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David Keith McCallum (born September 19, 1933 in Glasgow) is a Scottish actor. He is best known for his role as Illya Kuryakin on The Man From U.N.C.L.E..
McCallum began his career as a bit-part actor in British films of the 1950s. The Man From U.N.C.L.E., intended as a vehicle for Robert Vaughn, unexpectedly made McCallum into a sex symbol. Although he subsequently became a familiar face on television, he was never able to achieve the same level of popular success as he had done with his role as Kuryakin, a Russian secret agent.
He was married to the actress