The Scottish-born son of musicians and a musician himself, he also was memorable in 'The Great Escape' and on 'Sapphire & Steel.'
McCallum was married to British actress Jill Ireland from May 1957 until she left him for brawny actor Charles Bronson a decade later. McCallum rebounded quite nicely, though, quickly marrying model Katherine Carpenter in 1967, and his wife of 56 years survives him. as Ducky, the bowtie-wearing autopsy expert with a psychological degree earned from the University of Edinburgh.
Studying for his role on the ratings-grabbing CBS drama about Navy crime fighters, McCallum learned how to perform actual autopsies and attended conventions for medical examiners. He became such an expert in forensics that series creator Donald P. Bellisario considered him knowledgeable enough to serve as a technical adviser on
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