Kevin McCarthy RIP (1914-2010)

You may not known the name, but you perhaps recognize the face. Kevin McCarthy was a stage/screen actor whose career in TV/film lasted for several decades, but he was most famous for starring in 1956 sci-fi classic Invasion Of The Body Snatchers. Joe Dante (a fan of McCarthy's) often cast him in his movies, too; from Piranha and The Howling, to Innerspace and Twilight Zone: The Movie. It was in those '80s films that I came to recognize him.

McCarthy (Oscar-nominated for his role as Biff Loman in 1951's Death Of A Salesman), died at the incredible age of 96 last Saturday, of natural causes.