘Once a Crooked Man’ in 2016.
Youth
David McCallum was born David Keith McCallum Jr. on September 19, 1933, in Maryhill, Glasgow, Scotland. His mother, Dorothy, was a cellist and his father, David Sr., was an orchestral violinist. At a young age, David and his older brother Iain moved to London with their parents so that he could take a job as a conductor with the London Philharmonic Orchestra. During the Second World War, McCallum’s mother took him back to Scotland and they lived with her sister until they found a house near Loch Lomond.
David won a scholarship to London’s University College School, where he played the oboe. He soon discovered a love of acting and told The Scotsman: “I played the Little Prince in Shakespeare’s ‘King John’ at one of those local things where people do skits and songs. Mine was a little prince who had his eyes gouged out by this terrible man and I obviously behaved very well because I got a standing ovation. I was no more than eight years old. And I said, “Hey, hey, hey, that’s kind of cool!” I don’t know if I consciously thought about it, but we find where I wanted to be: on a stage, with lights and makeup and people.”
McCallum appeared in a Play and Pageant Union production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream aged 17, and the following year, he left school and was called up for National Service. He served in the British Army’s 3rd Battalion, Middlesex Regiment and was promoted to lieutenant in 1954. After his time in the army, David attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.
Career
In 1951, McCallum began working as an assistant stage manager at the Glyndebourne Opera Company and made his television debut in the 1953 miniseries The Rose and the Ring. In 1957, he had an uncredited role in “Night Ambush” and appeared in “The Secret Place,” “Dangerous Youth,” “Hell Drivers” and “Robbery Under Arms.” David portrayed Harold Bride in the 1958 film A Night to Remember, which was about the sinking of the Titanic, then appeared in The Long and the Short and the Tall (1961), Jungle Street (1961), and “Freud: The Secret Passion” (1962). He played Lieutenant Commander Eric Ashley-Pitt in 1963’s The Great Escape and guest starred in The Outer Limits (1963; 1964) and
While starring in “The Man from UNCLE,” McCallum also played Judas Iscariot in the 1965 film “The Greatest Story Ever Told,” which earned five Academy Award nominations, and appeared in “Around the World Under the Sea”. ” (1966) and “ Three Bites of the Apple” (1967). He played Simon Carter in the British series “Colditz” from 1972 to 1974 and Daniel Westin in NBC’s “The Invisible Man” from 1975 to 1976 and appeared in the films “Rascal” (1969), “She Waits” (1972). , “Night of the Leap” (1972) and “Dogs” (1976). From 1979 to 1982, David starred as Steel in the British supernatural series ‘Sapphire & Steel’, and in 1980, he appeared in the horror film ‘The Watcher in the Woods’. He guest starred on “
From 2001 to 2002, David played Walter Thornhill in the CBS drama The Education of Max Bickford, and in 2003, he landed the role of Dr. Donald “Ducky” Mallard in the CBS police procedural series NCIS. The popular series began its 19th season in 2021 and has aired over 400 episodes as of this writing. McCallum also played “Ducky” in a 2003 episode of “JAG” and two episodes of “NCIS: New Orleans” (2014; 2016). During his time on “NCIS,” David voiced Zeus in the original DC Universe animated film “Wonder Woman” (2009) and Alfred Pennyworth in “Batman: Gotham Knight” (2008), “Son of Batman” (2014) and “Batman Vs. Robin” (2015) and voiced characters in the TV series “The Replacements” (2006–2009), “Ben 10:
Personal life
David married actress Jill Ireland on May 11, 1957, after meeting on the set of Hell Drivers. Their adopted son, Jason, died of an accidental drug overdose in 1989. McCallum spoke to The Belfast Telegraph about Jason’s death in a 2016 interview, saying: “You never come to terms with the death of a child. The pain is very real, but it is like pain that turns into anger. At the same time, there’s a frustration that you couldn’t really do anything about it, which makes it even worse.”
David and Jill also welcomed sons Valentine and Paul before divorcing in 1967; Ireland died of breast cancer six months after Jason’s death. McCallum married model Katherine Carpenter on 16 September 1967 and they have a daughter named Sophie and a son named Peter. David was naturalized as a US citizen in 1999.
Awards and nominations
McCallum received three Primetime Emmy nominations: Outstanding Individual Achievement in Entertainment –Actors and Performers (1965) and Outstanding Continuing Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Drama Series (1966) for “The Man from UNCLE” and Outstanding Individual Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role (1969) for the Hallmark Hall of Fame episode “Teacher, Teacher.” David earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best TV Star – Male for The Man from UNCLE in 1966 and a Bravo Otto nomination for Best TV Star Male in 1968. In 1966, he won a Golden Laurel for New Faces, Male at the Laurel Awards.
