RIP Illya Kuryakin

[Astacus]

The Telegraph is reporting the death of David Macallum at 90. A good age and he died of natural causes.

I loved The Man From U.N.C.L.E as a kid and of course NCIS. I remember one episode where one character asks another what Duckie looked like as a young man and was told ‘like Illya Kuryakin’!

Anyway, cool guy who lived a full life.

[aka_kerrly]

I concur, I also thought the line in NCIS was a good call whoever wrote that was crafty.

[Tango13]

The Illya Kuryakin line was my first thought when I saw the thread title and The Men From UNCLE films were a favourite as a kid too. Would be interesting to rewatch them to see how they've aged as films.

Rip David

[MBVitoria]

Only knew him from NCIS but sad to hear this. RIP Ducky

[Eric Mc]

He also played Judas in "The Greatest Story Ever Told".

[Evercross]

Not a bad career for a guy from Glasgow.

Not too many people mentioning his appearance in The Great Escape (alongside another Scottish great)....

[Eric Mc]

There is a better thread running about him in the obituaries thread in The Lounge.

[Scotty2]

Also Sapphire and Steel
Did I see him in The Invisible Man too?

[EmBe]

Did you also know he arranged and conducted music and and his album was the origin for one of the best known Hip-Hop samples....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y05mMRJrUnE

[SpudLink]

Scotty2 said:

Also Sapphire and Steel
Did I see him in The Invisible Man too?

ISWYDT.
For some reason that show seems to be forgotten. (Possibly because it wasn't very good.)

I will remember him primarily as Illya Kuryakin, but also as Steel, opposite Johana Lumley's Sapphire.

EmBe said:

Did you also know he arranged and conducted music and and his album was the origin for one of the best known Hip-Hop samples....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y05mMRJrUnE

I didn't until today. It was mentioned in the RIP thread, so I've been listening to some of his music.

[G-wiz]

Blimey; thought he was dead a long time ago.

Good age that, 90.

[P5BNij]

This popped up elsewhere today...



I remember him well in 'Colditz' in the early '70s, it was on one of the freeview channels fairly recently.

[over_the_hill]

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