Michael McCarty

{{short description|American actor}}

{{confused|Michael McCarty (restaurateur)}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Michael McCarty

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{birth date|1946|9|7}}

| birth_place = Evansville, Indiana, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2014|9|26|1946|9|7}}

| death_place = Santa Barbara, California, U.S.

| occupation = Actor

| spouse = Jane Seaman

| years_active = 1975-2014

}}

Michael McCarty (September 7, 1946 - September 26, 2014) was an American movie, television, and stage actor. He was known for his roles in Casper (1995), Dead Man (1995), and in The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000). He was born in Evansville, Indiana.

On Broadway he's portrayed Admiral Boom/Bank Chairman in Mary Poppins, Andrew Carnes in Oklahoma!, Beadle Bamford in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Mr. Bumble in Oliver!. He starred as John Dickinson in the national tour of 1776 and J.P. Morgan in Ragtime.

McCarty died in Santa Barbara, California from heart failure after traveling there for a stage production.{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/broadway-veteran-michael-mccarty-dies-736102|title=Broadway veteran Michael McCarty dies at 68|work=The Hollywood Reporter|accessdate=September 28, 2014}} He was 68 years old.