We remember the classic performance of veteran actor Kevin McCarthy in the 1956 classic Invasion Of The Body Snatchers, who sadly passed away at the weekend.
We're sad to report the passing of one of US cinema's great actors, Kevin McCarthy.
The star of classic 50s sci-fi Invasion Of The Body Snatchers, McCarthy was a veteran of dozens of stage and screen productions, and memorably starred alongside Marilyn Monroe in The Misfits, her last film appearance before her death in 1962.
McCarthy won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his turn in the 1951 adaptation of Death Of A Salesman, and later made memorable appearances in Twilight Zone: The Movie, as well as Joe Dante's The Howling and Innerspace.
It was his role as Dr Miles Bennell in Don Siegel's Invasion Of The Body Snatchers, however, that has proved the most enduring, and it's rightly regarded as a genre classic. McCarthy's performance, as a small town physician who realises too late that his patients are being replaced by alien facsimiles, is one of the most memorable in 50s sci-fi.
McCarthy even reprised the role in the 1978 remake of the same name, appearing briefly in a street scene screaming "They're here!" in a nod to the original film's unforgettable climax
Kevin McCarthy passed away on Saturday aged 96.