Neil McCarthy (actor)

Born in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, the son of dentist Eugene Charles McCarthy (1899-1954) and Beatrice Annie née Corney(1901-1978),[5][6][7][8][9] McCarthy was educated at Stamford School and Trinity College, Dublin and trained as a teacher.[10]

After his teacher training, McCarthy appeared on stage at Oxford repertory theatre, at the Edinburgh Festival and in the West End of London.[10]

McCarthy's film credits include memorable roles as a Welsh soldier in Zulu (1964), as Sergeant Jock McPherson in Where Eagles Dare (1967), as Joe Gargery in Charles Dickens - Great Expectations, (1968), as Gates in The Ruffians (1973), as the villain Calibos in Clash of the Titans (1981) and as a robber in Time Bandits (1981).[11] His television credits include: Man of the World, Danger Man, The Avengers, The Saint, Z-Cars, Dixon of Dock Green, Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased), Catweazle, My Wife Next Door (A Sense of Movement), Softly, Softly: Taskforce, Department S, Who Pays the Ferryman?, Return of the Saint, Doctor Who (in the serials The Mind of Evil and The Power of Kroll), Enemy at the Door, Shogun, The Professionals, Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em, Only When I Laugh, The Gentle Touch and Emmerdale Farm, and the television adaptation of the Lord Peter Wimsey novel, The Nine Tailors.

He died of motor neurone disease[12] in Fordingbridge, Hampshire in 1985, aged 52.

• Breakout (1959) - Chandler's henchman (uncredited)
• Sands of the Desert (1960) - Hassan
• The Criminal (1960) - O'Hara
• Offbeat (1961) - Leo Farrell
• Solo for Sparrow (1962) - Dusty
• The Pot Carriers (1962) - Bracket
• We Joined the Navy (1962) - Sergeant
• Two Left Feet (1963) - Ted (uncredited)
• The Cracksman (1963) - Van Gogh
• Zulu (1964) - Private Thomas
• The Hill (1965) - Burton
• Cuckoo Patrol (1967) - Superman No.2
• Great Expectations (1967) - Joe Gargery (TV mini-series)[13]
• Seven Times Seven (1968) - Mr. Docherty
• Where Eagles Dare (1968) - Sgt. Jock MacPherson
• Follow Me! (1972) - Parkinson
• The Zoo Robbery (1973) - Skipper
• Steptoe and Son Ride Again (1973) - Lennie
• Operation Daybreak (1975) - Man at Quarry (uncredited)
• Side by Side (1975) - Alf (uncredited)
• Fern, the Red Deer (1976) - Poacher
• Trial by Combat (1976) - Ben Willoughby
• The Incredible Sarah (1976) - Sergeant
• Shōgun (1980) - Spillbergen
• George and Mildred (1980) - Eddie
• The Monster Club (1980) - Watson - B-Squad Member
• The Professionals (1980) 'Its only a beautiful picture'
• Clash of the Titans (1981) - Calibos
• Time Bandits (1981) - 2nd Robber

• Neil McCarthy on IMDb