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David McCallum RIP

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shadypines · 26/09/2023 12:30

Sapphire and Steel❤absolutely one of the best SciFi series of my youth. He was amazing. Seemed like a lovely bloke, RIP.

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RainCloudsInTheSky · 26/09/2023 12:37

Ah, poor Ducky!

timoteigirl · 26/09/2023 12:37

Yes completely agree. Now only two actors still alive from The Great Escape.

pyjamalife · 26/09/2023 12:38

Nooooooo say it ain't so!!

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Thegirlwithnousername · 26/09/2023 12:40

I only knew him from NCIS but gutted no more Ducky popping up in the show!
He did seem like a lovely man! RIP!

Nochoiceleft · 26/09/2023 12:47

Nooo 😞

OccultGnuNew · 26/09/2023 12:55

One of my early crushes, Ilya Kuryakin in the Man From U.N.C.L.E

nothingevergoesright · 26/09/2023 13:00

@OccultGnuNew same here, except it was him in The Invisible Man.

Sarvanga38 · 26/09/2023 13:03

RainCloudsInTheSky · 26/09/2023 12:37

Ah, poor Ducky!

Our response too - my little duck egg blue Mini is named Ducky in his honour

StarbucksSmarterSister · 26/09/2023 13:18

I remember the angst as a child when staying with my aunt and I wasn't allowed to stay up to watch The Man from Uncle! He made a lot of good stuff, some of which hasn't even been mentioned in the news report.

Giggorata · 26/09/2023 13:21

DH sent me the news clip, knowing about my Illya crush 😢

PerkingFaintly · 26/09/2023 13:56

Also very fine performance in a film called Mosquito Squadron.

RIP splendid actor and icon of my yoof.

Mochudubh · 26/09/2023 13:57

ITN.'s tribute was much better than BBC's which didn't even mention Sapphire and Steel.

Anyone else remember him as Alan Breck Stewart in the TV version of Kidnapped in the 70's?

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shadypines · 27/09/2023 12:44

Ooh that sounds good @Mochudubh. Even though he had a baby face he was so versatile in his roles.

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JayAlfredPrufrock · 27/09/2023 12:49

Man from Uncle. Grew up with it.

RIP lovely David.

JaneJeffer · 27/09/2023 13:04

I always think of him as The Invisible Man (70's chid).

May he rest in peace.

goingtohellinahandcart · 27/09/2023 13:16

One of my first crushes too

AmyDudley · 27/09/2023 14:03

I was sad to hear he had died, Ilya Kuryakin was my first crush. I loved The Man from Uncle,
RIP David, great actor and gentleman.

themez · 27/09/2023 14:50

Yes sapphire and steel was one of the best things I ever saw. I've got them all on dvd.

FrenchandSaunders · 27/09/2023 14:51

How sad.
Oh I'd forgotten about Sapphire and Steel ... a girl from my class at school was in that. We were all so impressed.

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