Lin McCarthy
{{short description|American actor}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Lin McCarthy
| image = Lin McCarthy in One Step Beyond (Emergency Only).jpg
| caption = McCarthy in an episode of One Step Beyond (1959)
| birth_name = Linwood Winder McCarthy
| birth_date = {{birth date|1918|02|23}}
| birth_place = Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|2002|11|23|1918|02|23}}
| death_place = Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1952–1984
| spouse = Loretta Daye{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-dec-04-me-passings4.2-story.html|title=Lin McCarthy, 84; Stage, TV and Movie Character Actor for Three Decades|work=Los Angeles Times|date=December 4, 2002|access-date=October 8, 2021}}
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Linwood Winder McCarthy (February 23, 1918 – November 23, 2002) was an American film, television and theatre actor.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/371844591/|title=Lin McCarthy Actor 21 Years|work=The Evening Sun|location=Baltimore, Maryland|date=January 21, 1969|access-date=October 8, 2021|page=23|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}}
Early life
Born in Norfolk, Virginia, McCarthy served in the military during World War II, and afterwards studied acting at Geller's Theatre Workshop.
Career
He made his stage debut in 1952 in the Broadway play The Chase.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/lin-mccarthy-101335|title=Lin McCarthy|work=Internet Broadway Database|access-date=October 8, 2021}} McCarthy guest-starred in numerous television programs, including Boris Karloff's Thriller, The Man and the Challenge, Mission: Impossible, The Fugitive, Tales of Wells Fargo, The Rifleman, Gunsmoke, Robert Montgomery Presents, New Comedy Showcase, Wagon Train, Quincy, M.E., 12 O'Clock High, Rawhide, Studio One in Hollywood, Lou Grant, Kraft Television Theatre, The Waltons and The Virginian.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eQbCzAEACAAJ|title=Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2002|page=203|first=Harris|last=Lentz|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786414642|date=April 9, 2003|via=Google Books}} He also appeared in films such as Yellowneck, Tail Gunner Joe, The D.I., Face of a Fugitive, The Execution of Private Slovik and The Day After. McCarthy retired in 1984.
Death
References
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External links
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- {{IMDb name|0565229}}
- {{TCMDb name|126246%7C179260}}
- [https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/lin_mccarthy/ Rotten Tomatoes profile]
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Category:Deaths from pneumonia in California
Category:American male film actors
Category:American male television actors
Category:American theatre people
Category:American male stage actors
Category:Western (genre) television actors
Category:20th-century American male actors