Kevin McCarthy, 1914-2010

I can still recall when I first saw the original Invasion of the Body Snatchers on TV as a kid. It terrified me. My abiding memory of actor Kevin McCarthy, who passed away this weekend will be him running down the road at the end of the movie, begging anyone to listen to him. I suspect a number of you will remember him as R.J. Fletcher, Weird Al Yankovic’s nemesis in the 1989 film UHF. Anyway, he was in a ton of stuff, and I was always happy to see his name in the credits. Turns out he was Mary McCarthy’s brother! Who knew? Not me, at least. Anyway, Kevin McCarthy was 96.