- Born
- Died
- Birth nameEugene Neil McCarthy
- Height6′ (1.83 m)
- Neil McCarthy was born on July 26, 1932 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Where Eagles Dare (1968), Zulu (1964) and Clash of the Titans (1981). He died on February 6, 1985 in Fordingbridge, Hampshire, England, UK.
- ChildrenNo Children
- ParentsEugene Charles McCarthyBeatrice Annie Corney
- Studied modern languages at Trinity College, Dublin, and was qualified to teach both Latin and French.
- Suffered from Acromegaly for many years.
- He was an extremely talented musician, according to friends and co-workers, and played the piano beautifully; but he never did so in any professional venue on stage or screen.
- When he played a Cretan character in the TV series Who Pays the Ferryman? (1977) his accent was so good it fooled a group of Greek film makers visiting the set into believing he was actually Greek.
- Because of his craggy looks, he was usually typecast as tough guys and villains.
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