With Farrah Fawcett in the NBC made-for-TV biopic Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story later years The films of kevin mccarthy Death of a Salesman (1951) While a star in B movies, he usually landed supporting roles in A pictures, such as The Misfits (1961 with Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe), The Best Man (1964 with Henry Fonda and Cliff Robertson), and Hotel (1967 with Rod Taylor). Yet he acted in relatively few films until the early 1960s, when his first marriage soured. Bennell in the horror film Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956 with Dana Wynter and Carolyn Jones) was the one that ultimately put his film career on the map and is the role for which he is best remembered. Shot for about $400,000 and released by Allied Artists, his role as Dr.
His film career turned around in 1956, however. With no other big pictures heading his way, McCarthy's next film was the noir thriller Drive a Crooked Road (1954 with Mickey Rooney), and he also acted in a couple of B westerns. Strangely, however, after the film's release no other films came his way, so he continued acting on Broadway and on television for the next few years. McCarthy was nominated for an Academy Award for best actor in a supporting role. His film career began with Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman (1951 with Fredric March and Cameron Mitchell), released by Columbia.
Mid 1950s studio portrait of Kevin McCarthy His first television appearance came in a January 1949 episode of The Ford Theatre Hour. After his discharge in 1945, McCarthy returned to Broadway in several plays, and as early television programming began to ramp up in New York following World War II, he began taking roles on television. While in the service, he also had a role in Moss Hart's play Winged Victory produced by the Army Air Forces from 1943 to 1944. involvement in World War II McCarthy enlisted in the Army Air Force and became a military policeman. In 1941, he married stage and television actress Augusta Dabney. The play ran from 1938 to 1939, earning good notices. McCarthy's first Broadway play was Abe Lincoln in Illinois, in which he had a supporting role. A success in college productions, he moved to New York following graduation to pursue a career on the legitimate stage. McCarthy first took an interest in acting while attending the University of Minnesota in the 1930s. He and his siblings, including author Mary McCarthy, were sent to live with relatives in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where they received poor treatment until moving in with their grandfather in Wisconsin. Born to an attorney and his wife on February 15, 1914, in Seattle, Washington, actor Kevin McCarthy's parents died during a flu epidemic in 1918.