David McCallum, the longest-tenured cast member of the hit CBS drama series, NCIS, who first became a star in the 1960s for his role as the heroic Soviet spy, Illya Kuryakin, opposite Robert Vaughn’s Napoleon Solo, in The Man From U.N.C.L.E., has passed away, less than a week after his 90th birthday.Born in Glasgow, Scotland, McCallum moved to London as a young boy when his father got a placement as the concertmaster of the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Growing up, McCallum was encouraged by his family to pursue the arts. He acted, and also played the oboe. He acted and did some radio work as a teenager, and after a stint in the military, he enrolled in the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 1954.McCallum was so popular that he was able to release a number of musical albums in the 1960s. Unlike most other actors, whose albums released during the height of their popularity would involve them singing, McCallum instead played the oboe and other musical instruments on the albums, which mainly did not involve vocals (although, to be fair, McCallum DID sing on a few tracks on the first of his four albums released during this period).
David McCallum, the longest-tenured cast member of the hit CBS drama series, NCIS, who first became a star in the 1960s for his role as the heroic Soviet spy, Illya Kuryakin, opposite Robert Vaughn’s Napoleon Solo, in The Man From U.N.C.L.E., has passed away, less than a week after his 90th birthday.
Born in Glasgow, Scotland, McCallum moved to London as a young boy when his father got a placement as the concertmaster of the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Growing up, McCallum was encouraged by his family to pursue the arts. He acted, and also played the oboe. He acted and did some radio work as a teenager, and after a stint in the military, he enrolled in the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 1954.
McCallum was so popular that he was able to release a number of musical albums in the 1960s. Unlike most other actors, whose albums released during the height of their popularity would involve them singing, McCallum instead played the oboe and other musical instruments on the albums, which mainly did not involve vocals (although, to be fair, McCallum DID sing on a few tracks on the first of his four albums released during this period).
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